Not entirely sure why I actually made a playlist when I always have song ADD and never make it through an entire playlist without skipping at least one song.

Kman’s sister, Katy, is staying at our place tonight so she doesn’t have to wake up at an ungodly early hour of the morning to get to the start of the race. And a friend of a friend who is volunteering at the race is also staying with us tonight. Slumber party! Sorry guys, hope you don’t mind the possibility of cats walking on your face while you’re sleeping…

Plan for tomorrow morning:

• Wake up at 5:15
• Cup of warm lemon water
• Make a pot of coffee
• Eat a slice of Ezekiel toast with almond butter
• Eat a banana
• Chug 2 bottles of water
• Liberally apply Body Glide
• Load Spibelt up with 2 GUs

My only goal for the race tomorrow is to not walk at all. While I would love to average a 9:30 pace for the duration of the run, I will be totally satisfied as long as I do not walk any parts of it! Well, except for a shuffle to grab water since I can’t drink on the run.

After the race, Kman’s family is meeting as at the finish line at Coney Island where I will promptly chug a Nathan’s lemonade and perhaps dip my feet in the water.

Then it’s back to our apartment to freshen up, grab a bite to eat, and hit up the Greenmarket with everyone! Later in the evening we have birthday cocktails/dinner to celebrate the birthday of one of my best friends, Sarah! And after that, we’re meeting up with my friends Kate, Meredith, Sara, and Jerome (the last 3 of whom are in NYC for the weekend visiting from MA).

Talk about a jam-packed weekend! Hopefully I’ll have some downtime on Sunday to recuperate.

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A few weeks ago, Kman ordered tickets to a sneak peek of Indie Game: The Movie, a documentary that chronicles the lives/game submissions of three independent video game developers. He had been super psyched to see it since he’s actively pursuing a career as an indie game developer himself!

I get out of work a bit earlier than he does, so I took advantage of the extra time and walked over the Brooklyn Bridge to meet him near his office. I immediately regretted that decision though, because 99% of people  do not know how to walk properly.  Stopping for no reason. Not walking in a straight line. Walking soooooooooo slowly. Taking up the entire pedestrian area. Oy vey!

But it was all worth it because I saw someone on stilts dressed up in head to toe camouflage (I think?) walking the bridge.

We met up and headed up to the IFC Center to catch the 7:30 showing. However, about 45 minutes into the movie, my right eye started to drive me crazy! I wear contacts, and realized that it’s probably been a month since I changed them…they’re two week disposable ones. Oops!

Finally, I couldn’t stand it anymore and removed my right contact and dropped it on the floor. Desperate times call for desperate measures!

Now would also be a good time to mention that without contacts or glasses I am COMPLETELY blind. Like, can only read a sign if it’s in front of my face kinda bad vision. For you contact wearers out there, my prescription is -4.5.

After trying (and failing…my depth perception going down stairs was beyond messed up) to manage with just one contact in, I removed the left one as well. Thank God that Kman was with me, because I honestly don’t think I would have been able to get around! I was like Mr. Magoo walking around the streets of NYC.

After the movie, Kman led me through the crowded West Village streets to our quickie dinner destination: Joe’s Pizza. Thankfully, they only had cheese slices available, so I didn’t have to have the menu read to me. I also over peppered my pizza because I couldn’t tell how much I was sprinkling on without shoving my face down to inspect!

Great slices. YUM!

Then it was time to head home! I was psyched to put my glasses on and no longer rely on my seeing eye boyfriend to escort me around.

Some living room rearranging happened (it is a HUGE improvement!) along with some other random unpacking. We’re having three people stay at our apartment tonight in order to avoid a treacherous commute to the Brooklyn Half at 5AM tomorrow, so I wanted things looking relatively tidy.

I slept in a little late this morning to make up for my midnight bedtime, so I had to eat breakfast at work. I packed some oatmeal, and used natural peanut butter and almond milk that we had in the fridge, along with some chia seeds that I keep on my desk!

And the name of the game today is HYDRATION! It’s supposed to be pretty hot out for the race tomorrow, so I’m making sure that I drink oodles of water today.

Oh, and I’m clearly wearing my glasses today because I have no idea where I packed my boxes of contacts. I should probably find those tonight for the run tomorrow…eek!

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