1999

on monday i will have my 1 year MRI.  it is actually 1 year and 2 days, but lets call it one year.  i have been a little stressed about it.  not stressed really i guess, but anxious.  but because of it, i am going to party this weekend like its 1999. 
you know what i did in 1999?  i went to morocco!  check THIS out if you want to see photos from the trip.
i've included a few of the key ones here, too.

but even thought the MRI is on monday, i don't find out the results until the following monday anyway.  so maybe i will party the entire week like its 1999.
last weekend i ran the wenatchee 1/2 marathon.  janet and i went out for the weekend.  she raced the whole marathon which is crazy but she is awesome for doing it.  that is what she does, she is a marathon racer.  and i raced the 1/2,  i didn't have any real expectations other than hoping to be less than 2 hrs.  what i didn't really expect to have happen however, was that i was only 37 seconds shy of my pre-brain surgery PR.  and this course was not flat as it allegedly claims to be.  i was pretty darn happy with that result!!

this guy proposed to this girl at the end of the marathon, right before the finish line.  she said yes!

next on my list is a 5 mile trail running race tomorrow!  yahoo!  i should be hydrating, but i'm not. i am, however, going to take a shower here pretty soon and go to sleep.  so that is a good thing at least!  i haven't done this race in several years, so it will be fun to see how it goes.  but i also haven't done much trail running, well, any trail running in like forever, so it might get ugly!
other news, i went to the healing center this past monday and they said everything looks good so i don't need to go back until the end of May.  but i'm not allowed to go swimming and i'm not allowed to wear a bike helmet until they see me then and take a looksie.  im in no rush to go swimming, my shoulder hurts.  i need to get that checked out.  its a total sleep related injury resulting from this past surgery in november, but man it hurts and really impacts my range of motion.
oh!  since i cant take yoga any more since it makes my brains leak out, i started taking a body pump class.  who knew that body pump is a real live thing and not something totally naughty!  but it is and its actually quite fun.  i am happy to take it.  i think its actually helping me get some muscle back too, but damn i am weak!  my arms are so weak!  it doesn't help that i have this gimpy shoulder and all, but still!

and with that, i will leave you with this photo of me eating a McFlurry in Morocco during Ramadan.