pay up, pare down

$329. that's how much that stupid deer owes me to fix the honda. i'm not sure how i'll get him to cough it up, but hell, i live in indiana, so i know lots of people around here that can make him pay in venison!
work has been crazy lately. our automated tape library went bezerk and i've been working on that all week. because of that, i was not able to play soccer on wednesday. i did, however get out for a 3 mile run with darrin. i felt AWFUL. i never got going, and darrin left me in the dust. oh well, that happens. last nite, we did four miles. i felt much better. averaged 8:55/mile, which for me is pretty good. darrin, though, has been unbelieveable. once again, he left me behind at about the 2.5 mile mark and beat me by at least a minute. the last week or so, he's been very impressive. i thought my 35:40 last nite was pretty darn good, and if i didn't know better, would have assumed that darrin would have had a tough time keeping that pace. but no. anyway, way to go darrin!
this weekend, i have a five mile run on saturday, and three more sunday. i need to get that in before the superbowl...
hey, before i go, i want to wish amy good luck this weekend. she is running a half-marathon on sunday. kick some butt, girl!! i know you'll do great. and, hey, watch out for slippery water stations!!
oh, and one more thing. i weighed in this morning. it was a little emotional, actually. the scale here at work is one of those slide types, where you push the big weight to 100, 150, 200, or 250, then slide the small weight on top to increment your exact weight. well, today, i have graduated into the 150+ category. no longer will i have to move that big bastard all the way to 200. no, folks, the scale doesn't lie: 199. that's 10.5lbs in exactly one month. i'll take that. next!