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What is that strange glowing orb in the sky?

The sky is blue! The sky is blue! Ohmigod, I can actually see it! 49 days of uninterupted cloud filled skys can make you go a little crazy. However, the major wind storm (nor'easter type for on the east coast) we had this weekend apparently blew all the clouds away. The weather man is predicting more of this long lost weather pattern for the upcoming week. It's almost like spring.

With all this sunshine, I suddenly remembered Bloomsday is only 90 days away! This has become an annual event for a childhood friend and I... last year, we finally stopped claiming "never again!" (because we always do!) and instead planned to make it even more fun. This year our goal is to make it on TV! We're dressing up and getting crazy. To be honest, Bloomsday is one of the few long courses that is still a fun event. Although there is big prize money and internationally famous runners do participate, the start line is organized so that we never see even see them until the footage runs on the nightly news. And that's the way we like it!

In honor of the upcoming events, I changed the background in honor of the "Lilac City". If you're free May 7th, come and join the other 50,000 people moving along. You won't be sorry!

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