0.02 short for the week!
No seriously, I thought I had it all calculated out, and I seriously missed by 0.02 miles. But that’s not a problem, I will get that in Denmark, easy. Of course it was raining AGAIN today on my run. I am just sore right now though. My shins are not happy with me, and my shoes are soaked again after having dried them out yesterday.
Got home, started packing and prepping everything to be packed when I get home from work, so all I have to do is eat, pack and leave. It’s like that old George Carlin bit about taking a smaller version of your stuff. Luckily I don’t need much, couple shirts, socks, underwear, pants, nothing too fancy, well it is a wedding so I need a tie. Have to remember to charge the camera battery and all that good stuff tonight. It’s craziness, but it’s also lots of fun, I’m really excited to get to see my friends, and see them get married.
So last night I made pasta with oil and garlic and I used some romanesco broccoli to round it out. Gotta love fractal veggies. All I can think about though is that damned Big Bang Theory episode where Sheldon starts (and quickly ends) cruciferous vegetable night. But it was very tasty, for those that don’t know romanesco has a better flavor than regular broccoli, plus it looks really cool. It works very well as a tempura I found out in Philly one night. Something to think about.
So sorry about still not getting a new show up. What happened was, and this is kind of silly. I was playing lots of Minecraft and Farming Simulator 2015, and kind of used up all my bandwidth for the month. Sooooooo, I have to buy more and I’m not doing that until I return from Denmark. Then I’ll sort out the show and how I’m going to make all this happen. So much craziness going on still. But I feel after this weekend it will settle down. Next paycheck I have to get my train tickets for Trani during Easter and Rome April 9 and 10 for the marathon. Then I can settle in until June, but I also have to look for everything else, a job during the Summer, where I’m going to stay and keep my stuff! And going home and how I will get there! Well, I have time to figure all that out. Until then, here’s the George Carlin bit:
Alright kids, have fun, keep running, and remember; If Gil can run then so can you!
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Getting there!
Three days into the week, 30 miles done, beautiful day for a run today! As bad as yesterday was, today was perfection. The only problem I had was my shirt was cutting me up a little. The stares I got on the second of May with my shirt over my head, as everyone I passed on the street was still in a Winter jacket.
By the way, it’s 60 degrees here and everyone’s still wearing winter jackets. Well, that’s their problem, not mine. Beyond that I was correcting my Wednesday prep course’s papers today, and holy crap, some of them may have better English writing skills than I do! It was really impressive. Best class ever!
Began making limoncello last night, it’ll be ready when I get back from Denmark. I also have to start correcting my student’s tests, ugh. Need that all done by the 9th, maybe it won’t be too bad, we have answer keys at least. One class already though, I had one student score higher than all the other students combined, man is that depressing. But then I had another class where all the students scored perfectly on their tests. The sad part about the one class is one of the students who didn’t do well is trying very hard.
Alright, so anyway, having a great day overall, can’t wait to get to the airport tomorrow night/Friday morning. But tomorrow, more running, work and have to pack. Oh and in my high school prep class I got to play them songs and ask if they were talking about actions in the past, present, or future, they did well. And I got to play music hahaha! I’m never going to grow up, that’s a fact! You don’t like it, tough. I don’t even know what the phrase “grow up” means!
Right, Have fun, keep running, and remember; If Gil can run then so can you!
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Two days in and half-way to my miles
Yep, 20 miles in and it’s only Tuesday! The run today was in heavy rain. Road drainage is a problem here, lots of standing water, very difficult conditions to run in. I hope my shoes are dried out for tomorrow’s run, at least at a comfortable level. If they do, I should be able to get another easy 10 in and be in great shape for hitting 40 miles this week, even if I only do a 5k in Denmark.
So the Sony Walkman MP3 player is not so waterproof. But it seems to be working now that it’s drying out. It worked through most of my run, but from now on in heavy rain I’ll leave it at home. Meanwhile, it was very difficult for me to motivate to get out in the pouring rain today. I managed and I was happy with the results. I’m keeping my pace up, even with discomfort. I’m feeling good, I’m breathing alright, although I find I am much more congested here than I was running in the US. The air is very polluted around here. It’s actually rather gross.
Tonight, I have some lemons, I have some grain alcohol, I have some jars…it’s limoncello time. It can steep while I’m in Denmark, then when I get back I’ll be able to mix it up! Yay!
So right now my students are taking progress tests and I’m massively worried about it. It seems they’re not doing as well as I anticipated they would, but I have to wait until they are done and I get to correct the tests. I really want them to do well, they are very smart. But we shall see.
So that’s all that’s poppin’ over here. Definitely going to sleep well tonight. We’ll see how tomorrow goes! Should be a good one, and then Thursday, and I’m off to the North!
I haven’t done any #sappypunkrocklovesongs recently, so let’s make that happen now. I was thinking about this song because I have to teach my students the future, and I was considering using it.
Have fun, keep running, and remember; If Gil can run then so can you!
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