saxikath

Air travel has become increasingly a hassle in recent years, as we all know. But I must say, online check-in has to be one of the better changes in the travel process in a long time. I love the fact that I'm already checked in for my flight tomorrow and have my boarding pass.

Of course, I'm also psyched because said flight will take me to the NPL con. In honor of which, a song mangling:

Baltimore, you're Con to me
You're everything a Con should be
Friends who are like family
Hugging me, puzzling me...

There's... sunlight!!

Still pretty cloudy, but the sun just came out. Happy!

Or rather, sad feet. The left one of my favorite, wear-all-summer sandals came apart on my way home tonight. I'm not sure it's fixable, at least not for more money than replacing the sandals would cost. (And the soles of the sandals are, admittedly, rather cracked at this point as well.)

Ecco doesn't seem to make them anymore. Pout.

On the plus side, I was walking home from a most awesome barbecue party, so I think the good outweighs the bad for the evening. :)

I officially don't like humidity when it comes to running. Went out this evening; it wasn't hot, but it was muggy. And I had all those overheating problems that I had back on the treadmill, and had to cut things short. Yuck!

Anyone have tips for keeping up running during hot & muggy summer weather? I fear the answer is going to be "get up at 5 a.m. and go running then."

I've been an utter lump lately when it comes to the running. I got completely out of the routine when I was sick, and haven't gotten back into it. I think I'd been running once in the past six weeks or so, ugh.

So I feel very good that I went out this evening to run, and actually made it 3 miles without walking (except for the hill up from Fresh Pond to the street, which I never exactly run up!). Not fast, but steady.

If and when we actually get summer weather, it's going to be rough. Even tonight, in the cool, I can feel my face is very warm. I'll have to find a time or place to run without overheating.

Anyway, I'm glad I got back out there.

And who would ever have thought that I, of all people, would want to go running?!

Farmers' market strawberries, sliced, allowed to macerate a bit in spiced vanilla bean sugar. With local-dairy cream (okay, half and half, but still).

Bliss.

Definitely the quote of the weekend from Legends, that one.

I was really sad to miss ToV, so I wasn't in the best mood when Legends started. But I ended up having a lot of fun, despite the fact that staffing is a much more stressful enterprise than playing. We had an influx of new crunchy staff due to a cast swap with another LARP, which made things much better. I could go out and do small-group or one-on-one face-role roleplaying and not feel like I was shortchanging everyone else.

And the first module I ever ran went well, I think. (Thanks so much to ironrat for his cameo appearance as Launce, and the brainstorming help!) People seemed to enjoy it. And I got to play my first weekend-Big-Bad. And chew out the players, in another role. (You did what? You told him WHAT?) And do some awesome one-on-one stuff.

So what happened at ToV? I hear the Insane Costuming Project got a second showing -- awesome! -- but what else?

A meme I really like:

Comment and leave your name here, and I'll tell you why I like you, and why I think you're great.

Coworker, on the current iteration of the Cough of Doom:

"That sounds like it's the last scene of an Italian opera."

Sigh...

Happiest of birthdays to bookishfellow!!!