this is a photo from the triathlon. it has that name scrawled across it because you can buy the photos from that place. my brother in law jim ran with me for the last 10 minutes or so, and i’m happy he’s there in the photo with me. not that i’m going to pay the eight hundred dollars or so that they want for the shot.
i did, actually, take some pictures today; i wasn’t a completely worthless person, devoid of ambition of any kind. yes, devoid of MOST, but not all ambition. at least i had some picture-taking ambition.
here’s one of my poor ankles, which continue to itch. jim suggested that maybe they’re not chiggers, but i certainly don’t feel like trying to figure out what else they might be, i just want to forget about them altogether. me, personally, anyway, that’s what i want to do.
in addition to a little bit of photo-taking ambition, i also had some biking energy. here’s me on my beautiful new birthday bike, which i just got an odometer for:
i took a 9.1 mile bike ride. i really like having the odometer, because it keeps track of not only your MPH, but also how far you’ve gone, and what time it is, and many other features. except i biked the route i took running yesterday, and wasn’t too pleased that i’d only run 9.1 miles in 90 minutes. this is dreadfully slow; i seem to be getting slower the more i run, instead of faster. but at least i DID the running.
after that bike ride, i decided to go to the interurban trail, which is 13 miles round-trip to chatham. there were quite a few people on the trail, and even though i was crawling along at 13-16 MPH, i did manage to pass many people, especially the older ladies sans helmets and definitely all the families with little bitty kids.
not that i’m trying to be competitive or anything.
when i got to chatham, the path ended at a dog training school, and a bunch of little dogs were running around hoops and things, which was very entertaining, but unfortunately i decided i needed to RIDE RIGHT BACK, so i didn’t stick around. next time, though, i’ll stop and watch.
and speaking of dogs, here are shortie and giz, just because they’re so photogenic:
dogs are sort of like babies, aren’t they, in that i think these dogs are very very cute because i know them and their funny personalities, but everybody always thinks their dog is cute, but that’s because they know them. same thing with babies, except usually people take lots more pictures of them.
actually, somebody just sent me a photo of the ugliest dog ever, but i’ll have to find it and then i’ll show it to you. or maybe i won’t, because the photo is a little bit horrifying.
anyway, two bike rides was quite a lot for me. must bike more.
amy and jim were at mom and dad’s house early this morning, because they’re going to build a house next door. is that something i’m not supposed to mention? between all the things that go on in my head that i DO NOT WRITE ABOUT, and all the stuff that people tell me THEY DON’T WANT ON THE WEBSITE, sometimes it gets a little confusing and restrictive. continuing to bring you graceUNCENSORED, thank you very much.
jim was doing a lot of brush-clearing.
amy wanted to help, but she first had other important things to attend to:
this is the dividing line, so they don’t build the house over on mom and dad’s side:
and eventually amy helped jim quite a bit, as you can see.
much busy-ness on sunday. there’s more, but right now i have to make red lobster cheese garlic biscuits.
ok then,
grace continuing.