8.07.2006

Weekend

What a great weekend! On Friday, Brad and I went to the drive-in to see Talladega Nights with our friends, D and K. It was pretty funny--"I like the Christmas Jesus best" and "Boy, I'm going to stick you in the microwave" were side-splitters!

Saturday morning Brad actually slept in later than me! I made pancakes and then Brad mowed the lawn. I worked on the quilt and cut out the material for the beach bag I'm making. We went to Blockbuster and rented three movies (they have a deal going right now were you can rent any three movies for $9.99): Failure to Launch, Syriana and Waiting. Failure to Launch was a cute movie and Syriana was a little difficult to follow since we don't know much about the goings on in the Middle East. We haven't watched Waiting yet.

Yesterday, in anticipation for the 125 mile ride coming up next weekend, we rode 90 miles. It was so hot and a lot of the stores/gas stations were closed since it was Sunday. Brad got heat exhaustion and his right knee was hurting him pretty badly. It's been hurting him since we ran the Knoxville Half Marathon during our training for the full marathon. So, around mile 65, I hung back and went slowly and tried to pull him in by letting him draft off me. That worked pretty well. I felt pretty good after the ride and am really looking forward to doing the 125 next weekend. When we got home, I made dinner and did some cleaning around the house while Brad re-cooped in front of the TV. I found a new book to read, The Known World, by Edward P. Jones. It's really good so far. So, I read that for a while before hitting the sack. For the first time in a few days, I slept really well.

Today, I am going to clean the house (already did the dishes) and then work on the beach bag and quilt. It's going to be exciting! At some point, I need to make a trip to UTK to get the books I'll need for the upcoming semester! I'm so excited!

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