Hi everyone,

It was good to see so many of you again at the Indy JBT. It seemed like eons (way too many eons) since we all last met. I was especially thrilled when I reconnected with a long-lost friend before the show!

I was very impressed with the JBT show. I will admit that I was not sure how it would come across being mostly covers, but then I forgot who was singing them and this time around they sounded even better than most of the originals! Silly me! My favorites tended to be the full length versions, but LLVD just did something to me - wow!

Now that I'm not tracking tour activities on a regular basis (except watching for the JNT dates), I'm keeping myself busy with running. I have a marathon coming up in a few weeks. At this point in our training program, I always question why I train for that painful day. Then the day comes, the excitement at the starting line takes over, and the thrill of the chase begins. Somewhere around miles 22-24 I tell myself "never again" and then the finish line comes into sight. The sense of accomplishment for pushing myself to the limit brings so much joy, despite not being able to walk down stairs for a week afterwards. I guess that's why I sign up to do it again. (Being able to eat whatever I want helps a little too!)

I also started trying to re-learn my spanish vocabulary this weekend so hopefully when I take my post marathon vacation to Mexico, I can actually talk with the locals. Let me know if anyone wants to practice spanish in a couple weeks. I should be able to compose simple sentences again.

That's all for now! I'm glad I stopped procrastinating and started my blog.