run through it

last night, i was totally ready to take a shower and go to sleep, when andy knocked on the bathroom door and asked me if i wanted to go for a run. i didn't really, but i needed to, so i went anyway. andy had just spent some time watching "work out" on bravo, a reality show about jackie, a personal trainer who is in incredibly good shape and who likes forcing her clients to continue their workouts even after they've thrown up all over themselves. so, when we turned around and had to run back up to the apartment, and i decided to walk a little bit because i didn't want to throw up all over myself, andy kept telling me to "run through it" and i wanted to punch him in the face. (unfortunately, he's too tall for that to ever be physically possible.) after we'd gotten home, and had about fifteen glasses of water, we googled how long we'd run, and it was something like 4.5 miles, which impressed me. although i was a huge disappointment and had to walk for a little while, that's still longer than i've gone in a way long time. and i didn't die, which makes it even more exciting.

passover was amazing, as usual. udeitha came, and clay led the seder, and everyone was loud. udeitha and i drank about four glasses of wine, so after the seder, when everyone was comatose after eating pounds of matzah and charoset and bitter herbs, we sat at the table and laughed hysterically at all the stories clay told us. my family sent udeitha home with an entire box of matzah, some charoset (which is, for those non-jews, the most incredible mix of cinnamon, honey, pecans, dates, figs, raisins, and walnuts in the history of the universe), and matzah ball soup, and now she says that she's also not going to eat anything leavened for the rest of the eight days. this is forcing me to do that as well, because she's shamed me into it. it's nothing but apples and matzah for a week.

we also had a really interesting conversation with my great-aunts about who they've dated recently, and the importance of bikini waxes, which they apparently get all the time. my family is awesome.

i'm gonna sleep for a little while, considering i just got back from my 8 am class, and i'm tired, and i don't have any other real responsibilities (aside from reading a little bit) until 6 when i have to head out for the flying squirrel meeting.