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WHY DOES NO ONE RELAX AROUND ME!!!>????

So not sure if the over two feet of snow.... being up for over 35 hours TWICE in one week... or the actual driving for 40+ hours made us brain dead.. but yup brain dead ..so will be adding the stories.. from a few weeks ago.. bit by bit..

Florida Trip
Thursday, January 28th
Time to head to Florida.. for our annual.. lets driving as far south as we can in as short of time as possible.. on no sleep, run a marathon and then drive back.. yeah..

So we start our yearly trip around 11pm, Thursday night.… oh yeah.. after already working a full day and sitting through 3 hours of night school… by the time we hit the road, we had already been up for 17 hours… but the goal was to make it to Savannah, GA (12 hours away)… and then relax….I am sorry but Joe should severely question the word “Relax” when I am around..

Well I think we handled it quite well…the mindless driving for hours and hours in the dark with NOTHING to look at but endless, flat roads… "Oh look Joe".. "There's something".. "Oh, no, sorry.. hallucination"….yeah right no open space… just like no global warming.. what sick twisted hell do I subject myself too.. ! ...I am not sure how many people can say that they still have plenty to talk about 22 years later.. but yeah.. we still do…

Savannah arrived around noon…. Strange how that works... but I convinced Joe that it would be a good idea to go to the waterfront and walk around, stretch the legs a bit.. I mean the fact that we have now been physically awake for 30 hours, smelling quite ripe… and looking like that brown stuff that gets stuck on your shoes…I told him it could be worse.. at least this is good training for 100 milers…

We checked into the hotel around 2…realized that we were now unable to sleep and went to pool, quite possibly funny that we did not drown, and then went to dinner… I found it almost hard to chew I was THAT tired.. up now 36 hours… dinner is a plate of fantastic chicken n dumplings from cracker barrel… carb heaven…

"Sure Joe".. "I will be ok walking back to hotel"..stomach bloated with expanding flour (note: there are about 10 hotels in walking distance of dinner).. "Not a problem… go ahead.. you go get your beer"… I head back to hotel.. …I am not worried... I mean someone snatches me.. good luck… god bless them and all that..

.. whew.. weather is soo much nicer here then home.. I get to hotel.. walk inside ... go to walk up lobby steps.. QUESTION??????... Steps are in a different place.. ????????...now how did they do that.. hmph.. I glance over to the lady at counter.. hmph.. Ohhhh…. SHEEEEEZZZZA

I am a complete moron.. I am in the wrong hotel.. ok.. need to act really cool...turn and look at pamphlets.. feel my face get really really hot... I know I am a few shades of stupid… I slink to the door.. and bolt.. whew.. what an a-hole… what a freaking cracker... I make it back to the CORRECT hotel.. been up now 37 hours… … hope joe makes it back..

Saturday, January 30th
Time to head to Ocala… Florida.. yes that’s the next stop on the Mastripolito road adventure.. because we need to run a marathon.. I mean ok.. so the ride should only be a good 4 or 5 hours tops… easy stuff…

Stop at Florida Welcome Center… they have free welcome OJ.. and popcorn… yum... this is turning out to be a good ,good day.. still a bit tired from not catching up on sleep... but good…. Look over and.. WTF is Joe doing!???

Look of stun on my face.. … Joe has a big ole smile.. like "special bus smile".. and he is feeding the birds!.. the popcorn!.. what is wrong with him!!!… now Joe has big ole eyeballs… as the birds attack him.. serves him right.. stupid idiot... I hope they shit on him.. what an a-hole.. now Joe runs to truck… and to think I am the sane one.. shaking head.. sigh….

A little bit tired of driving.. thanks… but we arrive in Ocala by 3pm. SWEET… time to pick up the race packet, check in and …..R-E-L-A-X??? YEAH…

Sunday, January 31st
Ocala Marathon.. 7am will be the start time… it’s a bit cold.. 44 degrees..its Florida????.. just checking.. we are bundled up from head to toe heading to the race… we run into another runner who was from Ocala… she asked us if we were from Miami… should we lie to save face.. shouldn’t northerners be hard core ?

Ok… when is running 26.2 for fun.. fun???? JUST CHECKING... … a bit of stomach distress.. a couple "pot-o- lets" (it's what they call them)... and I'm completing my 10th marathon in three years.. not counting my 2 ultras… nice…

Thankfully Joe came back (after he finished) and ran me in the last half mile.. because I was a miserable SOB.. and needed SOMETHING to make me not walk..having him to bitch at .. helped TREMENDOUSLY... just saying...

Joe smashed his previous marathon time and broke 4 hours.. coming in at 3:57 something.. after the race we looked at his specs and he had dropped a minute off his time each mile after mile 22… how do you get FASTER after running for 3-1/2 hours!!!! Joe will end up taking 2nd in his age group.. and win a great trophy… and for those who know me.. and my love for hardware.. YES I'M GREEN WITH ENVY!!! I'm just assuming beer does the body good!

Congrats Joe!!!!.. K.. so now time to jump in car and drive the 4 hours to Joe's parents house near Fort Myers, Florida.. … OH YEAH…. that leg will not get stuck on the accelerator.. ?!

Monday, February 1st
Welcome Florida... first day in paradise.. um.. Where DA SUN??? It's cloudy with rain.. Improvise... We don on the wetsuits.. and jump in the pool… life is good..


Tuesday, February 2nd
Cloudy and rain.. did someone say SUNNY??? FLORIDA?? Homework.. catch up on work emails… stuff.. maneuvering on the leggies.. is a bit of work...backwards down steps...

Wednesday, February 3rd
Going to take our first run since the marathon.. get the legs shook out… NICE.. sun is out… .. IT'S F-CKING HOT… Pool time…

Thursday, February 4th
Watching the weather channel again.. big snowstorm heading to the northeast.. what to do??.. what to do…?? BIKE… GO TO THE POOL… NICE… this is the life… "Joe, you realize we have to leave tonight after dinner to make it back home before this mother of all storms strands us in 95 hell?!".. yeah...

…….simple things for simple folks.. we leave at 8pm to head home.. PA here we come. 6 hours out of Florida, 2 hours out of Georgia, 4 hours out of South Carolina.. the storm is chasing us… 3-1/2 hours out of North Carolina..

Friday, February 5th
STILL IN THE F-ING TRUCK.. 4 hours through VA, 1 hour through MD, 1 hours through DE, Not that I believe in violence but the whole Washington DC area just need to be… sucked into a vortex and dispelled… snow has started.. traffic is I-N-S-A-N-E… almost home.. 20+ hours of driving… awake for 35 hours.. we are home… THANK GOD... truck unpacked.. sleepy time.. 6:30pm…
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One week… 41 hours of driving, twice being up for 35 hours straight, 30 hours of running, (marathon plus training run), 4 hours of school work (Wendy) and work emails (Joe), 4 hours of sun, 1 hour of biking.. and XX amount of relaxing ...WHY DOES NO ONE RELAX AROUND ME!!!>????