Well, I did my long run Saturday. 10 miles. All I can say is … head winds suck. I basically did an out and back. Out was fine. I normally don’t feel a tail wind. When I started feeling the head wind, I knew I was going to have problems coming back. When I hit about mile 5 1/2 and turned to go back west, the wind hit me full force and just about took my breath away.

Still got a long ways to go.

Well, I’m doing better this week.

I ran last night and it felt really good. I am supposed to run 10 miles this Saturday. Don’t know how that is gonna go. Last long run was 7 miles. And that was a couple of weeks ago. Oh well, we’ll see.

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I was thinking the other day about Obama’s plan to “spread the wealth around.” I’m about to go for a drive so ride along with me, if you will.

Obama, our new President Elect, has stated many times that he is going to spread the wealth around. So, those that have a lot will be taxed so that those that don’t have a lot can have more than they normally would or can’t currently afford. So, in essence, take from the rich and give to the poor. Modern day Robin Hood. Okay. Not a problem. I’m one of the people that stand to gain from this.

We have seen that most of the celebrities are behind Obama and have given him their support. These are the same people that are always telling us not to “illegally download” movies or music. This coming from some of the wealthiest people in the nation. I know they are going to get hit by Obama’s “over 250,000 200,000 153,000 income” tax plan. So, and here’s the stretch, why should these people gripe about us downloading their precious “intellectual property?” I mean, if they are worried about us “taking money out of their pockets” by downloading the newest CD, then how is that different than us “taking money out of their pockets” by them being taxed more? When you think about it, if I don’t buy their newest album, they will have less income and won’t be taxed as much. So, I would be helping them out if I “borrowed” their new album.

So, isn’t redistributing the wealth the same as us all sharing the benefits of our hard work? Doesn’t matter if it is money or some other tangible good. I don’t have the latest Diddy album. He worked hard for Obama to be elected. So, isn’t he giving me permission to “share” his money/music?

I’d like to take this time to say how much I love my wife. I sent her a text this afternoon asking her to help me get out and run tonight. I have to say that I hate to run. And I really hate running at night. By the time I get home and get everyone fed, the last thing I feel like doing is running. Which is why I usually don’t run. If I could run as soon as I got home, that would be better. So, I was only expecting my wife to say something like, “Hey, don’t you need to get your fat butt outside and run?” Then I, depressed and dejected, would have made some excuse as to why I couldn’t go run. Instead, I got home and she said, “Hey, I thought Iliana would ride by you while you ran. Do you wanna go now?” That was so awesome! It was great to have my girls out with me. Even if it was only half way. That really made a difference and running wasn’t such a problem tonight. So, Amy, if you are reading this (which you probably aren’t), thank you so much for going out with me tonight. It meant a lot to me.

I just realized that I haven’t written a post in a while, so I’ll try to catch up a little.

Today marks the first day in our new offices in West Little Rock. It adds about 10 to 15 minutes to my commute each day. Not too bad though. I was worried about coming across the I-430 bridge, but by the time I came across, it was fine. Then I went down Cantrell and noticed that everyone was coming IN to Little Rock, so I had no traffic coming in. That made me feel a little better about the commute. I was also worried about going back to driving alone. For the past 5 months, I’ve been in a carpool, and let me tell ya, it has saved me a ton of money. Now, I’m by myself for a couple of weeks. Good news is that I met a guy that lives less than a mile from me that works the same shift as me. So, we will start carpooling in a couple of weeks. Thank God that the gas prices are half of what they were.

So, I’m adjusting to life in a new cube farm. I feel like Wild Bill Hickock. Not because I fancy myself (that’s right. I said “fancy myself”) as a gun slinging lawman or an amazing poker player, but because I’m sitting on the end of the row and have no wall behind me. I don’t like having people come up behind me.

I’ve also started running again. I’m supposed to run the Memphis St. Jude Half Marathon and the Little Rock Full Marathon. I say “supposed to” because I haven’t registered yet. And until I register, my training sucks. I didn’t run all last week. I’ll have to start posting my training runs on here again. That way I may feel a bit more accountable. I give everyone that reads this blog permission to hold me accountable. My run days are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. And if you ever want to know what I am supposed to be running, you can click here to see my training schedule.

We went trick-or-treating Friday night. Iliana was Ariel from the Little Mermaid. She had a red wig and everything. It was pretty cute. The wig only lasted for about 3 houses though. Then dad got to carry it. We went with the Wrye’s and had a pretty good time.

Saturday, my dad and BJ came by for a visit. Iliana loves it when Papa K comes by because he always has Jake with him. Jake is a 110 lbs. Golden Retriever. Iliana loves playing with Jake. When they got here, everyone else was taking a nap, so we went for a drive out to the old ranch. When we first moved to Arkansas 18 years ago (holy crap! it’s been 18 years!), we lived on a 5,000 acre ranch. We were only renting it, but loved it. Long story short, we had to move, but I have always wished things could have worked out that would have allowed us to stay. Anyway, the place is barely recognizable. We used to host trail rides and all of the trails we cut through the woods by the barn are completely gone. They have now been replaced by a reservoir that is going to be used by the natural gas industry. To think of all the money we would have if we would have bought that place. All the money from the natural gas industry would have paid the place off. Oh well, hind sight is 20/20.

That’s about it. I will say that the fall colors in Arkansas are spectacular! It’s the one time of year that I enjoy living in Arkansas.

Oh yeah, I hear there is an election coming up. Go vote.