Really all I want to do is drink a beer and watch some movies, then maybe go to the beach.

February 6th, 2008

As promised yesterday, updates!

- I have baseball practice this Saturday! Hooray for Get Healthy’s Problem #22!

I’m going to count it as “complete” after my first practice, because lord knows I need to check something off this godforsaken list. But I’ll update you as I go! With pictures even!

I am nervous for this though, since I haven’t played baseball or softball in a million billion years. This summer, look for me to be warming a bench at a baseball diamond near you.

- I have two new problems to add to the aforementioned Get Healthy category… Are you ready? Are you ready? Good, because I’m not.

1) Problem #24: Run the Cincinnati Flying Pig half-Marathon with Michelle and Anne on May 4th. Why am I doing this?

For one, I really like Pigs. I think they might be my favorite animal. For two, Michelle mentioned it to me last week, and I thought “you know, this will really be the kick in the pants I need to get running again.”

And so I agreed, not thinking about how May is really close, and how I don’t really like to run too much, and this means I have to get up early to train, and I really hate that, etc. etc.

I should also say that I ran the 2004 Chicago Marathon, and when I heard the words half-marathon, I thought, “Oh yes, I can do that! I did a full one!” But again, I wasn’t thinking how much work it was, and how, although I was glad I did it, it was a great life experience, etc. etc., I vowed to never do it again. Now I am realizing that even half of the pain and suffering I felt that day is still a shit load of pain and suffering.

Dammit! Dammit I say! But, I agreed, so there it is.

2) Speaking of pigs, which I love, did you guys see this article on pig-brain disease? Why hello, here is another good reason to not eat meat. So gross!

3) Another Problem to add to Get Healthy - Problem #25: Do the Danskin Chicagoland Womens Triathalon. This one also involves Michelle, she’s all in to doing sporty, torturous things like triathlons, and she said she’d kill my cat Smew and poison Riki if I don’t do it, so you see, I have to. But this one is 159 days away, and that’s a lot of days. So I’ll procrastinate until it’s 9 days away, then I’ll be swearing the gods above, swearing to the Michelle above, and be scrambling to get my ass in shape.

I think the rest of my problems/goals from here on out will be to take some really sweet naps.

Tomorrow’s post: I’ll put up reader-submitted goals like I said I would do today, yesterday. I really will, really.

And also to Julio: The problems won’t win! I shake my fist at you now!

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