Here's what: August 22

Here's what three things I'm obsessed with this week...

They just released the new ad for Scandal season 3. I can not wait for it to premier in October! BET has been airing reruns and I got caught up in it two weekends in a row. Even though I've seen every episode already. Twice. It's just so compelling.

I still don't know when I will get the keys to my new place, but it should be some time in the next week. I'll be moving all of the furniture a week from this Saturday. I think I will be throwing myself a packing party this weekend so I can get my shit together. Really all that's left is my bedroom (mostly clothes), bathroom and kitchen. Ok, so I guess that's more than half the apartment. But I still feel like I have a lot done already. This shouldn't be too bad. Famous last words.

The World Championships have ended and one of the stories I'm still following came out at the end. American pole vaulter Brad Walker, a former world champion and two-time Olympian, did not have a shoe deal for much of the season. Having been with Nike for most of his career, his contract had run out and he believed he was worth more than they were offering to renew. So he shopped around for a while. With no deal done right before Worlds, he re-signed with Nike. Bc he wears customs spikes to vault in and the Championships were so close, he said he didn't feel right asking for new shoes. So he decided to wear old ones. But bc he keeps his shoes with his chalk, the velcro strap on the upper didn't keep a good grip anymore and he taped around his shoe to keep it together. And in doing so taped over the swoosh. He ended up finishing fourth at Worlds, just off the podium. And when Nike found out that he had covered the swoosh, they dropped him. Now, I can understand Brad's anger at being dropped like that, but I can also understand why it happened. He taped over the swoosh. Brad is so angry over the whole situation he has decided to sell every piece of Nike gear he owns on ebay. The first thing he put up was his medal stand jacket from the 2012 Olympics. Followed by his collection of gear from Moscow. You can see his current items http://www.ebay.com/sch/polevaulterbrad/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

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Weekend recap

I actually went out! Friday afternoon G text me did I want to go to dinner. Obviously the answer was yes. I have a great time with him and we can talk track for hours. I'm always early when I go to dinner with G bc I don't want to go home first, but we don't usually meet until 6:30pm. So I was early again Friday and sat in my car, with the heat on, reading. When he got there, I got out and we started to walk in only to see a sign that said closed for private party! You have got to be kidding me. I feel like their facebook should have mentioned that. So we walked across the street to some bbq place. BBQ in Texas is different. And, I think, not in a good way. I've been a few times and I don't think I need to go again. But it was a small place and we were taking up a needed table, so a while after we were done we headed down the road to Starbucks. And were there until they closed. Saturday morning I had an appointment at a local salon for a facial (sorry mom). For ...

Weekend

I love weekends. I wish they were longer...doesn't everybody? It was quite the lazy weekend too, being that it was so hot out. I ran Sunday...kind of. It was so hot, I hadn't had enough water, or food for that matter, so I cut my run short. And then we opted to eat out instead of cooking. I really need to cook this week. And maybe not drink. Except I have half a bottle of red left over from last night's Bachelorette finale fiesta with E. Monday. Oh Monday. Cancelled my run once again when the car told me it was 102 outside. Can't wait to be able to run in the mornings. Last night was the Bachelorette season finale so E came over for dinner and some wine. I now love sweet potatoes and I may have had a little too much to drink. And then decided it was a good time to update my iOS on my iphone. I'm still trying to get my phone back to where it should be. It made me do a complete restore, then I couldn't restore from a current backup and when I was f...

Here's what: March 21

Here's what three things I'm obsessed with this week... The Girls Night In that Deb and I are planning for when I'm home. We're slightly obsessed and have a whole private pinterest board to prove it. Now if only our family would actually respond to invite we sent out... I know I've included this race in the past, but now that it is this weekend I am starting to freak out. My "training" since running Austin has been close to nonexistent, much like K's, and E ended up with a minor stress fracture (!) but is going to run it anyway. Hopefully A will keep as all going. And the twins. Our birthday is in 13 days and I will be home for it! There are plans to be made.

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