A Couple of Good Weekends

As I mentioned, last Saturday I ran the James Page Blubber Run. It was too damn hot. I went out too hard. I wasn't trying to make a particular time and I blew five minutes waiting for free beer that would have taken 20 minutes more to get. So I turned right around at a point where the course doubled back on itself. More importantly, FG was waiting to meet me when I was done, which happened to be right when she got out of class. We killed some time by walking over to Marshall Field's. FG shopped and I followed. Then it was back to the post-race party site for a free Better Than Ezra concert. Which was great! Except that I really only know their first two CDs. I'm going to have to go pick up download obtain their newest one, from which I have a new theme song: Juicy. FG says it's very me. The sound and the beat and the way I like to dance and whatnot. I dig it.

So with all that I spent a good portion of that day encrusted in my own salt. After a quick shower and a Chipotle run, FG took me on a drive around North Minneapolis. Most of the places we drove I've never been to. Just never had a reason to go to North Minneapolis. But it's really... interesting. The ghettoness factor of a lot of streets/neighborhoods turns on a dime. The Humboldt Greenway development is particularly interesting. There are so many neighborhoods with really crappy looking houses and really amazing looking houses on the same block. Houses that look like they should be on Lake of the Isles or on Summit Ave. I wonder what the mix of neighbors is like. Because I saw plenty of black folks, but also some 20-something white folks having barbecues in their yards. Weird.

Anyway, we hit the sack early because FG had to get up early to ride in the St. Paul Classic. I slept a little later, did my seven miles, then cleaned around the house. Grabbed a shower and headed over to Lake Calhoun to hang out with FG while she napped read stuff for class. Back to my house for a while, then sent her home.

This Saturday she came over to my house after class. We shopped She shopped and I followed for a few hours, then she left to go to a murder mystery party. I didn't do much of anything, then went over to her house when she was done. This afternoon we biked for a couple hours, hung out for a couple hours in which I watched Game 3 of the WNBA Finals (Go Monarchs!) and she did some homework. We watched the Emmys, then I sent her home again.