I guess once a year I do this; I called in sick today. Last year I was able to get this apartment on my sick day. Today I'll be able to get some miles in on Cougar Mountain. We were raised to always attend to our responsibilities. This includes going to work, always, going to school/class or whatever else. The result is that we as a family are very dependable and easily taken for granted.

Our yankee upbringing keeps us out of the spotlight - doing otherwise would be bringing attention to oneself. Can't be doing that. That is one area where Mom's yankee work ethic jibed with Dad's Polish farmwork ethic (for lack of a better term). The Poles I used to know in Western Massachusetts were peerless in fieldwork.

Aaaanyways...no work for me today. I need these miles for the Seattle Marathon. Most runners start tapering three weeks before the race, not two. Gotta sign up for the thing too. My track workout went well on Wednesday. I'll get three solid days in this weekend and then I can taper. Y'all have a great weekend.