Event: USA Fit Half Marathon

Congrats to big poppa for completing his very FIRST half-marathon! I'm so proud of him! I could never do this. Run and run and run. He was all runner-geared out. Tight shirt. Tight pants. Knee thingies. It sucks having to wake up so early. It was awesome that he had people running it with him. Kudos to vinnie for running back to back halfs. And major props to jacques for completing it while ill with barely any training! Geez! I can barely run three miles on a good day even if i had been training for a whole year. I hate running. So hard. Since the marathon though he's barely continued with the running. I feel bad. It's not my fault but i haven't been pushing him to do it either. He was so happy his belly went down and now it's slowly coming back. At least it's coming back SLOWLY. Haha. Their finisher shirt and medals are prolly the ugliest shirts and medals i've ever seen. YUCK! I made this big picture thing of big poppa's face to use a cheering sign. People loved it! I was gonna surprise him with it at first but i was running out of time and it was just easier to let him see it. Of course then he was all being picky and complaining about the picture i chose. So vain this boy is.

Trippin': Sydney - ANZ Stadium

I'm just dreaming of the day that i will stop traveling like a textbook tourist. One day. I'm just on the move kinda person. I get bored just sitting around. When that day comes where i can learn to relax on vacay's, maybe i can stop things like touring a stadium. I dunno why but i love things like this. It's completely ridic thing to go see and do, especially when you're in SIDNEY! Another reason not to get the see sydney pass. Cos then you're almost forced to do things you generally wouldn't do. Overall i had an okay time and it's always neat to go behind the scenes. I tried to look for a rugby game to go watch but there were none going on the time we were there. We did however watch a ton of rugby games on the telly trying to figure out the rules and what not. We ended up getting a 'private' tour because we were the only people who showed up. I almost feel like a loser. Haha. I think i can handle being a loser.

Musik Mundi: Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey
Album: Born To Die (2012)
Song: Summertime Sadness
Song: Radio
Song: Dark Paradise

You either like Lana Del Rey or you don't. Her singing style may take a little getting used to but i'm all for quirky voices. I watched Burlesque this weekend and although christina did an okay acting job (def better than britney in crossroads!), her voice just isn't for me. Cher's such a great actor! Who knew her acting could be so subtle when in reality she's larger than life! So yeah. I don't likey screaming singing. Big poppa and i made some additional progress with our flooring remodel with the laminate wood. Our goal for the weekend was to complete the rest of the first floor which included the kitchen, bathroom, small dining area, laundry room, pantry and small closet. We accomplished only 25% of it. And our bodies were so incredibly sore. As if we weren't busy enough, Alfie got a UTI and was peeing cloudy pink droplets everywhere. Poor guy. We took him to the vet and got him some antibiotics. He's a tough guy who deep down really is a scaredy cat. So our reno obstacles included the fact that we had to remove the toilet, which turned out to be a lot easier than putting it back. It took us three tries. Two sets of screws. Two sets of wax rings. And just really gross. Then there was moving out the fridge and stove. More grossness in the form of lots of rat poop. It was like no signal on the telly. Okay not that bad. But bless big poppa's heart for taking on that challenge while everyone pretended to be busy with other things. And right when we thought the hard parts were finally over with, planks from the left area didn't quite meet up with the planks from the right area. I was so mad. There's this huge gap. The only solution now is to put a transition bar across the entire gap which just messes up the flow. I am still mad every time i think about it. I just wanted to go all hulk and rip everything up and throw it everywhere whilst screaming like a banshee. Big poppa, stop saying it'll be okay. Argh. Oh yeah, big poppa kept throwing f-bombs my way for constantly screwing up the measuring. Measure once, cut twice. I know. It's supposed to be the other way around. Hah. Steel magnolias came on the telly so i watched that while working. I wouldn't recommend doing that. Towards the end when shelby was taken off life support, the measuring tape was all blurry from the tears in my eyes. Maybe that's why everything was so inaccurate.

*photo courtesy of amazon.com*