"I Got Mail"

Sometime, maybe tomorrow I'm going to try to tell you in more detail how it impacted me. Right now I'm still digesting it. For now I just want to tell you how to make someone feel very, very special. Write them a letter! Not an e-mail but a letter. You can even type it if you want, but put it in an envelope with a stamp and their name on the front. There is no gift you can think of that will mean more.

I had a tough training decision to make this morning. I had limited time since I had a dentist appointment and so I had to choose between eating and swimming. Perhpas I rationalized it but the eating won! So that's 2 swim workouts in a row I've talked myself out of. Should I worry? I think not. After the dentist I got to the track and did a nice spirited workout and that was it for today. Tomorrow will be my last long run as I start my taper immediately after my last long bike on saturday.

Then I moved on to my other full time job and actually got some things done...even if you can't see it. I finished the roof, put the window and chicken access holes in, and insulated and finished most of the inside walls.

I think Colby is seriously thinking of moving in here permanently



We debated over the size of the chicken door and in the end realized it should be ok because this "turkey" fits.



Still it seems small and so I asked Colby if he thought a chicken could duck, which earned me a shrug of the shoulders. So then I asked him if he thought a duck could chicken, which earned me a "you're an idiot look"!

I wish to dedicate day 321 to Nathan, the life guard at the pool, because after watching me for a while he told me I had nothing to worry about.

"To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart."---Phyllis Theroux

"And none will hear the postman's knock without a quickening of the heart. For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?"---W.H. Auden

love
peter