did you save something for the race?

So for the second day in a row, practice was amazing. Yesterday, I cruised through a 7 mile speed workout and this morning, our 8 mile run was the best run I've had in awhile. It gave me a lot of time to sort some things out in my head and by the time the sun came up and the birds started singing, I was cruising at a nice pace, totally relaxed. Hopefully I will have that same feeling in the race on Saturday...I had to assure Mike and Damon I saved some of that speed for Grandville. I hope I did.

On a completely unrelated note, there has to be an easier way to do taxes. As an advocate for waiting until the last minute to file (do laundry, fill up my gas tank, etc.), I think the IRS could come up with a much simpler way to record 1099-MISC earnings...that form is the bane of my existence. The fact that I still feel a little bit like hitting something a full day later may be an embarrassing testament to my violent tendencies, but hey, at least I'm not in denial. Luckily, I have a tax-savvy cousin who was able to save me from jumping off the balcony.

Speaking of jumping off the balcony, yesterday, my grandpa came over to finalize the guest list and invitations for my mom and grandma's surprise party next month. For anyone who knows my mom, it's pretty hard to sneak around her to plan anything seeing as her curiosity is a cross between the most inquisitive 5-year-old you've ever met and an FBI interrogator. Seriously, she's on that level. I can't wait until May 17th. But we've got the save-the-dates out, finished the invitations, and pretty much have everything set up with the caterer. Gramps "knows a woman who plays the harp" and has been thinking about getting her to play the party. Totally random, I know. In his own words, "She brings her own harp. It'd be pretty expensive, but really unique." Of course she brings her own harp. So I guess that's the only thing that's up in the air right now. I love my grandparents. Their anniversary is today and I wish I could have seen Grandma's face when she saw her present: a new washer and dryer. Nothing says "i love you" like cutting edge laundry appliances...apparently.

Yesterday was also unofficial "ex-boyfriend day." If you are one of my exes who missed that memo and didn't randomly call me, it's okay, I totally forgive you. In fact, thanks for NOT going to the trouble. Today is it's-sunny-and-70-degrees-out-so-I really-don't-care-about-anything-else day. Please celebrate accordingly.

Remix will be home two weeks from Saturday and I think I speak for both of us when I say this summer is going to be out of control. As long as she remembers that blueberry bagels are the bastard children of the bagel family, I think we will get along great. I hope Cam comes home too. I can't believe the lil bro is graduating already, it's crazy, but I'm excited for him.

I'll end with this random story from work yesterday: This lady was swimming at our pool for the first time and when she got out, I was off duty, just chillin on the deck. So she's about to walk past me and I say, "have a good day." And she stops and tells me, "I like swimming here way better than Royal Oak. The guards there stand right at the edge and watch you, like you're retarded or something." I said, "I don't know what to tell you about that." I thought, Call me crazy, but don't you want lifeguards to be watching you swim? And how are you going to say that when Katie is swimming about 5 feet away from you? What is wrong with you?" It's important to note, that Katie is a mentally retarded girl who comes in every Tuesday with her paraprofessional and is the nicest girl ever. I wanted to smack that lady, she was so ridiculous, but again...violent tendencies.