Well, I was in an internet blackout area in Montana, could not post.  I had a pretty good trip, except for my uncle’s terrible personality problem.  He’s a complete freakshow- a neurotic fitness freak with a hero complex, who speaks every word with the zeal of the converted.  Everything he says is designed to point out how good and right his life is and how fall short yours falls.  He drove me CRAZY, the entire time.  My aunt is cold as ice and I adore her- she’s totally straightforward and not trying to impress anyone and her obnoxiousness is all out there, right on the surface.  My uncle has gone into this whole lifestyle-soldier mode that is utterly intolerable.  I could not get out of there fast enough.  However, the area is beautiful and we hiked in Glacier (amazing, with a terrifying section walking on a thin path atop a sheer cliff, clinging to the rope attached to the rock face and trying not to look down).  Now I’m back in Olympia; I had a big day of house cleaning planned today and completed about 15 percent of what needed to be done.  I did, however, get a fabulous haircut (I woke up this morning and thought ‘not another day with my hair over my collar or I will go insane’), a weird new cookie jar for dog treats (shape of a monkey) and a dress for my friend Deana’s prom-themed birthday party this Saturday.  I have a whole 80’s outfit all planned out.  The dress is fitted and jersey up top with a trashy mess of tulle and mesh down below- it’s solid black and comes to the knee.  Weirdly cute- I might even crimp my hair, just to amp the whole thing up another notch.  Also, Lynn (my lifelong BFF- since we were six, anyway) has finally, finally, returned home for three weeks from Sweden, before she goes back to Detroit for her second year of school.  Tomorrow, I am actually going to get all kinds of work done- going to do some school work, steam clean the carpets, clean and dust my bedroom and organize the office.  Also, strenuous exercise.

Breakfast: 4 donut peaches, 1\2 cup yogurt.

Lunch: 1\2 subway sammy with chicken breast and all the usual stuff.

Dinner: 2nd half of sub sammy

Exercise: 3 miles with dogs (also, 20 miles done over the weekend in Montana and Yakima)

1000 miles in 2009: 552.5 (I need to get on top of this pronto or I’m not going to make my goal)

Song of the Day: Somebody’s Gotta Do It, by The Roots

Daily awesome: OMG! Lebowski movie.