The new year came with me belly dancing in front of a whole group of women. But this was NOT my idea (or wish!) It was part of a “competition” where every guy present was coerced to take part of by Susan, one of the hosts of a new year’s party in Elk Grove, CA that a good friend from high school, Bandy, and I went to. Continue reading »
Lisa finished the swim in Ironman Canada, which was the only leg of the triathlon she had planned on doing due to pre-existing injuries/lack of training. Despite not doing a swim longer than a mile in the last year or swimming more than, say, once every two weeks, she still finished 2.4 miles in 1:09:47, or 22nd in her age group. Amazing!
We are now off to the Canadian Rockies to do some hiking, but congrats to Lisa for becoming an Ironman swimmer.
“Felix,” Stacey said while patting my arm and laughing, “there are some weeeiird people here in Fort Collins…”
What prompted her to say this was the sight of a young man waving as we sat in a car in front of his house. Now, in this super friendly town, this would hardly be a big deal except the guy was also sitting down with a laptop in his lap… on a roof.
We had fun during the rest of Stacey and Ann’s weekend visit including encountering other friendly Fort Collinsers. You can check out these photos for a recap.
Yes, I know I have been a terrible blogger lately. But for good reason — I was in California for a quick visit, most notably to celebrate a friend’s birthday in Monterey. Some highlights of the trip: Continue reading »
“Hi! My name is Susan,” began the email, “I’m Dan’s girlfriend. He and I have been dating for about six months. We are very happy!”
It is funny, but even though Dan is one of my best guy friends, he has a tendency to not keep me in the loop about who he is dating until, oh, a half year afterwards. Attribute it to not wanting to jinx his relationships or just being a typical guy. In any case, this was great news. Continue reading »
