Blah Heat Blah Blah Blah Running Blah Blah Soccer Blah Blah

I won't apologize for not writing in my blog for a while...just haven't done it. Various reasons but nothing worth mentioning. It's hard to believe it's mid July. I say this every summer, and it's very cliche. School will start soon. I actually started working on one of my syllabi today. I am not teaching any new classes in the fall, but am making some changes to classes. I haven't taught any new classes in about a year now.

I have increased my running mileage just as the temperature has increased. I've run a few times when the heat index was over 100. If you are wondering why I didn't wait until the evening to run, I did! I haven't been running fast (with the exception of a sad excuse for speedwork I did last week), but I've been running. Good enough for me. Bill and I did an early morning run today. The heat and humidity were ridiculous when we started out at 6:30. I felt like we deserved more of a reward for getting up early to run.

Today the US women's soccer team has a big World Cup game. I admit that I don't care much for soccer. I wish I liked it more. I just can't get into it. However, I'll at least tune in for the 2nd half. I hope the US wins, and I hope it's an exciting game.

In other news, I've sort of discovered Twitter. I'm not sure what I think of it yet. Having only 140 characters in which to type my message is challenging for me but in a fun way. And, interestingly, Yoko Ono is following me on Twitter.

Update

It's been awhile. Here is my update:

1. I have a cyst on my hand. I am supposed to immobilize it (which is not easy). If that doesn't work, I will have x-rays done, and a possibly surgery. The problem is not actually where my cyst is. It's down in my wrist.
2. We are watching Buttons again for a couple of weeks. Her parents are on vacation. She's a fun little dog with lots of energy.
3. Murphy has jumped the fence two times in three days. Tomorrow we are making fence modifications.
4. Gus got poked in the eye by Murphy. He had to wear the cone of shame for a few days, but he's fine now.
5. I subbed for lots of aerobics classes last week. So many that I barely ran.
6. I ran 5 miles today in awful heat. I waited too late---I could have run at 7 a.m. but waited until 10:30 instead.
7. Bill's parents bought us a cappucino/espresso maker. I am trying to like coffee. Right now I can do frappes and cappucino, but not real coffee. Baby steps.
8. Bill's summer classes are over, which means he is home a bit more, which means he is cooking a bit more. Last night he made tilapia and baked potatoes. I am not going to lie. He's a good cook. I lucked out.

That's about all from me. Tonight I am meeting a friend for a drink at the Lava Lounge--a bar where they put tiny plastic neon animals in your drinks. I go there just for that reason.