Entry for October 11, 2010

I'm one month away from being fifty years old. Or should I say fifty years odd? In my mind it doesn't feel like that much time has gone by. I believe I'm still young at heart. I still see things through the same eyes. I know I have plenty of life experiences in so many things. It's kind of weird being called "Sir" by people in their 20s and 30s. The salt on my black pepper head has become most dominant and I guess most obvious.

As I approach the half century mark, I'm preparing to run in my first 5k race since I was in my mid twenties. Caris and I are planning to run the Turkey Trot at Lake Norman (Charlotte) this Thanksgiving. My main objective that day will be to prepare room for the bird and all the fixings. The next objective is a quest to run a half marathon and maybe a full marathon. I regress! Running isn't my favorite form of exercise, but it is the cheapest. It also gives me the opportunity to clear my mind. I don't run with an iPod or any other music playback device. Just the sound of my feet hitting the ground and my heavy heavy breathing.

Saturday Gin and I had lunch at Roly Poly. The #39 is our favorite. After lunch we traveled out to Easly, SC for my round of disc golf. The course was behind a large multi-field baseball complex and had some very interesting and long basket distances. The first hole was my most challenging. It was a par 3 through some trees, in which I managed to hit one of them. The disc was hard to find as it slid under some leaves. The bee or hornet or whatever had no problem finding my cheek as a place to sting me for my rude invasion. Ouch! I managed to play through the pain. After the disc golf outing we did a little Christmas shopping. Then dinner was at Red Robin as we split entrees of a Chipotle Turkey Burger and Guacamole (on the side) Burger.

Sunday we fixed our favorite veggie and ground turkey dish for dinners this week. Yum! Yum! We ended up having dinner at Patrick and Jessica's. I'm in Chattanooga for the next few weekends and wanted to see Nolan and Dean before the long time away. We played and laughed even though both boys were tired and ready for an early bed time.

Time to sign off and get other things accomplished. Have a good week!
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