Shirlington Extreme Running Team

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good news all around!! Yesterday, the podiatrist made this super helpful brace for my foot that makes it hurt way less than it did in the boot. AND!!! He said I might be able to run in 2 weeks. Hooray! I probably won't be able to run much but a little bit is better than nothing. Dr. Osterman asked me, "So have you been cycling or swiming" and I was like, "No, I just really like to run and I'm not a member of the gym." Then he was like "Well, who is treating you for your depression?" He must treat a lot of runners and know we don't handle extended periods of rest well. Here are my morning feet -- before they get all swollen -- looking happy in the new compression brace (that has a handy,dandy arrow drawn on to show me where to place it)

After the doctor I went to Baltimore and had some great work meetings and enjoyed lunch at the Inner Harbor. It may be a tourist trap but it is pretty. I also caught up with an old friend I used to work for in graduate school and it was a lot of fun to see her and laugh about the old (and new) days.

When I got on the train back to DC from Baltimore, I got some more good news, met up with some friends for a minute and then went straight to bed after a very good day. I actually didn't want to go to sleep and for the really good day to end.

Tomorrow I'm off to Miami for a work conference and then a week on-site at a client. It should be a fun (though long) week of seeing co-workers, learning new things, helping clients and eating amazing food. I'm staying at the hotel next to my old apartment down there (I had an apartment for three months there during a long-term contract a few years ago). Here's the view from my old place. Those buildings in the back are South Beach where I will be working. Miami is amazing!

Short version of this post: Alison is happy, happy!!