WINE o'clock somewhere!
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Brrrr, it's CHILLY out. Windy too. Walked to the mailbox in short/t-shirt and froze.
Leaving for Vegas in an hour or so. Did lots to get ready last night, but left a lot of cleaning for today. Got up at 5am!!! Hell, I don't even get up that early for work or running.
Not super excited for the weekend, I don't know anyone going, so it will be lonely-ish. This is a HUGE conference, according to google there are 15,000+ attendees. That includes a smattering of spouses who are in the industry but not vets, vet techs, and vendors. I made dinner reservations for tonight at Emeril's at the MGM - Creole. Technically I have a per diem of $50 for meals. Big boss said more as long as it's within reason. Still have to figure out Tues/Wed meals. Conference is Sun-Wed, then Thurs I go to Mom's, then home Sat.
No running this week, though the ankle seems better. I brought running stuff with me and plan on some strip miles.
Happy weekend all.
Got about 2 inches of snow on the grass. Not really anything on the road, but I guess the county had mobilized the snow plow drivers, so they came around scraping the road at 5am. 2.9 miles plus upper body strength.
KatS, my Vegas recommendation is slightly off the strip & not much to look at, but good Italian food. Battista's Hole in the Wall. It's like a block from the Linq. I had seen the place when we stayed at the Flamingo (do not recommend) and DH and I had walked over Saturday night thinking since it was off strip, we could easily get dinner. Ha! Packed and lots of locals. We ate at the bar and it was really good & tons of food. When we went back, we made reserevations and enjoyed it. Oh, you get red & white wine on the table. I had to test both.
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Beach was amazing today. Tomorrow however we expect rain
Lori
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We got 3-4" during the commute which made my husband's commute from the other side of Indy challenging. I was only on the other side of Fishers at the massage therapist and that was hard enough, ha.
12 miles done. My ITB has had a flareup since Thursday but the run didn't make it worse.
Damaris
Busy day yesterday. Ran 11 then drove over to the East Bay to volunteer at a trail race. It rained on and off all day, and there were a lot of muddy runners. I was under tents at an aid station and then the finish line for most of it, until it was time to break everything down and load it into the truck. Of course, it poured steadily for that. Weirdly, it's sunny and warm this morning. I ran another 6. The forecast calls for more rain later today and tomorrow. Even so, yay for a holiday tomorrow.
Kay, hopefully the sessions are interesting.
HCK, sounds like your snow was much ado about nothing.
Damaris, sounds like your snow was challenging.
Lori, hopefully the rain doesn't last long and you can get back to the beach.
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I was going to race a 5k yesterday, but it was really windy and cold, so I didn't go. Sitting under a blanket and drinking more coffee sounded so much better. I didn't run at all yesterday, it was just such unpleasant weather, and I just didn't feel like the TM either. Instead we binge watched some stuff and did a lot of nothing.
Today I ran 6. It was nice - 40s, light wind, sunny. So much better than yesterday's 30s and 20 mph wind, which made it feel like it was below freezing, which is just unacceptable.
Kathryn, hope the conference and CE are going well. When I went to LV for ConExpo, we always ate at Piero's. Close to the convention center, so not at all close to you. Convenient and quite good if you're ever in the convention center area though.
HCK, annoying on the early morning (and I'm sure loud) plows.
Lori, hope vacation is going well, and the rain was short lived.
Damaris, glad you were able to get the 12 done.
Margaret, lots of running for you. I'd be so tired today if I spent all day out in the rain yesterday. I have apparently become rather soft it seems.
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Wow, $$$$$$$$$. And sloooooooow.
20-25 min for coffee at Starbucks, the only coffee choice. An extra 15-20 if you wanted hot food. No thx. 20+ min walk to the convention site. Without even going outside of the casinos. Lectures are meh, which is as good as it gets for me. Loooooooooooooong lines for lunch. $12 for a slice of pizza. $5 soda. Crazy. Now afternoon lectures, 4 more hours. Then I’m not sure. I tried to set up drinks with some FB people. There were a few that wanted to, but nobody confirmed. I’ll show up at the restaurant, (sports bar) but go elsewhere for dinner. Just in case someone didn’t see I canceled. Tomorrow is another full day, 7-8 hours and then a school alumni drinks gathering. For some reason I’m going. Free food/ drinks? (I think at least).
Ankle is pretty stiff/sore from the walking here. Sigh. Probably no strip walks other than dinner.
Have a good day all. I’m on my phone, so no personals. Sorry.
9 done. Better than the 12 even!
Either soft, or just smarter than I am.
Kat, annoying about mediocre fare being so pricy and slow.
Damaris, nice 9.
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2 miles Uber slow sandy beach miles. I think I prefer road running. Makes me feel less slow