Thursday Thirteen

1. I swam here as an age-grouper for nearly a decade. Cool shout out.

2. After a weekend of laziness, I’ve been hitting it hard this week (and abstaining from the sauce).

3. The summer concert trifecta is in place! Blue October (April), Lady Gaga (July), and Kings of Leon (October).

4. I was in a quandary over the Lady Gaga tickets. I was tempted to purchase the floor seats (for close to $200) since the sound quality in the 300’s is horrible. The acoustics in the 300’s at Fleetwood Mac were dreadful (although the acoustics at New Kids on the Block wasn’t bad, but it’s not like they had quality music to begin with). I went with the $85 tickets (which were actually $100 with taxes and processing fees). I saved some money, but I’m hoping we still enjoy the concert. My brother and I had good seats in LA and the tickets were only $27 plus taxes and fees. The American Airlines Center is a rip-off.

5. I have a weekend with Cliff and then I’m going to North Carolina (April 16) & California (April 23). I’m looking forward to some family n friend time!

6. I had some great lunchtime runs yesterday (5 miles tempo) and today (6 miles easy) in this beautiful weather (minus the random hail yesterday). I’m aiming for 20 miles this week and hopefully I can start being a bit more consistent with my running.

7. I’m totally getting into Lost. We’re still on Season 1. Now that we’ve finished Season 2 of Damages, we’ll be seeing a lot of the island (and apparently multiple dimensions?).

8. Zones (masters swimming) is this weekend. I kind of miss it all, but then at the same time, I think about competing and it doesn’t sound so swell.

9. I have absolutely no races or goals until January 2011. I need to think of something. Or do I?

10. The weather is absolutely amazing, and I’m hoping Cliff and I can play some tennis this weekend.

11. We haven’t started any of the home projects we were talking about doing last weekend and this weekend. The entry way still looks like poop. Maybe I need to post a picture on my blog to embarrass myself enough to inspire action?

12. My wedding weight seems unattainable, so now I’m working on short-term goals. I have one in mind, but Cliff saw my blog one time (I probably forced it upon him), and he thought I was lame for talking about my weight. But if I hit it, I will celebrate (and post accordingly) and then work on short-term goal #2.

13. This is absolutely perfect happy hour weather. I might have to break the “no drinking on a school night” rule on my second Thursday in a row because it would be a travesty not to enjoy a tasty beer out in the sunshine.