Hello, My name is JAYME.

This morning I woke up feeling mopey as I do most mornings but I think I’ve gotten the same cold or bug that everyone else is trying to fight off, so that made it extra hard to peel back the covers this morning. I came into work and just felt blah! There was no coffee brewing nor was there any creamer and I can’t drink coffee without that. I needed a jumpstart or something, so I told Joe that I was going to make a Starbucks run and he basically begged me to swipe some creamer when I went because I think he needed a jumpstart as well and he is like me, hates coffee without creamer. I go to the Starbucks off of Falls of the Neuse/Lynn Road. I’ve been there a few times and I’ve never had to wait more than 4-5 minutes even after standing in a long line. I ordered the Grande Caramel Latte and it was yummy. Yes, I decided not to get coffee, but never fear, Joe was brewing some while I was gone. Unfortunately, I looked around at Starbucks and I couldn’t find any creamer. They must keep that behind the counter away from the kleptomaniacs! So I hopped back in the car and drove over to Harris Teeter and picked up a huge container of creamer and headed back to the office. Obviously Joe was elated that he now had creamer for his coffee. So what’s your favorite coffee or Starbucks fav?

Praise the Lord, both literally and figuratively. My goal was to finish the race and to do it within a 2 hour time span. I finished it in 2 hours, 19 minutes which was pretty decent for a scrub like me. I placed 1102 overall out of 2300 runners which was fine with me. To put things in perspective the number one finisher in the half marathon finished in 1 hour 6 minutes (thanks for the correction CB). How about insane?? Anyway, I won’t let that unrealism for myself damper my sense of accomplishment :) Thanks to Chris, Kelly Mae and Emily for going with me. Thanks for the support guy and gals. Here’s a clip of me finishing:

The Finish Line

Sunday I ventured out to Lake Benson Park in Garner for a change in scenery. It was a tad cool outside for an afternoon run, but I warmed up after a few laps. The great thing was that there were other people running! It has been relatively lonely running out at South Johnston for the past three months. It’s motivating to see others striving to keep in shape.

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I finally got around to carving my artifical pumpkin last night. I really like the artifical kind because they aren’t as messy when you carve them, they don’t rot, and you can use them again next year! The only draw back is that you can’t put real candles in them because they are flammable. If you are interested, you can purchase these at Michael’s crafts stores.

Anyway, there has been so much commotion about how Halloween is un-Christian and how un-Christian we may be for putting jack-o-lanterns on our front porches. It really raises questions about those pointing fingers. Do they really understand where jack-o-lanterns came from? They were derived from a mexican holiday called, “Day of the Dead” where the mexicans honored their deceased ones and they placed these jack-o-lanterns near their graves to detour evil spirits. Now, that isn’t as horrid as we thought was it? Well I figured I’d administer another slap to the face of those condemning the harmless holiday of Halloween and those satanist jack-o-lanterns. I think most would agree that Jesus would do a pretty good job at scaring the evil spirits away, so yes, I carved Jesus’ face on my pumpkin this Halloween. This is a perfect example of taking something perceived as bad by most people and turning it into something good. On another note, I went trick-or-treat’ing pretty much every year when I was a kid and I turned out just fine (I think)–how silly to think Halloween could turn a child into a demon possessed individual. Pa-lease!