10.78

There are more things to report than “I ran 10.78 miles on Saturday,” but let’s start there. I ran 10.78 miles on Saturday. It felt exactly as long as it sounds. Around mile 6, my hip started whining at me. Then my left ankle. Then the ball of my right foot, which was weird because I’ve never had any pain there while running. Of course, I’ve never gone as far as .22 miles short of 11. In the end, the ball of my right foot won the shouting contest among the different achy parts, but it didn’t beat the whole of me, and as soon as I stopped running, it stopped hurting. I ran a relatively easy 5k this morning and didn’t feel any pain. I guess we’ll see if it shows back up on the next long one.

I did my long run on Saturday instead of Sunday because (a) Spouse was going out of town Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon and (b) I had no toddler to worry about tending, because she was staying at Grandmom and Tom-Tom’s. Friday, Grandmom had come down for what we expected to be a brief morning visit. She casually mentioned something about the farm, and Nuala leapt out of her chair, said, “I go bye-bye with Grandmom, see you later Mom, see you later Dad!” All the adults in the room looked at each other, shrugged our shoulders, Spouse packed her bag, and off she went. I might bitch and moan about the layout of the city we’ve settled in, and the nonsensical blue laws that allow beer but not wine to be sold in grocery and drugstores, but all of my bitching and moaning is nothing, and I mean nothing, against the convenience of sending your toddler off to visit Grandmom and Tom-Tom (and the horseys and dogs and chickens and Cat and cousins), knowing everyone is happy about it. Finally, it looks like monthly date nights might be possible. This is potentially life-changing, people.

Also potentially life-changing: Dad sent a gift with Mom last Friday. It’s a jigsaw. There may be things I cannot cut with the varieties of saws I have now, but I don’t know what they are. I am so pumped! Kitchen sink, here we come!

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