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May 27, 2005
Who Misses Being Single?
For those blog readers who are coupled, let me tell you what you are missing. These are the things that were said to my friend (a girl) and I last night:
*Hey, how are you doing? I totally remember you from the last time I saw you here with my sister. (Oldest pick-up line in the book-aka “Don’t I know you from somewhere?”)
*My friend is wearing a wedding ring but he is totally not married. It’s just for fun.
*I’ll buy you a shot if you two kiss (the bouncer says this).
*Can I buy you a drink? I’m sorry, that is the lamest pick up line ever. (Actually, we liked this one best!)
So there you have it. A look into the life of a singleton. Fun times, right?
I actually did have a fun time last night. We went to some bars I haven’t been to before and we got a little dressed up so it was nice.
As for exercise today, I ran 16 minutes straight to pick up my car. THIS is why I love running. No other cross-training workout is as hard as running. None. I only ran 16 minutes and was sweaty, hot, and pretty gross. I finally felt like I had worked out. Then, I had to quickly shower and change to head out to dinner and ended up blow drying my hair, which is hot too. I was still sweating. You know that feeling? When you are still sweating from working out even after showering but you are getting dressed b/c you need to be somewhere (work, school, out) right away? I was so psyched to finally have that sweating gross feeling back!!! It totally made me feel like a runner.
Everything felt okay on my run. The calf did not bother me (there were even hills involved) and the knee felt the same as when I walk around. I can’t ask for more than that. The only problem was I found out after my run I needed to be somewhere downtown half an hour later. This meant no quality icing time. Well, I guess my ice pack had to come with me to dinner. But when I go out at night (I thought there may be bars involved) I try not to bring anything valuable. This means only one credit card, the minimum number of keys, and limited cash. But now I was risking taking my ice pack with me?? (I love my ice pack-it stays cold for 8 hours). Also, I needed reading material for the T. I wanted to read the new Runners World-but what if I lost that?? So I ended up bringing this “classic” book which I hate that I almost hope to lose. Anyway, suffice to say I returned home with everything in tact. It wasn’t that kind of crazy night! And I ended up beating my friends to the restaurant after all that and iced while I waited for them. It was cool b/c they are all runners themselves and also know I am often on the disabled list :) When they walked in they didn’t freak out and assume I was crippled when they saw the ice pack. It was just like, oh, of course Audrey’s injured and icing! (I broke out the ice pack again at the second place we went and they were more impressed it was still cold than embarrassed by me!)
I wore a school shirt today, but it was for a college I didn’t attend and have no real connection to. It wasn’t as fun as wearing my own stuff. Tomorrow I will have to revert back to my own school and race t-shirts.
Posted by Audrey at May 27, 2005 10:50 PM