serious numbers are easy to please
5 - Number of days and nights I spent in Seattle last week visiting my seester and family, much of that spent car camping in Sequim Bay with my adorable 1yo niece and nephew, along with several other families. Seattle was nifty. Camping was fun, if chilly. Pictures were taken. Went on my first big ferry ride. Babies are cute. West coast time is wrong. Spent 12 hours getting back home on Tuesday (door to door, not counting the timezone diff). It was a lovely visit but I'm very glad to be back in Pittsburgh with warmer weather and a fluffy bed and children who can feed and dress themselves.
7 - bags of clothing that ended up at my house after a small swap last week. Mostly small-medium sized women's clothing, and some boys' clothing (mostly size 10 pants). I want to get rid of it soon, so if you want to come rummage through please pick a time in the next few days to come by my house and take whatever you desire.
16.2 - lbs of apples the boys and I picked up after a week of being gone that I deemed worth cutting into and chopping up to do things with. The younger boy made a fantastic apple pie, and the rest got turned into dried apples and 3 quarts of applesauce. Another lb yesterday went into another delicious Waldorf salad. (from a conversation from dinner: What would a Statler salad be made up of?) There appears to be no shortage of fruit left on the tree, either. Come get some!
29.08 - Minutes I took to run the Pretty Good Race today in Schenley. This is more than pretty good, as it's actually a whole minute faster than my time last year, and a new personal record for me running a 5k. Woohoo! While there, I may have also accidentally agreed to do something incredibly silly for the upcoming Great Race. More on that later if it pans out.
842 - Miles I rode on my bike in the previous 4 months (May-Aug), according to what I recorded for the National Bike Challenge. This evening was the wrap party, where I didn't win anything, but had tasty beer and food and chatted with friendly people. The Challenge was a lot of fun as it helped inspire me not only to ride more, but to really start thinking of the bike as a viable way to get around, as well as be fun. I ended up on my bike 100/123 days of those months, and I have no doubts that has helped my running, as well.
And now I'm going to take advantage of the quiet evening and this finished LJ post and Go To Sleep, as I am super tired from a busy day today as well as 5 days of being timezone shifted and 4 more days of getting up annoyingly early for planes and school. I intend to enjoy my sleep immensely.
7 - bags of clothing that ended up at my house after a small swap last week. Mostly small-medium sized women's clothing, and some boys' clothing (mostly size 10 pants). I want to get rid of it soon, so if you want to come rummage through please pick a time in the next few days to come by my house and take whatever you desire.
16.2 - lbs of apples the boys and I picked up after a week of being gone that I deemed worth cutting into and chopping up to do things with. The younger boy made a fantastic apple pie, and the rest got turned into dried apples and 3 quarts of applesauce. Another lb yesterday went into another delicious Waldorf salad. (from a conversation from dinner: What would a Statler salad be made up of?) There appears to be no shortage of fruit left on the tree, either. Come get some!
29.08 - Minutes I took to run the Pretty Good Race today in Schenley. This is more than pretty good, as it's actually a whole minute faster than my time last year, and a new personal record for me running a 5k. Woohoo! While there, I may have also accidentally agreed to do something incredibly silly for the upcoming Great Race. More on that later if it pans out.
842 - Miles I rode on my bike in the previous 4 months (May-Aug), according to what I recorded for the National Bike Challenge. This evening was the wrap party, where I didn't win anything, but had tasty beer and food and chatted with friendly people. The Challenge was a lot of fun as it helped inspire me not only to ride more, but to really start thinking of the bike as a viable way to get around, as well as be fun. I ended up on my bike 100/123 days of those months, and I have no doubts that has helped my running, as well.
And now I'm going to take advantage of the quiet evening and this finished LJ post and Go To Sleep, as I am super tired from a busy day today as well as 5 days of being timezone shifted and 4 more days of getting up annoyingly early for planes and school. I intend to enjoy my sleep immensely.