Life

Avoiding Cupid

Published February 14, 2018

For some folks it’s Christmas, for me it’s Valentine’s Day. THE holiday I avoid, prefer not to acknowledge, head-under-pillow/wake February 15^th/move on with the Year.

Chocolates, engagement rings, couple-dom. Holiday for 2’s only. Can’t go to the movies alone. Must eat at the restaurant bar without a ‘plus 1’. Life’s empty/void without a significant other every day by your side.

Bah humbug.

6^th year, home with Pup.

Ash chided me: just because she’s 28 & married, doesn’t mean she still doesn’t expect chocolates. Michaela & Dave created a photo book of our Disney vacation. Stephen donated to the Nashua Animal Shelter – in Ro’s name. AND a card from Mom.

Thanks FAMILY ❤

: hanging proudly at Wingate’s Pharmacy in Nashua NH! (thanks Stephen)

: too old for chocolates?

: LOVE my Mom ❤

: Magical Moments

Valentine’s Day 2018

5-year tradition 🏈

Published February 4, 2018

2018 vs ’17: different basting bowl?

Same kitchen, same GREAT wings, same SPICY sauce…different basting bowl? Was that the difference? How could my Patriots lose?!

After 2017’s biggest comeback EVER in Super Bowl history, 2018’s Patriots were the first team in NFL history to put up 600 yards & lose. An offensive explosion – highest scoring Super Bowl EVER. Patriots trailed the Eagles entire 1^st Half, then beginning of the 4^th quarter – TOUCHDOWN: Patriots 33, Eagles 32.

That’s the way I’m gonna remember Super Bowl 52 🙂

5^th straight SUPER BOWL Sunday with Ash & Tom – another Colorado tradition. Jalapeño poppers, wings & Pepperoni pizza (bit lax on MY cooking contribution this year – LOL>).

Weak Halftime Show; 2 or 3 classic Big Game commercials. Family-fave featured Tom & Ash’s NY Giants, quarterback Eli Manning & receiver Odell Beckham. FUNNY clip.

Repeat the Feat in 2019? 5 consecutive years of New England or Denver being in the Season Finale. Should be back from Antarctica in time for wings ❤

The Philadelphia Eagles broke through for their first Super Bowl win in franchise history in their third trip to the Big Game on Sunday night. The Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 in an offensive explosion that featured a jaw-dropping 1,151 yards of total offense. It is the most ever for any NFL game, postseason or regular season (the previous record of 1,133 was set in 1950).

: Big Game MAGIC

: jalapeño poppers

: 5-year tradition 🏈

: Tom Brady’s last Super Bowl?

Time of My Life | Super Bowl Commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdDOj0MMFOM

Town of Celebration Marathon

Published January 28, 2018

EPCOT, is an acronym for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, a utopian city of the future planned by Walt Disney, often interchanging “city” and “community.”

The model community of Celebration, Florida has been mentioned as a realization of Disney’s original vision, but Celebration is based on concepts of new urbanism — radically different from Disney’s modernist & futurist visions.

Early start Sunday, missed bib pick-up the day before (EPCOT day 🙂 ). 5:30am meet-up in Celebration Park, race start an hour-half later. Humid Florida morning – expecting showers Sunday 2^nd half. Magic Kingdom ‘Poncho’ day.

Flat 2-lap course. Crowded start, 80% of participants running the Half. National Anthem. Ready ready to run.

Bunched around the 4:30 pace group. I always go out fast, then nothing in the tank later. Maybe if I force myself slow, I’ll finish with a smile. Worth a try. Short on my miles past 2 weeks, I’ll take a slower/happy finish – FAMILY in Magic Kingdom later.

Work/life struggle all month, no consistency since Hawaii. Lotta livin’ 1^st Half, lotta workin’ 2^nd Half. Notta lotta balance.

Digged hangin’ with a Pace Group. Easy 8 miles. Ran ahead of Pacer Dave, hit miles 12 & 13 hard, 2:02 first Half. “Made haste for the waste“, a much-needed porta-potty stop. 10 minutes ahead: expected to see my clique soon after.

Miles 14, 15, 16: no familiar faces. Ho, hum. Started to drag, put on some tunes. Mile 18. Still no rain, hyper-sweating in the tropics. Saw three folks from my 4:30 group dragging the sign. Pacer Dave had dropped. How often does that happen?

Wiped, lack of energy. Stopped to snap shots of my Florida journey. Drop, drop, drop – more sweat. Ran into my eyes, burned.

Thick muggy air, warm drizzle, high HUMIDITY. Slow-walked, just didn’t have it in me. Combination of hearty ‘Disney Plan’ meals & yesterday’s EPCOT walkathon. Heard the announcer. Day’s Finish across the Lake, 2 more miles. Felt like it’d never end 🙁

Blood pressure: 80 over 50. Spent my post-Finish with EMTs in the medic tent. Dehydrated (puking since mile 22).

Car, shower, shuttle bus, amusement park. Quick turnaround. Arrived 20 minutes before our all-American Liberty Tree Tavern lunch reservation. Would rain the remainder of my last Disney day. Spent 3 hours shuffling between indoor venues: the Hall of Presidents, Mickey’s PhilharMagic, Pirates of Caribbean, Under the Sea (Little Mermaid) & the Haunted Mansion.

Monday morning: Orlando, Florida. Work afternoon: Boulder, Colorado. Crazy fast-paced world. #noregretlife

CELEBRATION MARATHON & HALF MARATHON

Celebration, Florida

Sunday, January 28, 2018

MARATHON RESULTS

238 K R Haga Louisville CO 5:15:34