Hazy first day in Austin; exciting things happen later.

Sunday evening I arrived back in Austin. I would've come back later (since class doesn't start until Thursday) but, I decided to volunteer at the Capital of Texas Triathlon yesterday. Overall: a good experience. Of course my assignment was the "transition area." That meant being there at 5:00am to start checking participants' helmets and body markings and later on, after the race had started, directing athletes in the appropriate directions for biking out and running out after the swim portion. I got a pretty good idea of how things run now (or swim...or bike...) and I'm eager for next summer to roll around so I can sweat and pant my way through a few. I WILL train for the swim portion next spring, no excuses. Besides the experiential knowledge, volunteering was worth it because of two things: a very nice tech shirt and many very nice tightly shorted and shirtless things to gaze at. Huzzah!

I got home at around noon and spent the rest of the day in bed eating popcorn and watching 30 Rock. I'm halfway through season 3 and a container of loose kernels. Days like that are my normal response to waking up too early.

Today has been much more productive so far. I woke up at 6:45 for a 6 mile run at Town Lake. I'm not sure what the most exciting part of my run was, but I've narrowed it down to two things: a) successfully navigating the 3-mile loop TWICE and b) seeing an oversized man running in a kilt. I'm leaning toward b) because of the sheer novelty of it.

I did some strength training, too. Which is good. I've kept surprisingly on top of actually doing it. During training for my half marathon, Monday's were for "strength and stretching." That translated in my head as "Rest." Hehe.

After all that nonsense these are the productive things I did: got my textbook for Chinese 506, went grocery shopping, and finished my fundraising letter (I'll explain that later). But here's some more exciting things that have happened to me:

1) I went to Urban Outfitters to get a price adjustment on this shirt



It's now on sale online for $49.99 (originally, it was $68.00). Well, It's a good thing I went to the store for the price adjustment because it's now on sale in stores for $19.99. They gave me that price. Woohoo! Now I can buy another shirt with the savings!

2) As I was walking back from the Coop I was stopped by one of those guys working for one of those organizations that helps people. He was explaining what they did and etc, and then asked "Are you over 21?" To which I replied, truthfully, that I wasn't. And the guy says, "Really?! You had me fooled..." Funny that I wasn't trying to fool him, but I was nonetheless flattered.

3) In January I will be running the Houston Marathon, and the San Antonio 1/2 marathon fit nicely into my training schedule. SO, I've signed up to run for Susan G. Komen Marathon for Cure at San Antonio and will attempt to raise $500. Breast cancer, prepare to be destroyed.

4) Einstein Bros Bagels was on my way home from Town Lake. I ate one. I miss free bagel (two) week(s).

Now I'm off to the container store to buy some type of organization system for all of the fabric and sewing toys I recently bought. Have I mentioned I'm starting sewing classes tomorrow? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.