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May 11, 2008

sick, run, engagement

Happy Mother's Day! Some short tidbits:

  • I am sick. Somehow, I have both an ear infection and conjunctivitis (pink eye). I know, what am I, five? The pink eye seems to have gone away but I still have fluid in my ears. I'm taking some antibiotics, but if it doesn't start getting better soon I'll head back to the doctor's again this week.
  • Despite being sick, we ran a 5K in Somerville this morning. Kara did great in her first ever competitive run, coming in with a time around 32 minutes, and I managed to do what I wanted to do, which was finish in under 35, at about 34:20 or so. Not quite my old Middleburg Cross Country times, but I'm satisfied for just having done the run.
  • Afterwards, we went out with friends and various mothers and grandmothers for brunch. Mum is staying with us for the weekend and she and Kara have been busy cleaning the house while I mostly sit around trying to not be sick.
  • School is done, with final projects and exams wrapped up last week. It occurred to me last week that I have been very harried this spring between work, school and wedding planning. It will be nice to only have two things on my plate.
  • We had our formal engagement photos taken last week. Kara will look beautiful and hopefully our photographer can use the "Hotness" filter in Photoshop to make me look good. I suggested a McConaughey setting of 2 and maybe tweaking the Pitt to .47.
  • MJP and Stephanie are engaged! He proposed on Saturday...I went out with him on Friday night for a last "single" night out. I'm extremely excited for the two of them...they are definitely a perfect match, a long time in the making.

    That's it for now...hopefully I will be less sick this week, and better able to focus on work and other stuff. My head feels like a wet paper towel right now.

    Posted by Mark at May 11, 2008 09:00 PM

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    Congrats on getting out running again. I hope you get better soon.

    Posted by: Matt at May 11, 2008 09:48 PM

    Definitely glad to see you excited for the two of us! Thanks again for the gifts. Manlove, MJP

    Posted by: MJP at May 15, 2008 12:10 PM

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