The Healthy Side of Urban

David and I have been marking time till the last move into our more permanent residence. Last weekend David went to Chicago for his high school reunion and to spend time with life-long friends. He came back with a bike that he and his friend Chuck spruced up after finding in a dumpster. Good find! Once we get settled and I establish myself a bit into the rhythm of school, we're getting me a bike as well. We like to see how long we can go without driving the car. So far we haven't gotten past two days at a time - but that's still good. It's nice to only fill the car up with gas once a month!

A Mystery

A month ago I went to take a shower and found dog prints in the tub. Today, there was dog hair in the drain. I think Pai has some xplainin' to do.

She's Leaving Home Part 2

Thank you Kevin, Karalyn, Gus and Bess!

Sunday Hike

We went on another hike today. This time, a little shorter - although it was much hotter. This weekend we had temperatures in the 90s, a little closer to normal summer temperatures for Columbus. Today's hike was a 3.5 miler at Highbanks. The pet trail is more wooded than at Glendon and is overall, a larger park. I'm looking forward to going back again, but also going to the next park. This discovery thing is pretty cool!

Saturday Hike

David and I hiked an epic 6 miles roundtrip, stopping off at a dog park. We came across some full breed Pyrs along the way. They were MASSIVE! I'm guessing they were each 150 lbs easy. I can't imagine taking a dog that big to the dog park, although they should probably go because they need to be socialized! Although I guess, they wouldn't be as good at their guard duty....

A Great Day Off!

Today was an all around good day. I got up out of bed without the prompting of an alarm clock, made myself a really good breakfast, did some web work/research and then got ready for dance class.

Today, I really felt like I was dancing. The brain is starting to catch on to movement again. It's so funny how slow the synapses can get after months of not moving and years of not doing someone else's movement. It was a wonderful feeling of freedom today! Awww! Noticeable progress at last.

After class, David and I went to the Ohio State Fair. Fun! The weather was perfect. We walked for miles and never broke a sweat! We had homemade churned ice cream, went to the petting zoo...

road the chair lift and...

saw the Governor's Cup Belgian Draft Horse competition.

It was awesome. Speaking of awesome, this weekend in Clintonville (which is the neighborhood that we'll be moving to) is the Awesome Fest. It's a bike, tattoo, movie festival with beer. We probably won't go this time.... We're having loads of Awesome already.

Day Two in Sublet Two

Today was Day Two in our second sublet apartment. We do our best not to spend too much time here. It's shelter and roomy enough, so we're not complaining. Still - the partying neighbors half our age all around us is a little spooky. It's hard to revisit your undergrad days when you're no longer an undergrad.

In any case, today was a nice day, although it started off a little strangely finding lost items along our morning walk - a driver's license, health insurance card, boating license, blockbuster card. According to the driver's license, the young man was 20 years old. Further down the path we found his wallet. I sincerely hope that his wallet was just stolen and that he himself is doing fine. David called the police department and turned the wallet in. I would be remiss though, if I didn't add that while finding this material, there was a movie being shot. An actor in a robe and handcuffs took two takes to run down the street yelling, "Oh my God! Help me!"

Pai and I also took David to the park we found a while ago. I love this park. I think we'll make trips to the surrounding parks a weekly event. It's good for the soul!

I couldn't resist taking pictures of David and Pai.

David was a sport and took a picture of Pai and I.

Pai tried to take a picture of us.