full weekend

this was one of the busier weekends i've had. all day saturday was spent moving my stuff out of my apartment and putting most of it into storage and the rest of it into heath's apartment until our new place (some photos/floorplans here) is ready on july 15. it went fairly well, despite steady but light rain and being on the third floor. my parents came down to assist and we got almost everything out of there in a pretty reasonable amount of time.

then sunday morning was the ricky byrdsong memorial 5k race against hate in evanston. we were soooo tired when we woke up, but got up and ran it nonetheless. i actually ended up running the 2.3 miles to the race start to get a few extra miles in for the day. heath met me there and we ended up running a really good time, even though i was pretty tired most of the race and heath's achilles has been bothering him. i ran the fastest 5k i've ever run so far at 28:44 (9:15 min/mi), which isn't really that fast, but i'm happy to know i am getting quicker, even after having run already that morning. i even cracked the top half for my age group! i was 21st place out of 42 runners in the women's 25-29 group, so i was really really happy with that.

after we got back from the race, heath (unbelievably kind and helpful that he is) went back to finish up stuff at my old apartment, while i went for a bike ride, since i needed to get one it. i had a slight spill during the ride, and wasn't wearing my gloves so i got a bit of a cut on my palm but no big deal. when heath got back, we got changed and drove up to ravinia for a concert with some of his friends. it was a great time. everybody just brings food to pass around and you sit in the lawn and enjoy the live music. they even have an obscenely overpriced gift shop!! (shocking, i know!)

so yeah, it was a packed (no pun there) weekend. i'm very tired today, but it was a lot of fun. next up: finding a place for all my stuff at heath's place, and going to cleveland next weekend!

also -- this was my 150th post!