7.16.2009

Updates in Summer life.

My blog posts are, for some reason, much more sporadic during the summer. Oddly enough, when I have more free time, I blog less. I surmise that this is because I am doing very little that interests anyone right now. Currently, my day-to-day life involves:
  • Training for the Chicago Marathon. I mean, running a lot and hoping that somehow, I'll be able to drag my sorry ass from the starting line to the finish line...26.2 miles later. (Um, still not sure how that will happen.)
  • Continuing to slog through the second half of Learn to Read Latin. I'm definitely learning things, but it can be very tedious at times.
  • Eating...and mumbling every night after dinner that "We could go get custard..." hoping that the boyfriend will get the hint and offer to go of his own volition.
  • Drinking my weight in tea in the local coffee shop on campus, trying to get work done.
  • Wishing I had a dog to keep me company.
At 12:15am on Tuesday morning, I saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with the boyfriend, Dan, and Brian. I'm pretty sure that we were the oldest ones in the theater, which was a little depressing. Mostly though, it was just infuriating because there were a lot of teenagers whooping and hollering and clapping for seemingly no reason whatsoever. The boyfriend exclaimed that I am "so disdainful" of entitled teenagers. Then I got took out my dentures and threw them at him and beat him with my walker.

Anyway, Harry Potter was very entertaining, though I am not sure that I processed a lot of it, thanks to a lack of sleep and a very full bladder. I think it's odd when the filmmakers decide to cut out several things that I deem important and instead, replace them with scenes that weren't in the book in the first place. (Um...Christmas chase in the fields?)

This morning, I ran five miles. It was sunny by the time I got out, so I had a pretty hard time. In fact, I walked a little bit. (Bad!)
  • Mile 1 - 10:37
  • Mile 2 - 10:19
  • Mile 3 - 10:15
  • Mile 4 - 11:16 [I walked some. Boo.]
  • Mile 5 - 9:36
Okay, I just roasted some potatoes in the oven, and it's time to get them out. Er...bye.

I'll leave you with a picture of our not one, but two purebred dog banks.

19 comments:

The Novice Berker said...

I commend you for your Latin self-study; that's some dedication right thurr. And your doggie banks are magnificent, hahaha.

Brick Cedar said...

The movie was choppy for anyone who read the book but for those who hadn't I am sure it was spectacular. Anyways, it was a good time. Thanks for coming!

aron said...

lol dog banks??

X-Country2 said...

Only you would have not one, but TWO plastic dogs like that. :o)

Emily said...

I have yet to see HP...I've sadly only seen the first one, but I really want to see if they are as good as half the teen (and middle aged) pop alleges.

fittingbackin said...

Love your dog banks - and your face in the photo with the dog banks - you crack me up! When will you get a dog??! Hopefully soon!

Kristin said...

Our lives sound very similar right now...training, studying, eating...

Last night the BF goes to the store and came back with ICE CREAM of our fave variety...(slow churned Edy's PB cup)

After my test on Monday he went on his own to get me Ben and Jerrys...I mean, could you really ask for more in a boyfriend? I think not.

In fact, if we were to ever break up I think it would be criteria for any new suitor.

fittingbackin said...

Good idea! I updated it for without bread: 216 calories, 18 carbs, 4 fat grams and 28 protein grams! :) Hope you try it/like it!

Selba said...

Going to watch Harry Potter!

Cute dog banks, hehehe...

I Run for Fun said...

If it makes you feel any better, my 30-something year old friend watches every Harry Potter movie the day it's released...

The dog banks look great...till the real thing comes along.

Susan said...

I waited in line to see the first Harry Potter, in hopes that I would learn how to turn my high school physics teachers into a mouse. No such luck.

Jessica said...

I think it's going to take a lot more pennies than those two banks can hold to get a real purebred French bulldog;)

D10 said...

Teenagers can be annoying at times. They think they are so cool!

RunToFinish said...

you totally weren't the oldest ones there I know a lot of peopel I work with that went to HP!

Maria said...

OMG where did you get the doggie banks? My life will not be complete without them! In other news, I'm back, and may even make my triumphant return to blogging soon:D

Suzanne said...

Learning Latin AND training for a marathon in your free time. Damn you overachievers!

Jeri said...

I definitely need to see it again, only not at the time when I should be sleeping, and without the company of annoying teenagers. Were there a lot of skankified hogwards uniforms at your theater? Yowsers... :s

heartswholefoods said...

LOL my friends tell me I'm disdainful of teenagers too! Yeah I'm a whole 2 years older, which allows me to be so ;)

Love your blog by the way, hilarious posts!

Alisa said...

Hope you get a doggie soon! They are the best!