holiday!

Whew.

I think running is helping my hike time, and vice versa.

After the hike I went to Safeway to get a Deli sandwich and discovered a new Yum-Yum: garden veggie sammy. It has lettuce, tomatoes, green bells, artichoke hearts, Provolone, and this really yummy sauce. I usually skip the cheese on my sandwiches but it sounded like too good a combo mess with. Bliss.

Killing time before "Dark Knight" - watching the swimmers and runners do their thing. I like watching swimming (but only have the attention span necessary for 50 and 100m races) just because their speed and endurance seem absolutely unbelievable. I've just built up my endurance so that I can swim 20 laps (1000m) in a single workout, but there are pauses between each (sloooow) 100m. Fifty-meter free without a single breath? CRAZY. 100m 'fly? INSANE. And those medleys, where you need to transition and switch strokes? ABSURD.

Made jambalaya for dinner - without a recipe. Could not connect to the internet and could not find my trusty red Betty Crocker cookbook. So just threw in tons of sausage, shrimp, and red bells, and improvised on the spices. Not terrible.

Almost time to leave! I'm excited to see the movie again, although I have to say that after seeing a clip of Christian Bale hacking someone to pieces in "American Psycho," I am now a little disturbed at the sight of his face.