The Accidental Boilermaker

Me and Meredith ran a Halloween 5K today. If you dressed up, you got a free t-shirt. I ran in my lab coat (I wanted to stay in costume) but that wasn't the greatest idea. It was pretty windy and my coat just ballooned out behind me which created a fair amount of resistance. Oh well - It was lots of fun anyway : )

I got my flu shot yesterday at lunch. It didn't hurt at first and then like an hour later, my arm was so sore! It still kind of hurts today. Oh well - a sore arm is a small price to pay to avoid the flu. Check out this quick quiz about the flu from the CDC. Some of the questions are kind of tricky... Flu IQ Flu IQ Widget. Flash Player 9 is required.

My two pumpkins My Jack Skellington pumpkin - I used a picture to help me. This is probably the most complicated pumpkin I've ever carved. Especially because during my entire childhood, my dad did all the carving. All lit up - very scary My other guy - he took significantly less time. You know the best part about carving pumpkins? Pumpkin seeds! I've got mine roasting in the oven right now, yum.

It was Homecoming at Purdue this weekend. My parents came down to watch Meredith walk in the night train parade and row on the Wabash. I made a pumpkin pie for everybody to enjoy too. pumpkin pie : ) Boilermaker extra special Meredith, just after rowing - it was really cold. M's boyfriend rowing (he's the last one)

Thursdays are my favorite day of the week. I get off at noon, but Nate doesn't get home till late. So I've been making dinner in the crockpot and then we get to eat dinner together. This Thursday we had cornish hens. With some potatoes and carrots, it was actually pretty good. Quite the adventure - I don't think we'll be making this again any time soon though. The leaves are beautiful right now and I'm fortunate enough to have a really nice path to run along, so I decided to take my camera with me on my run Thursday and snap a few pictures.

I got a new pair of running shoes on Friday. There's a neat little running and triathlon store in Lafayette that I like to go to because they really spend time helping you find the right pair of shoes. I bought a pair of New Balance - I've been running in Asics for the past few years. And that got me thinking about my old running shoes, all of which I still have much to Nathan's frustration. I have a hard time throwing them out because they're like old friends; I can't help but think about all the fun we've had together. Lame, I know. New shoes Old shoes Each pair tells a story. The very first ones, the really dirty ones, were my first official pair of running shoes - shoes I bought for the sole purpose of running. I trained and ran my first 1/2 marathon (the Chicago Distance Classic) in these shoes with my dad. Now they're my garden shoes. The next pair didn't see too much action, just a lot of running around Holland while in college. The green Asic...