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Happy Birthday to:: Mother Teresa, born this day in 1910

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So I THINK John is still coming down this weekend. I won�t be surprised if he decides not to, though. His son and daughter-in-law are visiting San Francisco this weekend and if they want to hang out with him while they�re up there, he won�t come down.

Understandable, but I�ll be a bit bummed because I already know he�s not coming down next weekend.

I do have back-up plans, though. Tomorrow I have to go on a long training walk anyway, and this week we�re all going to Huntington Beach for a special �Day on the Walk� where the 3 Day people intend on giving us a glimpse of what the 3 Day will be like. We have an 11.5 mile walk, complete with a �Pit Stop� like they have on the 3 Day; afterward, they are having little classes on how to put up your tent and what to pack. I am carpooling with a couple of my walking buddies and it should be fun. If John does come visit, I am going to try and talk him in to going with me (but 11.5 miles may be rather daunting after driving all the way down here).

On Sunday, I am taking a relatively short walk of 7 miles in the a.m. and then having brunch with Barbara and Cathy. If John comes down, he and Arnett will probably have brunch with us also.

Anyway, so it�s not like I�ll be bored without him here...but still...I�d like to see him.

I want to go see that new Ben Kingsley movie this weekend. I wonder what the odds are that it will actually happen...?

So, I�ve finally made a �decision� about Christmas � Zion Canyon! Don�t know why I didn�t think about it before � it�s the perfect place. It�s only about six hours away by car, it�s a small enough area that I won�t feel we didn�t have enough time after spending three days there, we�ll get the outdoors experience we want, it will be quiet and peaceful and there may even be snow on the ground (which I was hoping for). Plus, we can stop in Vegas on the way there and why would I ever complain about that? Oh and also? It�s way cheap. We can stay at the lodge there for under $100/night.

Rock on!

John�s never been there, of course (he�s never been anywhere � the poor man rarely traveled before he met me. That�s why he gets so excited about it now). We watched a show on Zion and Bryce Canyon on the Travel Channel last weekend, which was what spurred me to look in to it.

Have a great weekend, ya'll!

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Word of the Day for Friday August 27, 2004

Methuselah muh-THOO-zuh-luh, noun:

1. The name of a biblical patriarch said to have lived 969 years.

2. An extremely old man.

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