Time Flies

My personal goal of blogging every day or two needs some work. My intentions are good, but something else seems to always get in the way. It's something I'm going to work on. Instead of leaving "holes" in my blog, here is another quick recap since my last blog.

The weekend went by entirely too fast and was enjoyable as usual. Friday night we met friends for dinner at Doc Chey's and then off to Cafe and Then Some for a show. The dinner was much better than the show, but the best part was spending time with Eric & Robin, Wayne & Vicki and of course my lovely wife Gerri.

Our weekends are generally busy and Saturday was no exception. We planned on a 10K run at Hollingsworth Park, a brand new subdivision with a beautiful park and virtually no traffic. We decided to start later, duplicating the time/temp of our upcoming Peachtree Road Race. The 1st few miles were very enjoyable, but the rising sun and heat made each passing stride harder and harder. We ended up cutting our run short at 5 miles. A few large teas at McAlister's Deli helped cool us off and start the re-hydration process.

We picked up Heather, then hit the stores. Heather is going the The Gauntlet, our church camp, in two weeks and we wanted to make sure she had everything she needed. This was mostly clothing plus two one piece bathing suits. Luckily we were able to take care of everything in only two stores (three stops) and found most items on sale. I normally do not like shopping, but enjoyed seeing the interaction between Heather and Gerri and the way her face lit up when she came out of the dressing room wearing something she really liked.

A quick stop by the grocery store, showers and then off to Live Free, Live Loud. This was an outdoor concert including fireworks that was put on by our church, New Spring. It was a pleasant evening, the crowd was large and enthusiastic and we raised almost $40,000 for charity. The band did a great job, especially Lee McDerment. Lee played numerous songs from his recently released CD, A Matchlight in the Dark. As the band played we enjoyed goodies from our picnic basket, and just being together. An outstanding fireworks display took place following the concert.

Sunday's just fly by. Church at 11:15, lunch at Wild Wing Cafe, some time relaxing at home and then the 80 mile round trip drive to take Heather back home.

Monday morning Gerri and I woke up early to get in a 3 mile run. Unfortunately my GI issues caused me to delay, so we ended up running separately. We both had good runs as the cooler temps really helped out. A quick shower, packing and I was off to Chattanooga.