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David and the new spoon.

David and I took an Indian cooking class last week (almost two weeks ago- what can I say?  I've been slack).  We made turnip greens and dal  with everyone else in the class making other dishes.  It was a tasty meal once we got it all done.  I am definitely going to try and make it again.  And a the risk of having my status as a southerner revoked, it is the first time I have ever liked greens.  The class was not without bumps.  The pan was so hot the original spoon David was using melted.  It was not heat safe... and since we prefer our food BPA free our group started over.  We were not the only mishap.  The father and son next to us burnt the rice.  And the chestnuts.  And the rice again.  No one told them that they needed to put a lid on the rice in the microwave.

The instructor took matters into her own hands

I have been running my usual route after work but since there has been more walking than I would like lately I have added in some stairs.  It has been quite toasty lately and I have not acclimated back to hot yet so I am back to the running a mile/walking a couple blocks/running a mile/walking a couple of blocks and depending on how much I walk translates into how many stairs I have to do.  Some days it's a lot.  See the picture to the left.  I am taking a well deserved break after 15 sets. :)

Starting line obviously :)

And we're off

Steel drums playing a little DMB

On Saturday was the tenth annual Heart and Sole five miler.  It was a BEAUTIFUL day.  Several of my coworkers signed up as a team and then we forgot to pick a place to meet.  Oops.  After about a block I saw Kimberly and we jogged the first couple of miles together.  All along this course were the best volunteers, entertainment, etc of any event I have participated in.  Everyone was very engaged.  It was so great.  Although I did laugh crossing the finish line they were handing out roses and I was like ok, that's nice, let me get to the dude handing out water :)  Then at the end of the race Kimberly and I stumbled upon Sue.  Sue had been done for awhile since she placed 2nd overall in her age group.  She did an awesome job!

Sue racked up  Win and a door prize!

Kimberly and I waiting in line for a bagel

Also, I realized (remembered- it had slipped several times) that it was the last day for the Governor's Cup early bird special at around 11:30.  So I quickly signed up.  Which means I will be having an active, busy Summer and Fall.  I signed up to take rock climbing again.  I have training for the Mud Run, take two, with the whole team (yay whole team! Dad, Mitchell, Brooke, and myself) starting around June hopefully.  Just waiting to hear back from Kim from LLS-TNT.  And, start training for the Governor's Half.  Last time I trained distance wise, but did not work out a good snack plan, which meant by the time I rounded Lake Kathrine I had very little energy left.  I need to work on that this time.  I finished last go round but the course won.  I want to go in and show it that it didn't scare me off.  Hopefully I didn't bite off more than I can chew!