I have had quite a day with family and friends, plus a little time for myself. Here is some of what I learned today:
- It’s difficult to wake up at 7 a.m. for a workout after a late night of wine and friendship.
- Right now, given the choice between an early night and a workout and a late night of hanging out with friends and no workout, I’ll take the late night and no workout and be more than okay with it.
- Jeanie, Erin, Robin and Malinda (aka “the Coeur d’Alene girls”) make wonderful breakfast partners. (We missed you today, Malinda!)
- K-Swiss makes must-have Ironman flip flops. (Thanks for the tip, Jeanie!)
- Seeing the Coeur d’Alene girls makes me itch for another Ironman. (Canada 2012, anyone?)
- Tommy Holt is more than a gifted photographer. He is wonderfully adaptive to a client’s needs. He is a gem.
- My sister’s second dog slobbers something awful.
- Given the choice between being clean and dry and being kissed by a slobbery but sweet dog, I’ll take the slobbery kiss and be more than okay with it.
- My sister makes a damn good salad.
- After eating a damn good salad, I crave eating better than I’ve been eating in recent months.
- My sister and her crazy night-time dreams may be my ticket to an Oscar for the Best Original Screenplay.
- An hour on the phone interviewing someone interesting for a profile piece feels like five minutes.
- My fifteen-year-old niece has surpassed me in height and shoe-size.
- My eleven-year-old nephew also has surpassed me in height and shoe-size.
- My fifteen-year-old niece thinks opera, specifically Les Miserables, is cooler than The Voice.
- I can watch the Vicci-Nikki battle again and again and again and never even approach beginning to tire of it.
- My parents finally got wireless Internet.
- Mom’s new PC is cool, but my new Mac is way cooler.
- I am loving a quiet Saturday night at home.
- I consider an evening of writing and working on my website for Ready Pen Productions to be a “quiet night at home.”
- Writing, even under a deadline, does not feel like work on any level.
Happy Saturday night, friends. Make it a good one.
Those are awesome Ironman flipflops!