89,145 steps or Five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes

Well i have taken 89,145 steps in 13 days- that is 35 miles, or 28 cans of soda.

I'm still at my desk, although the website tells me i am actually in Agua Viva, Venezuela. I can actually send you a postcard from there. Which is still confusing to me - as I am here.

I have walked up the stairs of the Montauk Lighthouse, up the stairs of the 78th street 6 station, down York avenue, across a football field (or 2). I walked (ok ran, ok crawled) across a paintball course, and skipped (still counts) around a pool.

Some of my steps came from dancing, some from jumping, a few from running, but i would say mostly the dancing.

We'll see where i go in the next 13 days.

Now, a bit about paintball.

I'll be honest. i had zero interest in this trip. i almost got out of it actually, but EBJ, being EBJ, likes to include everyone and changed the details of the trip. All of a sudden i WAS available. yay.

So i packed up some old long sleeve shirts, and a heavy sweatshirt for protection and headed up to Millbrook, NY. Of course, EBJ, again being EBJ, had a fabulous costume surprise for me. So i was lucky enough to get to spend the weekend in Carhartt overall and more pieces of camo then i thought could be possible.

and the weekend went a little something like this:

Long drive

Mexican

Blood orange mojitos - a little bit of heaven

so many beers

a Brittney named Lulu

a fire on the porch (the good kind, not the fireman have to come kind)

amazing sleep

bacon & eggs

biscuits

mean looks from the locals (we're from NY, we're loud, and impatient)

lots of beer at the grocery store

"i'm going to shoot people"

a mini militia

death camp

attacking the bunkers

this all sounds scarier then it was

hiding in the brush - shooting 12 year olds

shot in the face, but it didn't break, so i was safe



eva-kazee

a million games, a few beers

best shower of my life

watched a rain storm come in over the trees - found out later there was even hail

venison steaks and corn on the bbq

mini keg stands

lots of beer in my nose

mini keg toss

never have i ever

9 9 busta rhyme...we couldn't make it past 2

"i like my corona with lime" was my best

more company

more beers



more laughs

more sleeps (this time on the porch, on EBJ's shoulder)

i swear, i'm just resting my eyes

more bacon

more eggs

more mean looks

oh and more biscuits (they were gooooood)

a drive back

missing paintball

i liked making advances on the bunker

and the hiss the gun makes when you shoot it

and squashing the paintballs under my feet

and running around in the woods

and wearing Carhartts and camo

and shooting 12 year olds

Went to Rent

lucky #19

remembered how its changed my life

got to see it change teenagers from Ohio

Sil was changed too

walk through Central Park

i should do that more




so much i've neer seen

watched 2 softball games

layed in the grass

ate ribs

content sleep.

another supa fantastic weekend