Nerd in a Towel

So with all this stomach crap I am getting a bit upset. I decided to try and fit in some spinning to keep in shape and not have the pounding of running on Angel’s recommendations. So I attended a spinning class at 6 am this morning before work. It was a good work out and I had a really good sweat. The teacher kept us doing hills and pushing hard and she kept saying base it off your breathing. You should be breathing hard now. I was like crap it is not my lungs that is hurting it is my legssss. Well I lived and I think it will be a good leg strengthening for running when I get back.

The work out was over and I went to the locker room to shower and head to work. Well I undressed, wrapped a towel around me and locked my locker back up with everything but left my shoes on the floor. I went to head to the shower and saw a guy I had not seen in a couple of years. We chatted for a bit and then I tossed a paper towel away and went to shower.

I finished showering and returned to my locker, the shoes are still there BUT I didn’t have the key. Everything is locked up but the towel I am wearing and my shoes. NOW what? So I thought I must have accidently tossed the key in the trash. Now I am head deep digging in the trash in the men’s locker room looking for my key that I am not finding. WHAT NOW. Do I put on my shoes and leave in a towel, do I ask someone to go call my wife to bring me cloths? CRAP. Just as I am standing there wondering a guy says you looking for a key? I said yeah and he pointed to the counter. He had found it on the floor and was waiting to see if someone needed it. I was SAVED by some nice guy and everyone else was saved from seeing a Fat Nerd leaving the club in a towel.

Wife texted me later and asked how I did and felt? I am hurting and she got on me to get the MRI scheduled. Hmmm I will look for the phone number sometime in the next couple days.

Hugged

Ok Gator Cubed came in this AM and put his stuff down and gave me a hug. :) I will still accept hugs though from anyone else though, Ney, Bunny, Angel, Cheryl, etc....

Softball Begins

Yesterday was hard. The funeral went almost 4 hours with all that I attended for David. There were literally hundreds of people there as this man was loved by all. He was an amazing person and everyone was crying at this loss.

From there I ended up at the ball park watching my daughter play softball in the first tournament of the year. Softball season is here. They won 2 of 3 games. My daughter is the best player on the team and I am not saying that as a father. As you know we dropped her down this year off the A team to this B team. We did this for many reasons from coaching, to money, to being able to let her swim again and to be a kid and not LIVE softball every moment.

I do have to tell you a bit though as I feel a need to write at the moment. She played Short Stop for the first time in her softball career. She was nervous and as I tried to coach her some that position has to control the infield. It is up to her to be talking to the team and helping with plays as she can see the field the best and most balls come that direction she has to be quick and understand the plays needing made. She did a great job and this will only make her a better player in the end as she learns some leadership skills.

In one game she was playing 2nd though. A gal on the other team bunted and the 1st and 3rd basemen crashed on the ball. My daughter covered 1st just like she should and the catcher fielded the bunt and threw it to her. She caught the ball and put the batter out. My daughter then knowing the plays immediately side hopped off 1st and threw the ball back at the catcher who tagged the runner coming trying to score on that bunt. It was an AWESOME double play between the catcher and my daughter.
So today we were to go back again for the rest of the tournament but snow storms ruined the rest of the tournament. So we spent the day catching up on work around the house. I even vacuumed and though there is still come clutter it does look a bit caught back up.

I have not ran now in a week and I skipped basketball tonight also in an effort to help myself heal. I jogged to the car yesterday at the ball park and hurt and I have hurt a bit today. My wife asked me just a bit ago if I am calling and scheduling my MRI. I told her I would as soon as I collected a bit more money from some sources that owe me. In the mean time I am trying to cut out running and getting to think I am done running and a bit pissed at life.

My Words for David

David was an awe inspiring individual to everyone he met. He was an inspiration to me as he showed me a lot about being a friend. He never treated people in the sense of the masses; instead he treated each person as a special friend, David ALWAYS shared a special piece of himself with them. I know as I look out among all of you that everyone of you would say you had that unique relationship with David. I ask each of you to look at your friendship with David and I think you will find you felt special with him and that is a testament to the kind of man he was.

Some of you know David loved the water and he and I shared that in common. I would like to take a moment to share a couple stories that I shared with David in our 10 years of riding the North Platte River on our jet skies, the bikes we called them. There are so many I cannot even start to share them all but a couple come to mind that I think point out the person he was.

David’s caring to always help others was shown when one day we encountered a boat stranded in the middle of Northern Glendo on a bunch of mud that was only 2 feet under the water. We were riding out bikes and there in the middle of the lake was this boat and people standing outside the boat knee deep in water. Our bikes ride higher in the water and we rode up to see what had happened. They had driven their boat up through the river channel, which is deeper, and when they made the turn in the lake they hit this mud bar and stuck the boat. It took both our bikes and another small fishing boat plus the guy running his boat to pull it off the mud bar and back into the river channel.

Once the boat was back in deep water there were people still stranded out on the mud bar. David and I started shuttling them back to their boat. Once they were all back in the boat they invited us to a party that night as payment back at the marina. David and I went and had a great night of food, beer and great boating conversations with all kinds of great people. David and I always met the neatest people on our trips.

David’s gave his undivided time to me in the evening talking. Many a night of camping on the shores of the river or a lake we would light a fire and sit around just visiting. Many times the conversation was about sights of the day, Eagles, military aircraft flying the canyons, trains, old tractors we climbed on, and the dang rocks we hit with our bikes in the shallow waters. In other discussions we covered our families and he loved his more than anything else, as we shared great thoughts about our wives, and our children always with a smile on his face. And always our topics included our shared faith in the Lord. There is one small sentence that he said many years ago that has always stuck with me and I would like to share that with you now. David once said “There has to be a God, otherwise how could so many people, over so many years, write so many stories, about the same God and never know each other?” Always made me think the Lord shows himself to everyone that opens their eyes. David had his eyes open to the Lord and he showed it showed through him to his friends.

David made our friendship personal and special. He and I had a secret hiding place. Knowing David I would bet money he had one with each of you. Mine was in this small town bar on the eastern side of Glendo. I believe it is the only businesses in that town of like 50 houses. One evening after a day of riding and fun we took off in search again of warm food. We found this little bar and had burgers and beer. It was an awesome meal. We made a promise to each other that night that if the stresses of home got to us and either one of disappeared to get away for a while the other one of us would know where to look. We would go to this bar and either leave notice of where we were or be there having a burger and escaping. It was always the joke between us that if he was missing I would say to Leann don’t worry give me a couple hours and I will see if I can find David and let you know he is safe.

David I know you are listening to this and as you know I have left out some really good stories that only you and I will ever share. You have now moved on to the best food, drink and bar anyone could ever find. I want you to know I know where you are and when my day comes I hope to find you there enjoying and saving a cool one for me to again share those wonderful memories. Thanks David for your wonderful friendship. I was honored to know you, David and I will so sorely miss your friendship.

Funeral Tomorrow

I have been thinking about David a lot over the last week. Not that I haven’t before but right now it is even heavier on my mind. Tonight from 5-8 is the viewing. It is going to be hard to go and see but I have to. He was such an awesome man filled with life and energy. He is truly not only a loss to me but a loss to every person that will not get to meet him.

I see an email about my eulogy. I think it sparked something so now they have a send them your memories place set up to gather these. Well I guess I at least started something and what is most important is that his family saw and read mine first to get them thinking of people wanting to do the same thing. This allows everyone a chance to share and that is a good thing for them to let it out and for the family to see other pieces of David. I feel good about that.



Gator left a comment on Cubed’s blog about having cubed give me a hug and to pinch my ass. I read your comments and I to let you know Cubed did fake a hug and said he would NOT pinch me. But another guy walking by saw it and stopped and gave me a hug. Also a few gals at work have hugged me lately. So though cubed failed I did get one and I did smile knowing that it comes from all you in blogland. Thanks Gator and all for caring and considering me, Herbie, a good friend. It was much appreciated this week.

Root Canals Suck

I just returned from getting a root canal. I am hungry an my mouth is so numb I can’t do anything. I kind of feel like crap at the moment. Yippee now I get to work for a while.

On the brighter side it will also be covered by Aflacccccc. AND id you have a Crown it pays extra woohoo.

Also that other post I did this morning It should not be on yesterdays date but I guess you will read it if you see it.

The Kind of Friend a Friend Is

As for the tooth issue well I broke that tooth really bad. It exposed the nerve so I have this temporary covering over my tooth. I can’t bite on it or I get pain but the cold of air or water doesn’t get to it. I have to get a root canal at noon tomorrow and then I will get a crown on April 9th. All in all my birthday meal cost me around $2500 in dental bills. Add the MRI at another $3000. I am starting to worry about this getting old stuff with all these issues.

Last night I kind of got my NICE filet mignon meal for my birthday at the local Country Club. The steak was yummy when I added to it the Mojito. At the end of dinner was dessert and I chose the chocolate cup with chocolate mouse mmmmm.



I told you I had received a call directly from the Pastor about David and that meant a lot to me. I called our Pastor back as he is also a friend of mine and of David’s. I wanted to thank him for the personal call and to see how he was doing. We talked for a bit and I told him I wrote a eulogy. He wanted to see it and as they are planning the funeral service he would let Leann know and read it. Either they will use parts of it or they will have me possibly do it. We will see. I will share it here on Saturday as my post.

David was the kind of friend that would give you the shirt off his back if you were sun burning walking across the desert. I know the service for him will be packed as he had MANY friends that all felt and knew him. I would say he has been a motivation to me to meet and get to know people. Over the time I knew Dave I learned a lot about friendship. I have made many changes in how I view friends based on what I observed from David. In a way I hope that shows and people learn from me as it will make the world a much better place.

Happy Birthday Mom

The family and I were supposed to go the local Country Club for dinner last night for 2 reasons. Well my daughter had softball practice and it got over late. So we changed our plans and went to a Mongolian grill for dinner. I was about half way through dinner and I bit into something that was so hard it broke my tooth. I called the dentist and now have an appointment for 8am.

Since my run yesterday I have been in a bit of increased pain. Not sleeping much and the hurt of the loss of David is heavy also making my chest sore. Last night during the run Cat got on my case and said get the MRI. If I want to be running in a year get it done to make sure.

Mrs. Buggy has been watching me and also noticing I flinch more and has said she does not want to end up like Leann, David’s wife, and thinks we should go ahead and pay for the MRI. I struggle with this as I know what it will tell me but then the thoughts of David having back pain going to the doctor and 18 months later has left us also add weight to maybe $3000 is a small price to make sure.

Also I need to say Happy Birthday to my Mom here as her birthday is the day after mine. Hmmm think she got ripped having gave birth to me at 9pm the night before her birthday as she lay in the hospital? OR was I the best birthday present she could have ever had?

Birthday Thoughts

Last night was pretty rough thinking about David. Pictures of previous post are some I took of David and I our our life escape excursions. I ran a couple errands and I could tell my patience was at a bare minimum as dealt with people. I got home and my wife was sweet and hugged me and I heard her telling my daughter Daddy is going to be sad for a few days.

With my other pains and issues I have about had my limit. I went and changed into running gear and my wife asked me not to run but I think she knew it was a futile attempt. I left shortly after 5 and reined in 4.1 miles in just over 30 minutes and I knew my pace was pushing it with the side ache I had through it. All I could think of was at least with pain I knew I was alive. I reached the place where a friend Cat works and picked her up for another 7 mile loop.

As we were running and talking she knew I was releasing internal pain and offered to run as long as I needed. She will be going to a marathon at the end of the week and is tapering but if I needed a friend she would have run me any distance last night. She was in fun complaining I was out to kill her though as my pace didn’t waver much though I did drop back some to talk with her. In the end I pulled in 11.1 miles in just over 1.5 hours which is almost an extra mile to my normal.

I even received a personal call from the pastor of my church. He called knowing that David and I had a special friendship to let me know in person. Wish me some faith in the Lord and let me know some of the projected plans for services. I think I will call him today and ask for a moment to speak at David’s services.

Happy Birthday to me if rough this year.

SAD Buggy!

I had bad news that came in last week about a friend of mine that I have shared many trips with. He was not getting better with his fight against cancer. I have been thinking about him a lot. Part of my last writing had some pieces of thoughts of David and some parts of new friends I have made.



This last weekend I started for some reason writing a eulogy for David as I had him on my mind. I wrote a huge part of one and then for some reason I had the urge to go Jet Skiing. That is what David and I shared in common. I went on Saturday to the local lake dropped my jet ski in the water and went out for about an hour. It snowed later that day and I was frozen but I still got it in the water as I felt I had to do.



Today my AWESOME friend David passed away a little after noon. The pastor of my church even mad a special personal call to me to let me know as he knew that David and I was close personal friends. He let me know services will be held on Saturday. I will post my writing I prepared on Saturday sometime in his honor.

Happy Easter

My family all returned home safely yesterday from Arizona around 3pm. My daughter came running in the door and gave me a big hug and kiss and was so happy to see dad again. My life is so much fuller having her in it and I love that girl more than anything else in life. You hear people say that about their kids and I want to confess it is so true. Of course there are the moments you want to kill them but those are just part of the whole picture.

We will be going to my parents for the afternoon for Easter. It is a bit of a tradition now as for years we go out and have a camp fire in the driveway and cook hot dogs, and marsh mellows. Make smores, eat and chatter with family and friends. There is then the egg hunt and everyone has to go out looking for eggs hidden all over in the farm shed. The eggs are hidden in tractors and hay stacks, and just any and everywhere you could think. It seems that we never find all the eggs and my dad finds them throughout the rest of the year and occasionally we find and egg each year from the year before. It is a fun time.

Thought I would wish everyone a Happy Easter. With some recent thoughts in my head about a friend of mine that is VERY sick and new friendships I have recently made or are developing it has become evident to me the importance of all the friends in my life. I want to say here I am thankful for all of you being around and sharing your thoughts, your ideas, your concerns, and your support. It is all the loved ones and luved friends in our lives that make life something to be cherished and admired. HAPPY EASTER to all and I hope everyone of you have a wonderful day.

Another fun day.

This morning I got up and took off on a run. I did 7.3 miles and the run was awesome for my mental and the views. I got back and then took my son out and we did another 3.7 miles together. I was in PAIN. My stomach was hurting and it was radiating down my leg. IT SUCKED!



I got back and did some work on my pc and then did a bit of reading to let myself get better. My wife had read up about this Osteoitis thing and it said to do this Aleve thing to help. I started on that today and I think it has helped.

We than in the afternoon went out golfing. My in-laws and my son both hit 51 or 52 for 9 holes. I ended up at a score of 45. I had a few pars and all and I was happy with my score considering I have not played in almost 2 years.

Tomorrow is my wife’s birthday. We were not giving each other anything but I felt a bit guilty. So I decided to go buy her a new digital camera from Best Buy. I found one and bought it and while talking to the gal I was working with told her it was a birthday gift. She said hold on a minute and ran to the back room. She came back out with some wrapping paper and asked if that was okay. I said YES and she wrapped it for me. WOOHOO Rachel was amazing gal taking care of me that way. She went above and beyond her duty to make me a happy customer. Thank you Rachel. (Sweet People)

St Patrick’s Day Race.

I ran a 5 mile race today in Tempe AZ for St Patricks Day. I felt yucky getting out of the car but I forced myself to take a small warm up run. We all lined up for the run at the start line and I was thinking just make it a fun run and beat my 5 mile race PR of 44:30.

The race began and at the 2 mile mark there was a U turn in the course. As I was running I took count of the people ahead of me. I was at that point in 53rd place. I kept on my pace and making it fun and soon I started catching more and more people. In the next 3 miles I caught enough people to end the race in 37th place over all, and 5 in my age, best I have ever done. My ending time was 37:15 so a whole new PR for me and a happy 7:30 pace for a 5 mile race. I was pleased with my time and I believe it will be a hard PR to break with the low level here. Good thing it was a weird 5 mile race huh.

Vacation in Phoenix

We left of Friday and got to Albuquerque around 8pm. It was a fairly uneventful drive except the kids were like we hate it here and crying about driving for so long. We got settled in the Hotel and then went looking for food. We found this place called Blake’s Lotaburger when we were here the last time so we were again in search for one so I could get a Green Chili Lotaburger. Mmmm mmmm

I then left the family at the hotel and I went to the local casino to play some craps. Well in the first 15 minutes I lost $90 of my $100. I was like sad, but I flipped and made a few good decisions and ended up winning it all back and had my $100 back in hand. I kept playing and thought I would go through my roll. I did and lost $50 of the dollars on my rolling. I went through another roller and lost a bit more and left the table with a loss of $65. Okay for 2 hours of playing though I guess.

I head home and I get a text from the wife to pick up a few things. I did and then drove to the hotel. I got out of our car and grabbed all the stuff I needed to take to the room and headed up turning around just as I heard the doors click to lock realizing the keys were in the ignition. DAMN! Saturday I called a locksmith to come open our car. When it was all said and done it took him 10 minutes to get in and he charged me $120. That sucked. We finished our drive to Phoenix though all safe and sound.

I am looking at things online and decide to run the local St. Patrick’s Day run. I find one but I can’t find where the race is held at. So I find a phone number to a race director. I call her and apologize for calling at 8pm the night before the race. I explain I am just getting into town and want to run the race. She gives me all the information and directions and then says here is my cell phone number. Call me if you’re lost tomorrow and she looks forward to seeing me at the race. SEE more Sweet People.

Update on my MRI.

I cancelled it.

My wife and I talked a bit and decided the money was so much and it was too fast of a decision. We were leaving town the next day (Friday) and decided to wait till I return. I called the Doctor and he told me he really thinks it is Osteoitis Pubis. After reading about it a bit online I have decided to try and treat myself a bit for that and see what happens. At the moment I have gone 3 days without pain. I will let you all know more when I make or understand what is happening.

Am I seeing the Age thing?

For a while now I have been fighting some lower stomach pains. I contributed to running and when not running I would hurt a while and then it would dissipate, meaning that I was still running the same miles a week just the pain was there and gone. Well recently the pain is staying with me and is now messing with my sleep. I will wake at 3am in pain and lay there holding my stomach for a couple hours.

I called the doctor up and made an appointment. I get there and the nurse is pleased at my weight again dropped, but was like WOW when I rattled off all the things I was there for. I have a problem with this finger, and this finger, and my heel, and my other foot, and of course the abdominal pain issue. She writes it all down and leaves and I start to think CRAP I am becoming an old MAN. I have this list of stuff going wrong with me that I turn over to the doctor.

Well most of the stuff is just my older age issues and most don’t need to be worried about in the end. Some of the pains in the feet are from running and both the doctor and I agreed the small amount of exercise pain outweighs the weight, cholesterol and heart problems I would have without the exercise. So we find ways to help and I will keep running.

The main problem though with abdominal pain he doesn’t know what it is. Could be something with big words or a pelvis something again, or what is known as a sport hernia. He leaves the room and comes back saying he made a call and an MRI would be the best way to get a picture of what is happening and then he can diagnose what is going on to help me out. So I get the MRI on Thursday morning.

Now as I return to work I am not worried but upset with thinking of my age coming on. A little upset so then I usually turn inside and hide to reflect. And I am a bit pissed as there are a lot of races coming up I want to run in and this better not mess those up either. Arrghhhh get the feeling?

SORRY

Due to someone viewing my blog that I DO NOT want to see it I had to move to a secure site for a while. I will try to add you if you want read still.

sorry but hopefully you will be able to still read this with the log in and security. I hope to release it in the future again.

Buggy

B.A.D.A.S.S.

Today I joined some running friends. They decided to do this run that was to run around a huge reservoir located near us. We all predicted it to be between 16 and 20 miles of a fun. My friends started on the north side of the lake and began running the road that is all hills. They reached 6 miles at which point is where I met up with them. I then ran the next 13.2 miles with them.

The run was awesome. We traveled as a group of 9 friends all running and mixing up the groups chatting. The hours you spend with people like that talking about fun thing in their lives is always enjoyable. This group of people is also so very supportive of each other. It doesn’t matter if your slow, if your run part of the distance, or anything else. What matters if you’re running with them and having a good time.

One of the people in my group posted this to a group email. I thought it was very good and I wanted to log it and share with all of you.

“I just wanted to let everyone know that I was diagnosed this afternoon with B.A.D.A.S.S. (Buddy Assisted Daring Adventure Sleep Syndrome). Apparently, this is a serious condition that is caused by running the entire perimeter of H Reservoir. Symptoms include: Achy bones and joints, sore toenails, dirty running shoes and an overwhelming desire to curl up on the floor and take a nap.
The good news is that this is not fatal, although I've been warned that once diagnosed with B.A.D.A.S.S., it tends to become a recurring problem (usually on the weekends) and gets worse over time.
The bad news is that this is a highly contagious syndrome, so anyone that ran today (or has run with me in the past) is likely to have been exposed, and ultimately guaranteed to get this disease. Progression of this syndrome leads to: a strong desire to run big hills, running in wind and snow and extreme heat, multiple marathons and tougher and tougher race entries.
Anyway, I just though it fair to warn you. I'm so sorry. I don't think there is a cure.....apparently it gets in your blood and stays there.”

And I run with this person a few times a week. Hope I don’t catch it. Ohhh Wait I was running this reservoir also.

Another Nice Lady

Wow 2 posts today from me. DO NOT get used to it.

Maybe it is because I have been in a fairly good and relaxed state of mind lately but I have noticed a few things. People are generally nice and fun. As I posted earlier the gal at lunch today was fun and joined in easily.

The family and I then this afternoon went to see the movie Vantage Point. We were sitting in the theater and no one was in front of me. I had my feet pushed between the seats in front of me and sitting on the arm rests of the seat. Yeah I know a bit spread out. Some couple game up and wanted to sit in those seats and as they approached I just pulled my feet back to my own area. Not thinking anything of it.

the couple sits down there and then the gal turns to me and says "you can put your feet there if you want." She pointed to the arm rest and she moved her arm. I thought wow what a sweet woman to take the seat but still offer for me to be comfortably spread out. I told her thanks for the offer but I would be fine.

What did she call me?

Today we drove to Longmont to meet my wife’s sister and her family for a birthday lunch celebration. Today is my niece’s 16th, on the 17th is my brother in laws, on the 18th is my wife’s and on the 25 is mine. This is the family birthday month.

We have all met at the restaurant and there is no one serving us. Suddenly this gal Tabatha shows up to begin taking our order. She is not normally at this table the person that should have had us had not shown up yet and she was covering. She is tossing the coasters in a fun way down the table and one spins off a bit and drops in a kids lap. We all laugh as she apologizes. I say no worries you can throw those at anyone at the table and smiled, then quietly said except me.

Tabatha looks at me and says “oh sorry Princess I missed the crown.” Everyone laughed and the kids ate that one up. Tabatha began working on taking our orders and when she got to me she said “So Sunshine what will you have today?” Everyone at the table looked at her when she said that. My wife looked at her and said “Do you know that is what a lot of people call him for a nick name?” She laughed then knowing she tripped on a secret. The rest of the meal I kept getting Sprite Refills with 4-5 cherry’s for the Sunshine Princess.

Later in the meal my wife is telling a story and laughing a bit loud and pointing at me. (The story was not about me I was just the aim point). Tabatha was at the end of the isle and started smiling. She comes walking up and I say, pointing at my wife, “its okay she get wild sometimes.” Tabatha says “it wasn’t her it was she was pointing at you Sunshine so I knew there had to be a good story I was missing.” Again my wife and her family all laugh and say almost in unison “Buggy she already has you pegged!”

We finished lunch and as we were leaving Tabatha swings by and says “Have a great day Sunshine.” Seemed a good way to the day.

Help and Ideas Please

I just received this email from Cubed.

“I got this message the other day, not sure if this is anything wrong with our system or not. But it told me to contact my system administrator, and I do what I’m told.”
Cubed

So please everyone give me ideas to give to Cubed so I can report that he does what he is told.

A Great Weekend

There was this really awesome little race in town called the Leap Day 5k. This race was put on by a running friend of mine to support Project Self Sufficiency http://ps-s.org/ . There was near 150 people that participated in this event on Friday night which was a great turn out on a warm wonderful CO night.

As normal a bunch of my friends from the running groups all showed up to support this race and in most cases they won the race in many divisions. I am really lucky and honored to run with such talented people as I will mention more of this in a bit.
I had also put a flyer on my desk showing and promoting this race and in the end I have 4 people I work with and the sister of one come and run this race. In 3 of those cases this was their first 5k race. I would like to say I am proud of each of them for participating and turning in their first race official PR’s. I have already seen an email and a couple of them are going to run a race this month again.

I had also called a local restaurant and reserved a space for after the race. In the end there was 17 people that showed up for the after race party for drinks and to hang out. It was a great night with good work friends, and of course my running friends.

On Saturday night I decided to participate in another function put on by some coworkers. It was a 22 person Sushi Party. I have never had sushi and being a sushi virgin thought it was time to lose it. I became the rice washer, (the lowest job in a sushi kitchen) and started earning my right to move up that ladder. Everyone prepared the food drinking sake and enjoying the night with friends.

When it came time to make the sushi rolls everyone got a lesson and then sat down to roll up their own creations. I think my cake decorating urges came through as I could not be happy with just a roll of sushi but needed to put stuff on the outside and add to the look. Everyone was to make a roll to take home and I made mine. Soon a guy from work said would you make mine to take home so my kids think I could make a good looking sushi roll. I did make his also and it became a fun topic.

I was at the party alone as my wife said no to eating sushi but I have to give her credit. On Sunday she did take one of mine I brought home and ate it. I think the jury is still out whether she liked it or not.

A friend sent this out. So if 3/1 was 77 and beautiful and 3/2 was 33 and baleful with 35 MPH winds from the north. Did March come in like a Lion or Lamb? Like a Lamb quickly eaten by a Lion? I am looking for your thoughts on which you think this is? With this piece of knowledge I will let my running friends know I did 14 miles in that @%$@#$% wind. Talk about burned out thighs.