Another Year Older

It's official, I am another year older and 1 wisdom tooth less wise. My birthday was chaotic, to say the least, as it happened to coincide with a very busy work event. While the day was salvaged by a fabulous bonfire out at Schwatka lake and a wonderful dinner of hotdogs, potato chips, brownies and box wine; I am looking forward to having a real birthday celebration this weekend.

As a special birthday treat, I went to the dentist to get my annual cleaning/check-up. Somehow, I left with one less wisdom tooth. Doctor Jacob assured me that getting the cavity filled tooth out, is better than a filling. I was a little bit too under the spell of Ativan to pay attention, let alone protest. All I know is that my teeth miss their former colleague and are crying out in pain.

Winter has definitely arrived in Whitehorse and, thanks to the time change, it is dark before I even get home from work. This is presenting some logistical problems when it comes to my running schedule, but I will try to do my runs over lunch, which should help it all out. The new winter running is also requiring equipment changes. I've totally splurged on a icebreaker wool top, which costs you your first born son, but keeps you warm while you run. I also bought some YakTrax to keep me from slipping on the ice.

All these additions to the running inventory should be enough to get me through the next 4 weeks and to the finish line of the Las Vegas marathon.

Expect the next few entries to be marathon-centric, as I work out all the final details. What can I say, the garden's dead, so there really is not much else to report about.

Sierra posted this on Nov 08, 2007 from the livingroom | | permanent link