on friday i made the mistake of running 5.5 miles after not running consistently for about 3 months.
i am still regretting it, but i am excited that i can now do the fall river road run without a commute.
i saw a painted turtle on the way down the hill and it made me irrationally happy.
i think the term snout was coined with turtles in mind--their little pokey noses embody everything that the word suggests.

we watched fireworks from the breakwall which is always a treat because they go off literally over you head.
it's like watching them with 3-D glasses [minus the glasses]--they're not flat against the sky, you are essentially inside of them.
fortunately we did not get hit by any falling embers.

i might be going to greece [or some other very pleasant place] this winter for two weeks, all expenses paid.
someone we took sailing wants to employ nathanael and i to charter a boat in some far flung location.
they rationalized that if we went with a 57-foot beneteau it would be perfect because we would each get about 20 feet of boat.
i agreed emphatically.

i made mini soft pretzels on friday, they turned out great.
the only bad part is you have to eat them all within 2-3 days, so i have been subsisting on white flour all weekend.

the first 7-day workweek of the summer and already feeling sleep-deprived, but maybe this will be my year: my legs may just get tanned.