I've had an incredible 24 hours.

The kiddos have been behaving. Hanging out with Jessica W. yesterday evening was, as usual, fun. My 4 mile recovery run (Monday's long run was 10.5!) was amazing.

Then John Halley called. He's back in the country. Surprise!

So I drove to Greenville, arrived at 10pm, we sat and talked for 3 hours, then I drove home and got in bed around 2am.

I don't remember the last time we got to just sit and talk for that long, just the two of us. At least two years ago, probably longer. Most of the times we've hung out in the past few years have been with other people, or us grabbing coffee for an hour or so at best when we're both in town for short periods of time.

It's so nice to have one of my best friends back. It was even nicer to leave last night knowing that it wouldn't be the last time I'd see him for an indefinite period of time.

Then, this morning, I talk to Haley and find out that not only is she not moving after all and I don't have to find somewhere new to live, she's going to run the Atlanta marathon with me at the end of November!

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I'm about 3/4 of the way through The Return of the King. I've read about 4 other books since I started this one. I'm trying to draw it out as long as possible.

You can't ever go back and recapture the feeling of reading something for the first time. I've reread certain books- Jane Eyre, The Harry Potters, The Twilight Series, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Golden Compass, etc. and wished that I could feel again the excitement of not knowing what comes next.

So I'm doing my best to revel in the final book of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

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Life is good.