Teh Rundown.

Time for one of my (in)famous 'what i've been doing lately' lists:

1) So the awesome running club is this weekend, bright and early at 7am on saturday! I absolutely cannot wait! I know it's going to challenge me in at least a few ways. Going to bed early, getting up early, putting on clothes that show my jiggly bits, running in the cold with strangers... Thank you God and America for this opportunity to experience dawn and the beauty of my own physical being! Amen Amen. (do you see how i did all of that without whining??)

In preparation for this adventure, I've been trying to recover from an arch strain I got right after Christmas. The gym has been super packed lately with all the NY's resolutioners, and I can't count on a treadmill when I need it, so tonight I'll probably run on the upper deck. It's basically an elevated track running around the perimeter of the 'cardio' area at the Bellevue YMCA. A dozen or more people run laps up there, all going clockwise. I wonder who decided it would be clockwise? did the first guy get up there and claim clockwise, and it stuck? Or does the first person on the track at any time get 'ops' on the direction? (does anyone know what 'ops' is, anymore?)

2) My ex-ex roommate is getting married. Originally she said there would not be a formal 'bridal party' and thus no cheesy dresses to be bought, but would four of us girls want to be in her 'special people' group, etc etc. But now we are buying matching dresses.. and let's be honest, if you're talking about shoes and taffeta swatches and discussing 'apple' versus 'crimson' and 'ivory' versus 'champagne' with 3 girls you don't know.. you're a bridesmaid. If anyone wants to come with me to david's bridal to look at 'apple' things, you are most welcome. It's a blue-ish red, FYI.

The unexpected expense of this wedding probably means I'll have to bail on the DC exchange and Camp Jitterbug, this year. I'm bummed about that, but after all they will host events next year and every year. A girl only has one (first) wedding. heh.

3) For those keeping track, here are my dance/other travels as planned so far:

March: Sacramento Exchange
April: Atlanta Exchange, DC Exchange, Country Music Half-Marathon
May: Camp Jitterbug, Seattle
June: Wedding season in the bay! i hope to be in SF/area for the last 2 weeks of the month. Here's hoping.
Sept: ULHS, in Minneapolis

I should probably get out to 'bama again to drink gin at the VFW with The Old Man From the Sea. Also, I need to plan a trip home to Phoenix. I'm sure my mother misses me.

4) Speaking of my mom, she told me last week that she was bounced out of a club for screaming at a guy she caught cheating on her. He was thrown out too (without his car, and without his date). My mom followed him in her car as he was walking, heckling him the whole way before he finally ducked behind a bush in a vacant lot. I laughed my ass off at this. Then I called my brother, which I never do, and WE laughed our asses off. Go Mom.

5) Speaking of bouncing, I lost two lbs since New Years, on this new diet I call 'try not to eat anything, ever'. It sounds worse than it is, but it's not; actually I am not extremely willpowered. I set the bar pretty high (starvation) so that when I fail, I'm still healthy, and within the realm of typical success. See how smart I am? Doesn't it blow your mind?

6) This has turned into an epic.

7) Due to the total absence of leads (for the uninitiated: the male species of partner dancer) out at the honkey-tonks last night, I resolve never to go again unless some dancer-guy asks me to go. Instead, I'll go (solo) to west-coast dancing at Trivecca towers. I think next Tuesday they have a foxtrot lesson. Perfect for breaking in my Princess of Awesome Shoes!

Ok back to work.