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– Ran the Photo Finish 5k…in the cold…in the rain…at 8 a.m…on a Saturday morning when sleeping in was so appealing. This is the first 5k I’ve registered to run instead of walk. I jogged two miles along the canal after work several times this past week to prepare and I came in at a time of 31:41, shaving about five minutes off my usual walk time! And I jogged the whole time without stopping. I’m pretty proud, and it really felt great!

– Went for breakfast with my race mates. Pumpkin pancakes and hot chocolate with whip cream is the perfect autumn breakfast!

– Picked up another bunch of fantastic grapes (living in wine country rocks!), yellow teardrop tomatoes, a bushel of McIntosh apples, and the biggest head of homegrown cauliflower I’ve ever seen at the public farmers market. I eat the grapes and tomatoes like candy, the apples make tasty applesauce, and that cauliflower will be finding its way into a roasted cauliflower and aged white cheddar soup in no time!

– Volunteered in the afternoon and evening for a gala event at an art gallery to raise money for the parents of the sweetest, most wonderful, articulate and intelligent, little 3 and 1/2 year old boy with spinal muscular atrophy to get an accessible van that can transport his motorized wheelchair so he can get out and explore the world beyond his neighborhood. The event was amazing and heartwarming, I met lots of great people, had a ton of fun, and I really cannot think of a more worthy use of my time on a Saturday night.

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Hope you had a nice Saturday!