Night runs

Last night’s Corporate Run was very well attended, setting a record for the event with 639 participants registered.    As expected the pre-race scene was a bit chaotic but it all worked out in the end.  Cindy helped me do race entries and pack everything back up.  We got out of there a little before 8PM after enjoying some of the complimentary food the event provided for dinner.

I unloaded the truck while Cindy got right to work on making dinner for the dogs who I am sure were starving by that point.  By the time I had all the post race stuff done I was more than ready for a shower and my pillow.

Tonight is the last night of our latest extended dog sitting stint.  Ali returns from her trip to France late tonight.  The issues we had with the dogs waking us up in the middle of the night seemed to be solved by closing the curtain on the bedroom window so no outside stimulus was viewable for Sadie.  As usual, once the dogs leave the house will feel strangely empty for awhile.  Cindy really goes out of her way to take care of the girls.  Nicki especially benefited from Cindy’s nurturing during their stay getting a haircut, bath and daily care of the area around her neck that was irritated from wearing a cone for 10 days.

I am crossing my fingers that the couple relatively dry days we have had recently will continue, allowing us to get the yard manicured.  It looks pretty ragged right now, something that I don’t enjoy.  This is also the time of year that weeds start trying to overtake large portions of my yard.  In the past this would be addressed by spreading weed and feed on these sections.  Now that we have chickens roaming the grounds, that can no longer be the case, that stuff could kill them.  I have found chicken safe weed killers like vinegar but that acts like an herbicide, killing everything, it can’t just target the weeds like weed-n-feed does.  I guess my only option is to just go with the flow and hope once the constant rain ends, the grass again becomes dominant enough to choke out the weeds.

I expect to be quite busy around the homestead this weekend but hope to insert a trip to the movies and maybe some endurance training depending on how I feel.