emerald nuts and other things

on sunday i ran the across the bay 12k with colette, ryan (bro), and ryan (sac). clay was sick and still recovering from the previous crazy weekend, so he stayed and cuddled with taxi while we stood in the rain, hopped on a bus that took us to sausalito, and then had the privilege of running home (across the golden gate bridge, yay!). all of which we paid for, it's funny when i think about it. and because ma asked so nicely, here's a picture of me, soaking wet, running in the rain in front of the golden gate.
i haven't run more than 4-5 miles at a time since my marathon in december, lingering knee pain has had me sidelined. then my bike crash and recovery screwed everything up, made me feel heavy and out of shape (might be able to remove 'feel' from that sentence). but i started working out last week, easy stuff, then i started running, still just a few miles though, and on race day i was able to run the full distance! woohoo! i'm so excited to be able to start getting back to normal (running) tara! i didn't come anywhere near the goal i had set for myself months ago, but that's ok, i'll train and try again at bay to breakers (come join me!).

i'm going to visit meagan tomorrow, all the way to new england for a weekend trip, yikes. then next weekend i'm headed to detroit and kalamazoo to visit fam. another whirlwind trip. while i'm in michigan my dog will likely be napped and transported to the mormon capital of the world, it will be a sad and quiet apartment to come home too...until claire starts singing and dancing all happy like to be the only animal in the house again. ma and kev miss taxi, and i know he misses them too, and the snow is melting, so it's time.

grandma eileen made me slippers, i got them last night, they make me happy.