Anniversarama

Our friend Jose paid us one of the best compliments ever -- he asked how long ago we got married. He said he couldn't tell from the pictures because we looked more or less the same now as we did then. That, my friends, is excellent flattery -- try it sometime.

It was 5 years ago tonight, and to celebrate we took to young'un with us to our favorite Italian restaurant. She was great, too. No flareups or meltdowns, even when daddy's steak came rare instead of medium rare. She's a trooper. That's her at the left wearing one of her "silk" Chinese dresses.

There's a lot else going on that I haven't gotten around to. I'm back at work which is hard but not as hard as I'd imagined. The story on the zoning laws finally ran last week, and I did indeed make the final edit. Did I say exactly what got printed? Of course not, which lead people to think I was playing the baby card.

And lastly, tomorrow is the Charlotte RaceFest Half-Marathon. Am I prepping for it? Don't be crazy -- I'm just hoping to make it to the store to buy some new shoes so I can start hobbling around my old 5-mile course again.