Been a while since an update… Nothing too noteworthy happening, but I don’t want to leave you all without an update for too long.<br/><br/>Immediately following the race (posted below), we dug up our yard, ripped out a half dozen stumps and such, and fill up the front bed with 10 bushes and a few little flower clump things. We didn’t get to relax that day until around 7pm. Joyous. We still have a bunch of bulbs to plant and the side yard bed to do… I have no idea when we’ll get around to it.<br/><br/>Also on the yard-work front, I mowed this weekend. Mower started right up! Sweet. Afterwards I threw down some seed in the front. Hopefully it’ll take some more this year…<br/><br/>Following that weekend, a hectic week at work to get a release out. On the running front, I didn’t run because the sprained ankle I had run on was really angry at me. A few days off were what the doctor ordered.<br/><br/>Last weekend was an “island grilling” at a coworkers new house. Had some amazing chicken and I made a <a href=”http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Sweet-Potatoes-with-Kahlua/Detail.aspx” target=”_self”>mashed sweet potato recipe</a> that turned out to be great. Combined with his infamous rum punch, it was a nice day.<br/><br/>During that weekend, I began my running again, but noticed my knee was really giving me problems. Pain, clicking, and finally a swollen leg that would last for the entire next week. I still ran on it, but only got in 50% of my planned miles. I did some dinky 1-2 mile runs during the week and capped it off with a two-run Friday in which I did another 2-miler and then paced Erin to her adult PR in a 5K (22:55).<br/><br/>This weekend… Geez. It was a three-day since I was given Friday off for getting our release out, but I managed to stay busy the entire damned time. Chores all Friday, chores all Saturday, and then running around all Sunday (literally and figuratively). I even told myself after doing chores nonstop on my day off and Saturday that I wasn’t going to do squat on Sunday… Yeah, from the moment I woke up, I managed to keep busy until I went to bed with folding three loads of laundry.<br/><br/>Saturday was pretty awesome; a coworker had a “movie night” at his house, which is an old, old farm out in Fairfax Station (built in 1770). Really cool house and really awesome watching movies on a screen out in the woods. We started off with <a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302886/” target=”_blank”>Old School</a>, then played a few songs of <a href=”http://www.rockband.com/” target=”_blank”>Rock Band 2</a> (I really didn’t care for the song selection it shipped with), then moved to <a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050766/” target=”_blank”>Night of the Demon</a>, which the crowd (myself included) vetoed after about 20 minutes, and finally <a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324216/” target=”_blank”>Texas Chainsaw Massacre</a>, which was retty damn awesome at midnight, in the woods, with surround sound set like 50ft behind you.<br/><br/>This week was supposed to contain a Nats game tonight, but I cancelled it yesterday based on the weather forecast. Not much going on other than getting my mileage back up… This weekend I’ve got another <a href=”http://www.crystalcity.org/eventdetail.asp?IdEvent=469″ target=”_blank”>5K Friday</a>, a <a href=”http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194194″ target=”_blank”>Neo-Geo gathering</a> here in Arlington, and I might <a href=”http://www.nasaracing.net/Summit_April_09/event.htm” target=”_blank”>drive out to the track</a> to see some friends. I also really want to fit in dinner at <a href=”http://www.benschilibowl.com/ordereze/default.aspx” target=”_blank”>Ben’s Chili Bowl</a>… It has been on my to-do list for months, but I’ve still never been. Maybe if I post about it it’ll happen?