Still not feeling great

I've still got time before the 9th to get all the little aches taken care of. I hope. Went for a 6 mile run last night, and took Kosmos with me. Chad's (actually Tara's) dog. Big black Lab. I don't think he'd ever been for a run like that before. At least not for a long time. He really pulled a lot at the beginning. It kind of made it tough on me. I spent so much energy getting him under control it interfered with my running. And it made me a little bit lop-sided. (Lop-sided is one of those weird words, like "tumped." I actually looked up "tumped" once and found, somewhat to my surprise, that it's in the dictionary. But I wonder what a "lop" is. I don't imagine it's the same "lop" as in "lop off" (as in a branch from a tree). I'll look it up sometime.

Anyway.... by the end of 6 miles, Kos wasn't pulling much at all. It was actually funny. He kept looking up at me, as if to ask "What in the heck is going on?" I try not to anthropomorphize animals, but it was hard to avoid interpreting his looking at me as a question. He and I both did fine, though. But I've still got those aches, and especially my ankle. My whole right side is a botherment. And I was holding the leash with my right hand. I don't think that helped. I did try switching it, but I wasn't comfortable with the leash on the left. Maybe I won't take Kos out again, except on a walk rather than a run.

Doing the Turkey Trot on Thursday morning. Eight miles, and thousands of people. Someone said it's one of the biggest Turkey Trots in the country. I think every city and town in America has a Turkey Trot, so that's likely not true. Dallas likes to think it's the biggest of everything.

Anyway, need to get to class. Showing "An Inconvenient Truth" in class today. And handing out an "anti-An Inconvenient Truth" essay as well. We've spent the last couple of classes talking about economic and environmental policy, and I thought it would be interesting. We'll see if they stay awake.

Later....