fractious

It's been a good set of days. The week itself was fun, what with hanging out with folks on Wed - and before I forget, here's a shout out to "S" and "Y" for reading/pretending to read by blog and requesting to star in it ;-) - and watching "Up" the next day with the usual gang (awesome movie!). P was flying in on Friday and a few hours before his departure from O, it was decided that we would attempt to hike up Mt.Washington. As usual it was a slightly imbalanced plan. Late Friday night, I set out to pick him up from the hour-away airport. Somehow this turned into a road trip for 3 of my concerned friends. Suffice to say that there were bad jokes a plenty and some rather interesting conversation. Randomness abounds in my life. Anyways, it was around 2 am by the time we crashed and I actually managed to be up by 6.30 am the next morning. By 8.30 we were showered, breakfasted and packed and P was armed with enough stuff to survive a hurricane and live out a week while waiting for the rescuers to get to him. It was a three hour drive to get to the base of the mountain and a good 7.5 hour hike including almost an hours break at the top. Loved it! I had a great time hiking and re-affirmed my love for the outdoors. I also managed to meet a couple of real nice, fun folks on my way back down as P preferred the more elegant way to get back to the base of the mountain - the van. And then there was that crazy three hour drive back home. Tired is one way to describe how we felt when we walked in at midnight.

Of course, I bummed around with P on Sunday and had plans in the evening => I postponed the stretching for the next day. Needless to say, negotiating the stairs has been interesting over the past couple of days. However, all is not lost. Managed to get a 4 miler with a 1 mile walk done today. It was the perfect weather for it. Light drizzle, temps in the 60s. And my shins didn't complain either. Or maybe they did - only my right quad and the left calf have been complaining way more loudly since the hike.

So I thought I'd end the post (yes, it's not done yet - I know - sorry) with some thoughts that have been flitting in and out of my mind as I type up this post :

- what are the words of that song that I was thinking of y'day?
- should I have done my laundry today?
- Dab it - how the heck am I going to get a* and b* done at work this week? (* a and b are things that need to get done at work this week)
- Man, did I botch that* up or what? (*that is something that I botched up big time recently)
- How the heck did I manage to set off the fire alarm twice in the last few weeks?
- How the squash am I going to get rid of this fried oil smell in the house?
- I should have done my laundry today.
- Didn't I promise the dear ol' four wheeler a clean up and wash after it's 5th birthday?
- Jeez - I botched that up.
- Am I thirsty?
- Yann Martel!! That's it - I remembered the name of that author!
- Why can't I just eat healthier?
- I think I am an endorphin junkie.

And so, my darling readers, to bed.