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I would first like to thank everyone for their support during my minor breakdown as a result of a minor car break-in. It means a lot to me. I'm feeling a bit better, but I didn't sleep well last night. I just kept thinking about my poor Mooney Suzuki sitting under the L tracks. He's probably scared to death out there and wishing to be back in a garage in Cleveland, OH. I put The Club on my steering wheel last night, as one of those "visual deterants" that my father is always talking about. Won't help if there's another break in, but at least someone won't steal my whole car. Maybe just the hub caps. Do we still call them hub caps?


L'église catholique
I sat in church on Sunday at St. Mary of the Lake for a while thinking about my car. Hopefully, the Almighty will see fit to prevent this from happening ever again. I learned a lesson or two, I think. Church was nice on Sunday, not that I think it's ever not nice, but sometimes I get so caught up in what's happening in my life and the lives of my friends and family, that I completely leave the moment. Mass becomes a chore and something that I do out of habit, which it never should be. I made a concerted effort to remain in this one moment, and found it to be a good way to become completely engaged in the Mass.

Okay, okay...so there were cute guys too. What? It's totally fine for me to check out the men. Especially when my church seems to have so many of them. I will have to go to one of the Young Adult meetings at some point, because SMOL seems to have quite a few people in their 20's and 30's there. Interesting.

Cutback Weeks that include big races
Today I had a nice 50 minute progression run. Joanie Garmin clocked me at a sub 10:00 pace by the end, which worked out perfectly. I felt like I'd had a hard work out, but was not completely broken by the run. It's hard to believe that a few months ago, when I'd get up to run at 5 AM, it'd be light outside. Now, the sun doesn't start to rise usually until I'm on my way back. Harder still to believe that eventually, it'll be completely dark for the duration of my morning runs. Then the Path will once again be occupied only by ME.


Le théâtre de l'absurd
I will not be doing a double today because I've got a Blackbird Theatre Company meeting this evening. I'm excited to say that, while we still have to decide on a 4th show, I will be understudying for Into the Pool. I actually love understudy work because I think I'm suited to it. Wouldn't it be neat if you could be a professional understudy? I mean...maybe that's a little sad, but there might be a market for it. Dedicated, hard-working individuals who know they might never make it onto the stage, but are willing to do the work anyway. A bit nihilistic, maybe, but worthwhile none the less! Anyway, I'll be understudying for a short time, mainly because the actress who has the part will be out of town for two weeks during the rehearsal process. Seeing as how I'll probably be at many of the production dates anyway (house managing and the like), this works out well.

Of course, I'm so tired that I may not even be able to keep my eyes open at the meeting, but we shall see. I'm more or less eager to get to bed tonight, that's it.

And now, back to my Fuji Apple.