a half is still a lot

Cheree completed her fourth half marathon of 2007 last weekend. She ran the Nike self guided half. We mapped out a course that started by my old place in La Jolla, went down to PB, around Sea World and back to PB, finally ending at our old favorite breakfast place in PB. It was just me on a bike escorting Cheree through the 13.1 miles. She later uploaded her race from her Nike chip up to the Nike website. Proceeds from this half marathon went to fight leukemia.

If you look closely in the picture, you'll see Cheree keeping pace behind me on Crown Point Drive in PB. After these 4 half marathons Cheree is ready to take a break from half marathons. She'll still go running, she's just gonna keep it to 6 or 7 miles max (which is still a heck of a lot in my book).

ring of fire

We've got fires going south of us, to the east of us and north of us...but we're ok. The fires have affected close friends of ours. Some have been evacuated, some have lost homes. We're hoping for the best, prepping for the worst (though we're about 20 miles from any evacuation areas and it's not expected to get anywhere near us -- however, we keep hearing the different fires are 0% contained)

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trippin'

The tour of the Pacific Northwest was great. We had a great time at our cousin's house in Portland, a nice train ride to Seattle and a great time in Seattle visiting with my Aunt and taking in a Mariners game. I'll be publishing a web album soon with photos, but here is one of us with Aunt Armie in the new family wine bar.

a turn of events

well...got good news today. The unlikely has happened...It turns out that the CT scan showed things look much better than they did in the x-ray. No OR for me, just another x-ray in 3 months to check on things. Hooray screws!