Ten Random Things For Tuesday

I’m going with 10 random things for my blog today. I’m kind of random, so this works out well.

1. I have to give mad props to Zensah. They gave me a pair of compression pants to wear on flights and those pants my new best friend. My calves twitch a lot (sometimes pretty badly cramping) and my legs feel pretty torn up after I run 26.2, but I throw those things on and my legs feel a whole lot better. They’re still sore, but I don’t cramp with them on and the tightness on my sore legs feels awesome. It’s almost like a massage. I go from feeling pain to feeling sore. I love, love, love those pants and I highly recommend them.

2. I also highly recommend Wheaties Fuel. It’s some new cereal, I guess. I got a sample box after the race on Sunday and I wish I would have grabbed six of them. I had the box as a snack on the plane on Sunday and that stuff was delicious. I don’t remember what I really liked about it, but I remember eating it thinking, “Dang, I need to get me some of this as a snack!” Tiff, if you see it on sale at the grocery store, pick some up. I’ll totally eat it as a snack. I love it!

3. Speaking of the grocery store, I went on a field trip last night with Ava. Tiff needed a few things (actually, Jack needed a few things), so I took my little princess with me. We had a fun time. She bagged the apples and bananas, picked a lot of the stuff off the shelf and pushed around a little kiddie cart with everything we were buying.

4. You’ll notice there’s flowers in the cart. I got those for Tiff, just because. I don’t believe in buying flowers when I’m in trouble. “Hey babe, I’m sorry … so I shelled out some of our cash … ” Yeah, that doesn’t work for me. I have to think that wouldn’t be sufficient for Tiff, either. So yeah, flowers, and no, I wasn’t in trouble.

5. I only buy flowers from the grocery store. $10 for a dozen longstem roses. Sometimes $12. They’re flowers, Tiff likes them, so why waste money at a florist? Maybe I’m cheap.

6. On the subject of me being cheap, on Sunday night in the Denver airport, I was looking around the food courts, and I saw a fast food place where I could get a fairly decent looking chicken philly, fries and a pop for about $12. I don’t know. I know it’s an airport, but I thought that was pricey for fast food. Next door there was a Domino’s, and it was something like $10 for a mini. Or, there was McDonald’s, and to go large with my fries and drink (living large is how I roll), it would have been about $9. So I just decided to skip dinner, even though I was kind of hungry. I’m kind of cheap like that, and I couldn’t justify spending $9 on McD’s.

7. My ice cream/frozen yogurt streak is up to 72 consecutive days now. I’m almost getting close to my personal best of 110 days. If I can make it to May 21, I’ll break my record. May 21 will also be the 11-year anniversary of my bachelor party. I ended up with a black eye. Too bad my wedding was two days later. I’ll save that for another blog.

8. I can’t stand almost all of the reality shows my wife watches, but she watches one called Millionaire Matchmaker that I like for some reason. I don’t know what the reason is, but I like it. I hope I don’t lose my Man Card for that.

9. My wife cried over a Folgers commercial last night. She’s such a girl. She definitely has no Man Card.

10. I’m running the Orange County Marathon May 2, and my dad and stepmom are running the half marathon at that same event. I’m not so certain that he’s going to beat me to the finish, even though only has to go half as far as me. I want to come up with some kind of bet or something to help the charity. Any ideas anybody?

That’s all for today, folks. Rest in peace, Brother Sloan.