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i’m sitting in the business center in the hilton at easton, in columbus ohio. i’ve been here since thursday evening with my in-laws, enjoying comfortable sheets, free soft-drinks, and the wonderful swimming pool.

thursday afternoon, about fourteen of us peeps came down to c-bus from marion to watch the fireworks of “red white and boom!” a bunch of people whom i thought were going to come bailed at the last minute, because they were scared of the rain. but dave lashey, my host and weather guru, informed me early that the rain would most certainly pass by the time of the festivities…and pass it did. it was pretty much the opposite of the cook-out on friday the thirteenth. we left marion under sprinkles and dreary gray, and we arrived in the heart of columbus with sunshine on our windshield.

my friends at whose house we cooked out live in the ghetto… but it’s a friendly area, and their house is beautiful and comfortable. next time we go, we’ll def take a couple of corn hole games or something for the back yard.

the fireworks were awesome. we had great seats on the cosi parking lot, with nothing in our way but a little bit of smoke (we were upwind…oops). then one of the other guys in the group offered to drive the van back to marion so that i could just stay in columbus, saving me about 2.5 hours of driving time. great success.

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fast forward to now. i went running this morning after breakfast. i did three miles on the treadmill and then about three more with my father-in-law in walk-run fashion. i feel great and i’m ready for lunch! the girls are upstairs packing up the room, and i’m down here blogging…so i might catch some heat for that, but y’all hadn’t heard from me in a while, so i wanted to let you know how it was going.

i’ll weigh in again tomorrow morning, so look for the weekly muffin-top challenge post. enjoy your weekend.

d

Posted on July 5th, 2008 by adamdeweber
Filed under: family, life