Multiple and Varied

Howdy! Multiple and varied are tonight's blog topics.

I ran a marathon on Sunday. A mothereffing marathon. 26.22 miles, to be exact. I did it in 5 hours, 13 minutes and 7 seconds. That's an average pace of 11:58 per mile. That's slow. But I don't care. I RAN A FRICKIN MARATHON. 

See? I have the medal and the bib and the beer can to prove it.

 

Trophy Wife bought me a beer as soon as I crossed the finish line and got my medal from a Marine. What kind of beer, you ask? Why, a Tallgrass IPA brewed in Manhattan, Kansas, of course!

I ran the Omaha Marathon with two AMAZING ladies, Grace and Keg. I love them, and I couldn't have done this without them. 

Me, Keg and Grace. Yeah, I grabbed my running bag and put on my stunnas as soon as I could. What of it? It was bright, okay?

So yeah. We did it. We're planning another one. And you bet your buns that two days after I ran a marathon, I went running again. Not only did I go running, I threw in some hills! 

Speaking of hills, we ran up one tough mother of a hill in the O. It was insane. 

Look really closely. We not only ran down this hill, but then we ran UP the hill in the distance, then ran around the Rosenblatt, then ran back UP this hill. It hurt. Like a bitch. We were pissed. BUT, this was the first time we got to see our AMAAAAZING support group, one member of which decided to run up the aforementioned and offending hill with us for about 100 yards...in flip flops. That chick is legit.

Anyway, I don't have a whole lot to say about the marathon. It was extremely humbling, and easily the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life. When I woke up on Sunday, I was trying to think of when I was going to drop out of the run, because I knew it was going to happen. When I went to sleep (drunk, of course. You bet your ass we celebrated our faces off) on Sunday night, I was a marathon finisher. Crazy how we surprise ourselves, isn't it? :)

In sort of other news, Karen and Will came up to Omaha to surprise us runners, more specifically, Grace. Boy, was she ever surprised. But in the best way. FYI, Karen and Grace are cousins and Will and Grace are...well you figure it out. ANYWAY, we were all totally surprised, ESPECIALLY since Karen and Will were already planning on coming to Gleebo from the big city on Tuesday. They still came to Gleebo. Karen is all about B Spears. ANYWAY, Karen and Will made supper. Holy delicious. It was practically a dinner party. Couscous-stuffed acorn squash and a tomato-basil bisque with garlic and herb baguette croutons. If you'll excuse me, I just died a foodie-gasmic death. Speaking of the dinner party, we were all matchy-matchy and totally didn't plan it....sort of.

Will, Grace, Lo, Karen and Jimmy-Jack. Jimmy-Jack's the neon-orange one. Holy sweater, Batman...But seriously. Grey, orange, and grey-and-orange. We're that badass...

In other news, Food, Inc. is in my netflix queue. More to come on that at a later date. 

Jumping back to Gleebo*, Britney Spears, no matter how crazy she is or isn't, is still smokin' hot.

In future news, I'm going to Ren Fest in KC this weekend with SFM, Half-Pint and Bitty. Look out, Ren Fest. You don't know what 3 former theater students and their former teacher and a little booze can do, but you're about to find out.

Um...my brain seems to have stalled. Give me a sec....

The Chiefs are 3-0, the Colts are 2-1, and the Motherbleepin' Cats are 4-0. The Hawks are not. What's even better about this is that the Hawks can't even say "Wait until basketball season", because, well...*coughfirstroundcoughcough*...they just can't. Mwahaha. Also, I just went to the K-State sports website, and heard the growl (you know which growl I mean) and it gave me goosebumps. I think it always will.

So Half-Pint brought to my attention that I haven't talked about my new job yet. I picked up a 2nd job a while back. I'm a delivery boy for a shop in Emporia. Basically, I get paid to drive their pickup to and from KC Metro delivering motors and picking up pumps, etc etc, and I get to jam out to the radio. How bad can that be? Not bad at all, I say.

I made supper tonight. New recipe. Pork chops in an apple and onion sauce with cream cheese and chive mashed potatoes, biscuits and green beans. It was quite delicious. The recipe has been bookmarked. 

My brain is buzzing with all sorts of things to say, but I can't seem to pick out what they are and say them. Interesting.

I think I'll just curb the wordspit for now. I've said enough. Have a good one! :)

Michael Dean