butt-day party

tomorrow, it's my nephew ethan's butt-day. at least, that's what it sounds like when he says birthday. i've always found buying gifts to be extremely difficult. i want to make sure it's something the person is going to like and use but this is pretty much a crap shoot. i know what i like, but other people...not so much. it's a little easier since he is a boy and at that age we all pretty much like the same thing...monster trucks and things that can inflict pain. he really likes power rangers but self-preservation says that a toy having to do with them is just going to involve us playing power rangers more often (aka beat the hell out of uncle mike). he's a pretty strong kid and already leaves a mark when he whacks me with his plastic light saber. thankfully he usually only gets in one or two shots at me before i tackle him and tickle him until he can't breathe. then i let him up and the process starts all over.

this year, he's going to get something soft from me.

too slow...

results from the 4x1 mile repeats on saturday (4 minute recovery):
mile 1: 5:51
mile 2: 6:05
mile 3: 6:09
mile 4: 6:00

these need to be MUCH lower...like down in the 5:30 range but i couldn't seem to force that kind of pace out of myself. hopefully, it was just the hangover making itself known.

After the workout, i stopped to stretch and was using part of a fence near the trail to assist in that effort. A girl who had been walking around the park with two of her friends stopped to stretch next to me while her friends continued walking. Ah HA! Opportunity! Now don't be a retard mike, say something. She's pretty attractive but between my nervousness around women, the hangover, and the workout, i feel like i'm going to puke all over my shoes. Yes, there's a way to get a date, throw up all over her. Needless to say she finished stretching and walked away while i stood there looking like a slack-jawed yokel. So I put on my taped up glasses, attached the pocket protector and hopped in the dork-mobile to head off to the next job for the nutless wonder. I need to get some theme music.

Until next time...