DONE

I DID IT!

13.1 miles in 85-degree heat. Done! My time wasn't as great as I'd hoped—2 hours and 23 minutes—but who cares? I finished and I have a medal.

More soon.

sometimes i'm still torn

I'm so happy with Obama. But Hillary Clinton would have been so excellent as well, especially in terms of women's rights.



I'm glad she's in our corner.

Scotland Run 10k

On a very very rainy Saturday about a week ago, Ivy came in from Boston and ran a 10k with me around Central Park—the same route I'll run twice on Sunday. (Sunday!)

We got up early-ish and ate our cereal and bananas, dressed in our warm running gear, and headed outside ... to rain. And 45* temperatures. And did I mention steady, cold rain? But we braved the elements and joined about 7,600 other runners for the Scotland Run.


Notice we're the ones without ponchos. They came in our race packages, and these two college-educated girls said, "nah, we won't need 'em." Ha. That's funny. We did have an umbrella, though ... but we ditched it before the start.

Too bad I don't have Ivy for the half marathon. It'll just be me and my iPod—and nearly 10,000 other women. Ten thousand!

But I'm feeling confident ... aside from some fairly awful stomach stitches during my runs yesterday and today. So long as they go away for Sunday (oh, please go away on Sunday!) I'll be ok. I'll finish. That's what matters.


Send me good race karma on Sunday, please!

theBUNGALOO!

I have some ridiculously talented friends. There's Julie, Ms. Writing-Teaching-Yogaing Extraordinaire. Then there's crafty Cara, who dreamed up her business of creating recycled candles and and other goodies, landing her smart self in Country Living. Kristin travels the world for a living, Susan whips up the most gorgeous earrings and other lovelies, and Mrs. French takes ethereal photographs that even Urban Outfitters can't resist.

You're all pretty swell, really.

So, I gotta spread the love to my friend John, owner and creator of theBungaloo! He's pretty amazing, too. I bought this scarf (in brown) from him and proudly wore it yesterday. I was bored in a meeting and spent a good 5 mintues or so trying to figure out how he so immaculately created the silkscreen for this:




He also makes some pretty clever T-shirts:


But his bread and butter are his posters and paper stuff, which a few people in the media have caught wind of, here and here:

I may have also bought a test print journal, and he may have thrown in some magnets with my order. Maybe:




Shop around at theBungaloo!'s etsy shop, whydontcha?

Dear Iowa,

I'm so proud.

Dear America,

Take a hint.

xoxo.