I think I’ll remember my own LIFE

So…I received an email from the VA Beach Half marathon thing telling me that I MUST tell all my friends to sign up for it now before it sells out!  After all…there are only 700 spots left…one of them MAY BE YOURS!  Not that I think any of my “friends” will really want to sign up for this race…but I feel compelled to do whatever this website tells me to.  Also…I’m sure we have space left in our hotel room if you need to crash (you may have to sneak in a side door or something…but whatever). 

Seriously, I am getting very nervous about running this (AND I DON’T KNOW WHY!!!!!).  It’s supposed to be fun!  How do I turn a fun run into a nerve wracking event????  I find myself COMPULSIVELY checking the website on like a DAILY basis to see if they have added anything new. 

Random side note:  there are 20,000 people in this race.  That means there are 19,999 people to finish ahead of me.  ARGH. 

Hi…People who take care of the park.  If you’re the one who put up the barriers making it impossible to get to the bathroom…I HATE YOU!  With a passion! 

I managed to oversleep (like the good sleeper I am) and had less time than normal to get ready before running.  I like to have 30-40 minutes before leaving so I can eat and go to the bathroom, etc.  I only had 10 minutes this morning…but I really didn’t want to re-schedule my run so I figured if I really had to I could just use the park’s bathroom (which is suprisingly cleaner than expected).  Yay plans!

So the first 3 miles were fine.  Beginning of mile 4 I had to go, but I figured I could just wait to go (the bathroom is right at the end of the mile).  So I finish up mile 4 and had to go to the bathroom RIGHT THEN.  BUT…some jerk blocked the path to the bathroom and then also blocked the actual bathroom door!  ARGH. 

So I had to get in my car and drive to the closest bathroom (which luckily is a WAWA which usually has relatively clean bathrooms as well).  By this point the last thing I want to do is drive back to the park and run another 3 miles.  So…I went to work instead.  I figure I’ll go run another 3 after work today…and then try the long run again on Sunday.  SO frustrating! 

Even worse…as I’m walking in, all sweaty and covered in mud from the trail, my crush walks up behind me.  Sigh.  (Um…for those who don’t know…I have a fake crush on the HOTTEST guy in the world that works here…I don’t care how OLD he is.)  He just kind of laughed at me and kept his distance.  Go me. 

Also, last night’s happy hour kind of sucked.  I had to drive this week (after last week I felt obliged to volunteer so the one kid could actually drink this time) so I couldn’t drink that much, AND my freaking nemesis was invited!!!!  WTF?!?!?!?!  The people I went with don’t even like him either…so how did he get invited???  So not only did I have to hang out with the guy…I had to do it sober…with nothing around to distract myself from the awfulness that is he! 

Anyways, before this turns into a BOOK…enjoy the weekend.  I have big plans of painting and drinking tomorrow morning (don’t ask)…so I know I’ll have fun :-P.