My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk.

I love this man.

What's next?

Had the third -- and final -- reading of my new script. I don't normally have more than one, but this was a special case. Because I did a major revision of the first version, then changed the names and added a song to the third. So I got to hear that. I wrote a song! The music for a song! That's new.

I'm fifty-six and I'm doing new things. 

Distance: 3.1 miles 

Duration: 28:10
Pace: 9:05

And speaking of new things ...

The big news is that I am now an understudy in A Christmas Carol. Or technically an understudy, but I will be in the show for the rest of the run. This is new. It is a show with which I am very, very familiar, but I have never been a company member, I think everyone involved assumed I must have been, at some point, but I haven't. Still, I was offered the role (roles plural, it's a track a supporting characters) a very short time ago but I am doing the work and I will go on Friday evening.

Twenty-eight performances. My entire holiday season has been changed. Considering my recent feelings of uncertainty, I think this is a very good thing. I am happy. I am very happy.

165 BPM Playlist

Gold Rush - Death Cab for Cutie

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy

La Grange - ZZ Top

Best Friend - The Beat

Give Me Back My Man - The B-52's

Echo Beach - Martha & the Muffins

Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 44°
Climate: partly cloudy & cool
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBD