Well, so much for my to-do list. Took an early afternoon walk with DW to JoAnn's to get some exercise and watch as she purchased yarn, then walked out to Kid-1's game, then drove from there to drop off Kid-2 at practice, then dropped off Kid-1 at a friend's, then home for twenty minutes (by far the longest bit of time I had to myself during this ( Read more... )

Decided to walk from my office to Union Station yesterday; it was not beastly hot as it's been for the last few, and I probably needed the exercise. I made an effort to do so in an alert manner, trying to take stock of my surroundings for, well, blogging purposes later. DC is a weird city, and there are stories just about everywhere.

• As I walked ( Read more... )

Operating on pure adrenaline today and most of this week. Oddly, it's one of those times when I should be very low on energy and instead I'm jazzed up: coming in early to work all week, cutting down on the caffeine, trying to get more exercise, taking off early to head to Hell Week for Murder (that sounds great). And people are kind of going to ( Read more... )

I'm once again becoming concerned with a lack of exercise. Winter is coming and it's cutting into my walking time, as is the Semi-Annual Clock-Screwing-Up Ritual, not that it has been that great anyway due to work demands and the like. (My walks at work are frequently interrupted by our NOC calling, wondering where I am. Fifteen minutes, guys. ( Read more... )

• I've been cast in yet another play. This seems a bit better: I'm Harlequin, of all roles, in a modern-day commedia dell'arte; my wife is prof20336, my "spiritual son" is muzikmaker21, Kid-2 is wrangling props, and I'm getting directed by aramintamd. I read about half of the role yesterday, and it took me about thirty seconds to find the character for this guy. Love him. He' ( Read more... )

According to Google Earth, I covered 1.44 miles (must do this in miles for the Challenge) today at lunch - up to the corner of Joh and Vero, then back to work and back again to the sub shop (didn't have the money and had to go back for it). Not exactly bounding off towards Bree, but a fair start. I didn't have any difficulty actually doing it, ( Read more... )