Twilight

No, I'm not going to gush about the movie or book about vampires, although I am not-so-secretly looking forward to seeing the movie and delving into Book 2 of the horribly written yet compelling book series. However, I did have a weird Twilight moment last night. I was giving blood, and the nurse saw my Francesca Lia Block book that I had with me. She asked about it, and when I started describing it, she admitted that she was crazy about the Twilight series. We talked about it for the duration of my donation, which was super weird, talking about vampires while blood's pouring out of my veins. Ew.

This morning's run was like running in twilight. The sun was just coming up, so it was dawn/duskish and so beautiful. I was a little tired from my donation, so I did 5 miles at a 9:10/mile pace. I was proud of that. It was 28 degrees and windy, however. Bundled as I was, my hands still managed to become completely numb. When I got inside, I guess the blood rushing back into my fingers caused EXTREME pain. It felt like I had just slammed both hands in a car door. I was in tears, and it lasted a good five minutes. Poor Michael had no idea what to do and was trying to be so helpful, but I couldn't even bend them. Thankfully, it didn't last long. I need two sets of gloves, I suppose.

Speaking of, Michael has been so incredibly busy this week, and he still wanted to run this morning. I was so impressed. He took my stop watch and old MP3 player, and he did 2 miles at about a 10 min mile pace. He only stopped twice. When I first started running, I couldn't even run for more than 5 minutes without stopping. 3/4 of a mile took me 40 minutes. I'm really impressed by his progress.

This weekend is the Philadelphia Marathon. I'm doing the half on Sunday morning. Sounds like I better bundle up again. The high for Sunday is 42 degrees. I guess it's officially winter!

Then we're having a Team dinner at Pizzeria Uno's on Sunday night. I'm so excited to hang out with my teammates in normal clothes and meet the special guys/gals in their lives. We are all going to have so much fun in Disney!

And if you haven't checked lately, I'm at my official grand fundraising total--$4,210!!!! Thanks everyone. Giving blood yesterday and reading all of the stories of people in need made it even clearer how important this journey truly is. Thank you all for taking it with me. We are really making a difference!