Speed Gong, DG. Speed Gong. Bill

Speed Gong, DG. Speed Gong. Bill

ooohh. That's what I get for hurrying. Kind of wondered..... never mind. Here's my excuse. (I'm being a very good Lutheran today.) We have a new retirement program, with the employee & company contributions subject to various taxes. To make a long (boring) story short, I'm wading through 9 COBOL programs to trace these stupid variables, before actually getting to the program I need to edit. (W2s),

Four slow recovery miles today. It actually felt good to run that slowly today. No gongs or bongs going off on my run.

Just stopping in to see whatch'all are up to this a.m. Bongs, gongs, flying deer, intestinal upsets, windy winds - never a boring day on the daily thread. Had good intentions of giving bike riding a try this a.m., but a bad night of sleep nixed that idea. Might try tonight after work, but don't hold your breath. I'm an avid detester of after work workouts. Later ~

I can't imagine Mariposai cranky. (thanks for the hug, sweetie!) Byll, we have a speed alarm on our Saab. It's fun. I set it at 100 mph a couple summers ago, before a driving trip to a soccer tournament in Anchorage (~360 miles drive). We leave in the mid-day to early afternoon usually, getting in early to late evening. This one trip we got a late start, and DH took over driving shortly after Denali Park. It was getting late, boys were sleeping in the back seat and I settled into the passenger seat for a nap. After awhile, I hear "Ding! Ding! Ding!" (or is that Bong! Bong! Bong?) and DH goes "Oh crap, what was that??" thinking something was horribly wrong with the car. I looked up, smiled and said, "Aha! You were going over 100!" "No I wasn't, we have the cruise set to 85!" "Ha! But I set the speed alarm to 100, so I know you passed it!" And so DH learned about another feature on my new car... Glad to see TimBo posting again and that things are going well. I really don't advise playing leapfrog with the deer though. Good grief, the deer around here are a little too big and mean to engage like that (i.e., Moose!). Poor Frank, but it does sound like he and the cat have quite the deal going. Sounds like something Cheyenne and Midnight would do. Well folks, it was -22° on the way in to work this morning, and windy! Yuk. It'll warm up a bit today, but then we're going to get hit with what's being called our biggest snowfall of the season... up to 8" by noon tomorrow in some spots (yes, that's a lot at once for us). So, I'll RAW on the treadmill tonight, plan is 10 miles and I'll throw some HM pace half mile (or full mile) repeats in there to make the time pass.

3 mile trail hike with my autistic, 9 year old grandson. How wonderful his mind works that he sees beauty and happiness in everything. Although his reality is heavily internalized, the little bit he engages always brings a smile to his face and to mine. Distance means nothing to him. He can go all day, smiling all the way. We as adults have stopped seeing the miracles of Nature. For him , all is wonderment. In many ways , he is a happier person than I. Yes, he does have his quiet times - long moments of introspection, but today he was happy in his world and that made me happy in mine. Alex

Now if that isn't one of the most perfect posts I've ever read, I don't know what is. Thanks for making me smile, Alex.

Now if that isn't one of the most perfect posts I've ever read, I don't know what is. Thanks for making me smile, Alex.

Almost exactly my feelings. Thank you, Alex. This made my day.

This is the shortest run I've ever done, I think. 2 miles. Bad intestinal cramping, I couldn't continue I was almost doubled over. A couple hours later now I feel fine. Great phrase evryday. Tim - that deer incident sounded a bit scary. Who would have won that collision? Twocat - I feel everyone at RA should decend upon your house, twist your leg into a million positions and our collective wisdom will diagnose the problem and find a cure for your mystery injury. Speed bongs? No wonder he drives so fast.