Is this supposed to be a sign?

DavePBanMilkChocolate, I actually thought of you when deciding which of those beans to get. lol I ended up getting both because, well, CHOCOLATE.

 

D, It's an hour drive to the airport and you have to be there 2 hours beforehand, plus I'm a person who doesn't like to be late or feel rushed when traveling, so there was time in there for cushion.

 

Regarding weight loss and how idiots people treat you, it was absolutely awful when I lost a whole 20 stinking pounds. Terrible. Both at work and with friends and family. The things that were flying out of their mouths was mind boggling. What people don't realize is that the things they are pointing out about your differences (usually that your face looks thin), you don't like either. So who in their right mind would bring attention to another person's "flaw"? An idiot? No, some people just don't have a filter. And usually the ones doing the complaining about how you look, actually look terrible, so it takes a ton restraint to not light into their asses. I was able to  maintain my composure (for the most part) because I came to see that most of them didn't know they were actually insulting me, which speaks more to their lack of awareness/decorum/decency than it does anything "bad" about the person being insulted.

I have never been at the airport 2 hours before any flight.  Even in MIA where the security line is slower than a limping parade, 1 hour prior is all you really need.  That's too early of a flight for me.  Last trip I was bitching I had to fly out at 8:20am!

 

Yes! Does it fit your criteria? Sunday race? Somewhat hilly? And it seems like it's close?

It was one of my final contenders... it looks flat from the course map but apparently it's not really like that.  I do know someone who ran this last year so I can always ask him about it.  Close being relative, but yes, this counts, because I can drive there on Sunday morning (vs. having to go somewhere for the weekend which I really don't want to do).  I am NOT excited about having to drive there on Friday to pick up the bib, because last weekend it took me longer to get there on Friday than to get there and back on Sunday, but I don't really have much of a choice there.

 

 

...watching Season 2 of Handmaid's Tale!!!!!! I forget--did we already discuss this show? Who watches it and who doesn't?!

It's the most disturbing show on TV, because it's not really that far-fetched.  During some scenes, we just look at each other and say "Mike Pence" .  DW and I love it, and wish they didn't just do an episode a week.

 

Coming into work at 7am vs 730 saves me about 15-20 min in commute time. I've also learned that if I leave at 3:55pm vs 4:05pm, it saves almost 30 minutes to my commute. For reference, I live about 6 miles from work. God help the coworker who tries to talk to me around 4pm

Yeah, I leave at 4:30pm (my time to leave will remain the same) and it used to take me 30 minutes to get home (14 miles).  Now it takes 60-90 minutes.  So that Friday at 3:30pm will make a world of difference.

I have never been at the airport 2 hours before any flight.  Even in MIA where the security line is slower than a limping parade, 1 hour prior is all you really need.  That's too early of a flight for me.  Last trip I was bitching I had to fly out at 8:20am!

I cannot speak about there, but here and everywhere else I've flown from post 9/11, it is generally recommended you arrive at the airport 2 hours before your scheduled departure, although in some cases, it's 90 minutes. Whether someone follows it or not is an individual choice. I do it because again, I don't like to feel rushed or be frazzled. So when there's a traffic delay on the freeway or with the metal detectors at TSA, it is of little concern to me because I'm usually ahead of the game. YMMV

As to fly out time, when going on vacation, I like to spend as much time as possible in my destination city. So that means taking the earliest, most convenient flight out and the latest flight back in. For this trip, that was a 6:00 am flight out and a 10:59 pm flight home. I would've preferred a 9:00 am flight out but it was either 6:00 am or 1:00 pm, so 6:00 am it was.

Some people like to fly out later or come home earlier, and that's fine too.

Coach gave me my race instructions for my duathlon next Saturday.  I'll paraphrase:  "Go hard, stay with the lead pack, be competitive, take chances."  My reaction:

 

This sounds like an insurance claim. Unless this was part of your grand plan to remove all the offensive chocolate.

Haha.

They brought a pinata today with my boss’ face on it and are taking swings at it. I, of course, broke the stick.

MTA, and they just made one more meeting and they surprised me with the 10 year pin and certificate.  The government was only delayed 8 months this time (I received my 5 year pin on year 6-7).