Alas, Normalcy

Total miles run since entry to NYC marathon/this year: 27.26/345.75
Total distance(in miles) swam since entry to marathon: 1.38
Exercise calories burned since entry/this year: 4,427/60,392
Weight: 199
Beers in last 24 hours: 0
Money raised towards goal: $375

That on the right is my old boy, Roy. He died a month ago of pancreatic cancer. He was a cool dog – very loving. We got him at the pound in April 2000. Today, when he wasn't at the door when I got home, I really missed him. RIP, BiG RiZ.

Those of you who follow the totals up top may have noticed the numbers haven't been changing very much. That's becuase it's been since Tuesday since I last jogged, ran or thought about a single mile. But now, with the two weeks of insanity behind me - the birthday, group of friends coming to town, and the wedding - I can finally settle back down into the throes of routine.

Ah, routine ... how I missed thee – that certain sense of calm that comes with knowing you will work from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m; you will eat dinner with your child at 6 p.m.; play with them until 7:30 or so; have a couple hours of free time to yourself; and then, sleep, glorious, sleep. All this without one request (or demand) that "Yo, Bako! Take this shot!" or "Yo, Bako! Ingest this random substance we found on the back of this garbage can."

Now, I can go back to being a role model for American youth everywear. Work, eat, rinse, repeat for five days in a row.

I'm guessing by Wednesday, I'll be bored.

For those of you not privy enough to either a) know RB or b) be at his wedding, know that it was a fine affair. The ceremony was beautiful, the reception was fun - with excellent food, fine spirits and plenty of scandalous debauchery. The old ASU posse: that would be me, Heidi, Rob, Art, Aaron and Garret, managed to stay up until something like 4:30 in the morning. At 9:00 we had to get up to come back and get the kid. We talked and reminisced and decided that, yes, it's true, we are the greatest group of friends to have ever lived, and that RB was headed off on a most excellent adventure.

When my boy got married, you could see both he and the bride we're really into each other. There was a certain honest look in their eyes that, to me anyway, indicated a nice future ahead for them. David and Karen - I know you've told me you've been reading the blog, so, I just wanted to say - thank you for everything. We all had a wonderful time.

Tonight I'm headed out to a television shoot down the road a ways. Channel 3, one of the local networks here, is doing a story on all the Phoenix-area NYC marathon runners. So methinks I'll be a part of that.

Well, that's it for now. Talk to y'all tomorrow.