happy birthday to my newest niece, josephine zoe ng lee. i can't wait to see her. one of the initial pics:



at first i thought she looked like my bro, but it seems she has her ma's family's nose. i can't believe i'm an auntie again. it's so crazy, and exciting. oh, and i love how her initials are the same as mine. JL. JL. JL! i love it.

new profile pic courtesy of my sister. i don't even use a mac, but hey, it was a fun photoshoot anyways:

i recognize that i'm a little freakish about this whole pedometer thing... but i never have claimed normalcy as a key trait of mine. let's call it a night and log's sunday's steps: 23,030.

8.37 miles today. the further i run, the more difficult it's becoming to retrace my steps. today, it was to adams morgan, down to rock creek park, to georgetown, then along the potomac to the lincoln, down the reflecting pool, and then through downtown to come home. the route:

friday's steps: 15,381 = work, baltimore for an o's game, movies

saturday's steps: 32,133 = 8.66 mile run, errands, miscellaneous saturday activities, bars, bars, bars, dancing, dancing, dancing, walking home from dupont circle drunk.

this is progress!

8.66 miles today. the heat tired me out and i had to stop a few times for water. step count is at about 19,000 right now. i'll log an official number in the morning. it should be interesting to see how many steps dancing puts on this pedometer. i'm not sure where i'm going to wear it though... the route:

step, step, step, step... step in the name of love... i really do like that r. kelly song. as much as i know he's a pervert, i still get down to some of his tunes. here are the stats right now as far as steps taken:

tuesday: 18,037
wednesday: 11,937
today: 12,635

i'm surprised that running doesn't add as many steps as i thought it might.

good morning. running on five hours of sleep or less- most times, it stinks. i sit in my office groggy, grumpy... generally unsociable and minimally contributing. but other times, the lack of sleep is worth it, despite the fact i may be lagging a bit. today, it's the latter situation. sometimes you just wake up and you're dirt tired and sleepy, yet i find myself smiling just a little because sometimes the price you pay for fun... it's just worth it.

5.89 miles. i'm starting to feel like when i run less than six miles, or even less than seven miles, it feels a little like... failure. talk about a glass being half empty, right? but i did a whole helluva lot of stairs today. i climbed up and down this set of stairs behind the lincoln that goes down towards the potomac at least a dozen times. anyways, here was the route today:

(google maps are getting kinda scary man... all the detail is weird.)

also, i've embarked on a little challenge via my b-i-l's work. we've assembled a team and have to track our steps via a pedometer through the next few weeks and the team with the most steps wins a prize... the goal is to take 10,000 steps a day. the competitive side of me wants to log as many steps as i can for the team to bring us to a win. so, for today, thus far, i'm at 18,037 steps. woohoo!

my online training tool told me to go for an easy run today, low intensity, 30 minutes of running at a conversation pace. i tried to keep it slow and steady, setting a timer and running for 30 minutes at a leisurely pace and without taking a single break... i zigsagged around town so that i could skip every possible red light and took it slow and steady... and 30 minutes turned into an hour because i couldn't stop running! 8.13 miles. every step felt really good too, so i couldn't help but to keep on thinking while running, slow and steady- in what other ways can i apply this to my life?



slow and steady just might be what runs the race.

i'm winding down to
get
geared up for the week... a full work week. ugh. a quick weekend
recap... i started the weekend early by going out unexpectedly on
thursday night to lima. friday was low key, watching mr. brooks and
having a quick bite at sushi-go-round... i'm not sure if this is the only sushi boat/sushi conveyer belt restaurants in the area... but it sure doesn't compare to seattle's sushi boat joints. not very many options passing by you at sushi-go-round... but the sushi was decent as far as taste and quality goes. saturday night was modern and
georgetown bakery afterwards. and while on the topic of 3am eats... i
miss seattle's hotdog stands but was
thrilled to have found a bagel dog at the bakery. getting eats while
still a little drunken is always the best although i regret it the next
morning every single
time. and today, errands, lunch at zorbas cafe, cleaning, and now
i'm watching yankees v. red sox.

but i guess summer has
officially started once again- memorial day to labor day... three months to bask
in the sun and heat (or warm rain like today...). and while i'm not looking forward to the humidity
of summertime in DC, i am interested in seeing what the summer will
bring me, or rather, what trouble i will find myself in. as well, at
the conclusion of the three summer
months, it will mark one year of being away from seattle. one whole
year! it's hard to
believe that it has been just one year because leaving seattle and
saying goodbye to everyone and
everything there seems like quite a bit longer ago. sometimes i still
can't believe i quit work, packed up and said adios. and then even more
surprising, all that drama and chaos that ensued that particular
decision. c'est la vie.

anyhow, welcome, to the month of june.