I feel like now might be a good time to let you readers in
on a little secret:
I like to use abbreviations when I talk. That’s
right, I am a huge fan of the abbrevs. In efforts to not lose any of my
followers to the fact that you literally can’t follow my posts, I decided to do
a little 101 to some of my more commonly used abbrevs.
Now
clearly these aren’t all of them (DTR, BTW, IDK) but I will define for you throughout the posts if more come up.
This weekend was the Chicago Marathon. A few fun facts about
the event:
45,000 participants from all 50 states and more
than 100 countries participated in the 35th annual Bank of America Chicago
Marathon. I am a pretty popular gal, so I knew 6 of them.
Two Ethiopian runners won the marathon. The men’s winner
finished in 2 hrs and 4 minutes, and the women’s winner finished in 2 hrs and
22 minutes. As a comparison, they ran 26.2 miles in the time it takes me to
watch an episode of SYTYCD.
I went out to cheer on the runners around Mile 7 of the
event, and everyone was extremely energetic and excited at that point. High
Fives, Whoop Whoops, funny costumes. I held up my signs that said, “Nip Guards
Turn Me On” and “Where’s the Floats?” and they got a few laughs.
When I saw the runners at the end of the race, everyone
seemed overwhelmed by what they had accomplished. There was such pride from their
friends and families, but more importantly, happiness and joy from the runners.
Seeing the excitement on all the faces was really unbelievable and
made me want to go accomplish something huge…
But then I remembered that I did the 3-Day walk in August,
so I can cross accomplishing something huge off my list. Phew, because I was pretty
tired after all that cheering :)
Congrats to all of the runners!! I truly am so proud of you guys!
I know most of you are thinking that this was a long-time-coming,
and you are so excited that I have finally taken the plunge into the world of
blogging.
Ok, some of you are thinking that.
Someone MUST be thinking that….Melissa? Jamie? Come on,
Cohens.
Either way, here we are. And in efforts to pump you up, I
would like to share one of my favorite “Pump-Me-Up” YouTube videos.
Don't you feel pumped up?
Maybe I should start there. I really like YouTube videos,
and if I start watching one, I will watch them ALL DAY.
Babies biting each others’ fingers? Hilar. Unlikely animal
best friends? Crying. Stupid cat tricks? Peeing. Past SYTYCD performances? Sign
me up. A Joey and Pacey montage set to music? Yes, please (and probably also
crying).
I can get lost in that site more than anyone. So much so,
that I even started something called “YouTube Friday” where I send potentially inappropriate
and offensive videos to my fellow colleagues. And to answer your next question,
I do this on Fridays.
