ladies, i did my 20 miler and survived. my training is tapering down and soon my marathon training will be over. the marathon is only 2 weeks away! it's on the 12th...and i can't wait. i'm semi nervous, but not really. i feel ready to go. my 20 miles on sat (9/20) went ok, but not very well. i attribute that to the fact that the week before i was sick. i had a fever and then it turned into a small time cold. so i had to sudafed up and it worked kinda, but it was still yucky. i was exhausted afterwards, but i think that was more due to the lack of energy i'd had all week as opposed to the actual mileage being a problem. this weekend i'm doing a measly 5k - race for the cure. and i may do an 8k on sunday for paws which is a no kill shelter here. i'm not sure i'll do another marathon, but i really like the halfs and i definitely want to keep up with training though not as hardcore as i've been doing!
and thanks to all of you, i have raised and exceeded my goals for the fundraising portion!! thank you all for your donations. your support means a lot to me!! look for some pics in a couple of weeks of me crossing the finish line!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
new posts
hi guys, it's friday at work and i decided to update my posts... i can't upload pictures here, but there are lots of new stories...and i'll post pictures soon... even after the old ones so there you have it for all of you who have been wondering where i've been... i've been tired. work and training for a marathon is very tiring...but don't give up on me! i promise to keep blogging!!
Ike!
Ike barreled right on through the Galveston/Houston area and pretty much destroyed much of the island of Galveston. So many people lost their homes or had so much damage. My parents were fine – they will probably have to replace the roof on the garage and the house, tear out some trees, fix leaks, fix landscaping, etc but they weren’t hit too badly. They did however just get their power back on today (6 days after the hurricane). The lake house was pretty much fine too, but there was some damage to the front porch and some rotted trees will have to be taken down (which btw, is going to cost 8k! what?! For taking down trees? Robbery there if you ask me). And it still doesn’t have any power and who knows when it will b/c it is in a super small town where they don’t move very fast.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Weekend with Susan.
Susan (who went to high school with me and alice) came up for the weekend from Indy. She came up on Friday in time for our fundraising event at McGee’s. McGee’s. wow, that was a scene and not particularly in a great way. We held a fundraising event for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research that would help us reach the goal set by Team in Training. So Alice and I planned on have a $30 package of all you can drink with half going to charity. We got there slightly late b/c I am forever running late and honestly I thought the thing started at 8:30 and turns out it was 8. Oops. Well, Alice scheduled it! And for some reason I had it drilled in my head that it was 8:30. In any case, alice and trish went ahead and I waited for Susan. She needed to park which was ridiculously hard and it was raining. We finally got to McGee’s which is on Webster and near DePaul… college and recent grad heaven! I felt old after immediately walking in the door. Oh boy. Then it took a hundred years to get a drink b/c the bar was so packed (not all for our fundraiser). Finally we got drinks and found our group and that was fun. It was super hot in there though. I ended up meeting a boy and I do mean boy. He was cute! And we danced and hung out and tried to talk (it was dang loud in that place!). I suspected that he was a youngin’ when he told me he had 2 roommates and that was the only way he could afford to live in the area and that he had just moved here from KY. Well, yes, I know that I have just arrived in this great city as well, but from other places… in any case I voiced my suspicions that he had just graduated to Susan. Who then (drunkenly) of course and thankfully while I was not around asked him how old he was. 22. That’s right, ladies, that officially makes me a cougar now. Great. And Susan has a lot of photo documentation of all of this occurring. Which come to think of it, I need to get those from her… anyways… we exchanged numbers but of course nothing ever came of it… I am so not in that part of my life.
On Saturday, we had to get up early and move Susan’s car b/c it was in a metered spot. All of us had to go with her to feel that pain. It was raining again and when I pondered ‘should I get us umbrellas’ they all said, nah, it’s just sprinkling. Ok. I was downstairs already and hung over. Didn’t feel like going back up anyways. So we drove around FOREVER to find a spot and finally did. And of course it was pouring. Great. We got soaked walking back to my house. Where we then decided to go to brunch. Wet. Figured why bother with an umbrella at this point. So we walked over to a place called Orange. And it decided to rain even harder. We walked in to this place drenched. Oops. But, they sat us anyways. And then they offered us some towels to dry off with! Brunch itself was ok. I had pancakes but they were smothered in jelly –which I knew, but I ended up not liking the flavor that much and there was a lot of it. And there was also a ton of granulated sugar on top (whatever that’s called). It was just too much. Not terrible, but I don’t need to go and eat all those calories again. After that we all plopped on my couch for some movie watching. My house was homebase that weekend – it was a fun slumber party! Then that afternoon we went with Susan to go wedding dress shopping. We went to la belle vie on Oak St. pricey. Very pricey. Anyways, she had seen this dress in a magazine and this store carried it – but strapless – and she wanted straps. But nonetheless she could try it on and see generally what it would look like. So many dresses later, we choose our favorite 3 and then made an appt for a few weeks later when there would be a trunk show of that designer’s stuff and her mom could be there too. We then did a little more shopping and went out for sushi. After that we were so tired, we decided to opt for a movie rather than go out to the bars again. So we went to see… gosh, what did we see? Um…. Can’t remember. Must have been really good! Hmmm… I’ll think about this one for a bit…
And then it was Sunday and alice went back to her house and susan left to drive home. It was a super fun weekend!! Dang, what was that movie?!?! oh and one more detail... this was the weekend where Ike hit and we got a ton of rain... and i mean it started on Fri and literally did not stop at all until the weee hours of Sat if not Sun. Sometimes it down right poured and others it was drizzle, but it did not stop.
On Saturday, we had to get up early and move Susan’s car b/c it was in a metered spot. All of us had to go with her to feel that pain. It was raining again and when I pondered ‘should I get us umbrellas’ they all said, nah, it’s just sprinkling. Ok. I was downstairs already and hung over. Didn’t feel like going back up anyways. So we drove around FOREVER to find a spot and finally did. And of course it was pouring. Great. We got soaked walking back to my house. Where we then decided to go to brunch. Wet. Figured why bother with an umbrella at this point. So we walked over to a place called Orange. And it decided to rain even harder. We walked in to this place drenched. Oops. But, they sat us anyways. And then they offered us some towels to dry off with! Brunch itself was ok. I had pancakes but they were smothered in jelly –which I knew, but I ended up not liking the flavor that much and there was a lot of it. And there was also a ton of granulated sugar on top (whatever that’s called). It was just too much. Not terrible, but I don’t need to go and eat all those calories again. After that we all plopped on my couch for some movie watching. My house was homebase that weekend – it was a fun slumber party! Then that afternoon we went with Susan to go wedding dress shopping. We went to la belle vie on Oak St. pricey. Very pricey. Anyways, she had seen this dress in a magazine and this store carried it – but strapless – and she wanted straps. But nonetheless she could try it on and see generally what it would look like. So many dresses later, we choose our favorite 3 and then made an appt for a few weeks later when there would be a trunk show of that designer’s stuff and her mom could be there too. We then did a little more shopping and went out for sushi. After that we were so tired, we decided to opt for a movie rather than go out to the bars again. So we went to see… gosh, what did we see? Um…. Can’t remember. Must have been really good! Hmmm… I’ll think about this one for a bit…
And then it was Sunday and alice went back to her house and susan left to drive home. It was a super fun weekend!! Dang, what was that movie?!?! oh and one more detail... this was the weekend where Ike hit and we got a ton of rain... and i mean it started on Fri and literally did not stop at all until the weee hours of Sat if not Sun. Sometimes it down right poured and others it was drizzle, but it did not stop.
settled!!!!!
yes, courtney is correct!! we have settled with the wicked witch of the east. that horrible woman still walks away with a completely unreasonable amount, but she was willing to settle and we were able to get 90% of what we were asking for in the lawsuit. We went this route since our attorney gave us a 50/50 shot of actually winning the trial. i think she settled b/c her attorney told her they were going to lose. we did have some pretty solid evidence. now mind you that 90% of what we were asking for was only that the 2007 will be overturned. we didn't have enough of a case to go after her for the 04 or any other previous wills which sucks tremendously. but, what sucks the most is that she is the owner of all three houses. including my beloved maine. see my earlier post on that - i called it my favorite place on earth and it's one of the earliest posts i did. in any case, i'm heartbroken that i'll never get to spend time there again or that i won't be able to take my future family there. even more sad is that this wicked witch refuses to give us a lot of the personal items. she is making an allowance and giving us some of the family heirlooms, but nothing if it looked or smelled like anything belonging to my gdad or his side of the family. including all pictures. are you kidding?! and if it was remotely valuable, forget it! but, at least we are getting some things so all is not lost of my nana's and her family's items. oh yes, and she has to pay all taxes on everything and also our lawyer fees. which i found out today were $470k. good.
overall, i'm relieved that we will have some of the things that belong to my nana and that this whole thing is almost over (it's over when we actually get the stuff). i never ever want to see that woman again unless she is dead and only then b/c i'd like to verify that she is gone. finally.
overall, i'm relieved that we will have some of the things that belong to my nana and that this whole thing is almost over (it's over when we actually get the stuff). i never ever want to see that woman again unless she is dead and only then b/c i'd like to verify that she is gone. finally.
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