As Liz Lemon from 30 Rock would say, "What the what?!!" I got up early so that I could get to the aquatic center in time for the 8 am water aerobics class and what did I find but an empty parking lot and signs in front of the building: CLOSED for maintenance. The other parks and rec pool near us is closed for the whole season for seismic maintenance. The try-new-struff gods seem to be against me for this blog. BUT... ha ha! I thwarted them. Read on for more.
I called my brother today to see if he wanted to go hang out with us at Forest Park. (I had given him warning earlier in the week, so he knew the invite was coming.) Shockingly, he was able to meet us at 10:30 for our damp hike in the fog, ferns and muck of the trail. We did a very quick 4-5 mile jaunt around on the Wildwood trail, with a splendid finish straight up the Trillium trail for the next to last 1/4 mile. We invited him for a hike and lunch, but he thought I said a hike and lecture, so he regaled us with interesting information about the steamy underbelly of Hollywood, the amazing pirate stories of Talbot Mundy, and a documentary he saw about this 19 year old Filipino kid who because the lead singer of Journey. My brother is seriously fun to talk to and seriously able to talk. I come out seemingly quiet and shy compared to him. Believe it! Sadly, he was not able to stay for lunch, so no more stories for today. There is always next time.
After the hike, I went home to work on my NaNoWriMo book. I'm almost up to 25,000 words. That is pretty awesome since the goal is 50K+ by November 30th. I'm totally going to make it. I'm having such a fun time. I even inspired my writing buddy, Cousin Brent, to write a few more words today. Turn about is fair play, since he gave me some incredibly useful tips for coming up with an idea.
The big new thing for today was getting together with my new friend Vanessa at Rock Bottom Brewery tonight to discuss setting up a UGA Alumni chapter here in Portland. It was great meeting her, and I think we may have a plan for moving forward. It has been a bit tricky trying to put this thing together, so having a tiny plan in place is a very good thing... better than no plan at all. The idea is to find a local pub (like Brooklyn Park Pub) that plays SEC games and then invite all of the alums on the Portland UGA Alum Facebook page to come there and watch the game together. Then, during commercial segments, find out if anyone is interested in having an Alumni Association. I'm willing to be a part of the leadership team, but only if folks want an association to be a part of. I'll let you know how it goes.
On the way home on Max (Portland's rapid transit train) a couple of cool hipster Portland chicks sang The Hearse Song. You know the one, "The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle on your snout..." It was brilliant. I laughed heartily.
Also, I had gyoza at lunch and mac and cheese at dinner. YUM!!!! These are things that I never once ate during my 8-week food challenge. Ahhh, it was nice to have them today.
Be happy and healthy!
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