Puppies and Plans
Puppy!
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My neighbors got a puppy. She was really sweet. Then they got another puppy! And shockingly, even Daisy can't hate them. Zuko loves them so much he wants to adopt them. They touch noses across the picturesque chain-link fence. This morning, they were shaking like crazy. It was cooler than it's been in ages, and I wonder if puppies just shake or if they were really suffering. I hope they were okay; I wanted to scoop them up and hold them inside my t-shirt. I want to lie down on the grass and let the puppies run all over me. One puppy = cute. Two puppies = make me want to die with the cuteness. The cuteness exponentially multiplies. Even when they squeal like lunatics, I just want to writhe around with them and squeal myself. I've never had my own puppy; I never want my own puppy. But Other People's Puppies + Me = True Love.
One puppy!
Two puppies!
Pamie's awesome marathon story is making me want to (and foolishly enterain the notion that I could) train to run a marathon. I even rashly ordered the book she linked to. I just want to check it out and see if it inspires me. I mean, I can barely run three miles. But then, a few months ago, I could barely run for ten seconds. Who knows? Something inside me feels like setting a totally insane goal and then working to reach it might be sort of fun. Torturous and painful and possibly dangerous and crazy-making, but also fun.
My sister ran the Chicago Marathon a few years ago. She got blisters the size of small potatoes on the arches of her feet because her insoles shifted slightly when she was running. She still finished. She took a picture of the potato blisters when she was done and displayed it in her room. Awesome. My sister is totally awesome.
The thing is, though, I don't even like running all that much. I like listening to the music I run with, and if I'm outside, I like looking at trees and flowers and stuff, but the running? I like it not so much. I only do it because of how I feel when I'm done, which is great. I think you probably have to like running a hell of a lot more than I do to train for a marathon. I think you probably also cannot like to spend so much time doing things like watching TV and eating slices of American cheese melted on tortillas and fudge pops. Because that is time you will have to spend running. You have to spend time running instead of practically everything else in life. But I feel like I need a focus. Something to work for. Something that would be good for my body and my mind. If not this, because the odds are lousy, I get that, then something else.
I'm in vacation fantasy mode today. We're thinking possibly Mexico or some place in Central America. Any suggestions?
posted by eliza @ 1:57 PM
7 Comments:
I think you should go further South and go to Argentina, Peru or Chile. They are all amazing countries and I would highly recommend them all!!
It's time for Europe, baby! Go drive around Ireland. Plenty of hiking to satisfy his obvious jones for outdoor adventure; plenty of nice clean bugfree B&Bs for you. If, however, you insist on getting very dirty, please go to Machu Picchu because I cannot. There were some really good deals for Central America in the issue of Budget Travel I got in the mail yesterday. If you do not subscribe, you must - it is the best fantasy vacation mag ever, because it's all actually stuff you can afford. One year is only $12.00, which is a baaaaargain for all the dreaming you get out of it.
Um, what if we trained for the New Orleans/Mardi Gras half and ran it in February? Or is that crazy talk?
I highly HIGHLY recommend Cabo. It is gorgeous and desert-y and rocky with roaring waves. Love the Cabo.
Because we'd only have a week, distance is a factor. I think we want to go somewhere we can get to pretty quickly -- in other words, where the traveling each way doesn't take up a whole day of potential fun and fabulousness. I would love to go to Argentina, Peru, Chile, AND Ireland! I want to go everywhere. Cabo sounds scrumptious.
Do a half-marathon. It's the perfect distance - it's long, it's hard, but it doesn't beat up your body as much as a marathon. I've done two, one with my boyfriend and one on my own. Half-marathons are respectable athletic accomplishments and a fun distance.
In Central America I've only been to Guatemala and Panama, and would recommend both - I absolutely fell in love with Guatemala though. It's dirt cheap to travel around there, not to mention beautiful.
You should TOTALLY do the Disney half with me and my friend Katy in January in Orlando.
I am so psyched to be doing it. And I will run it very very slowly.
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