Lucky Day?

13's my lucky number so Friday the 13th has got to be my lucky day! Haven't won the lottery yet.. but the night's still young. It's only 7 here in Scottsdale. And it's a full moon tonight!!

Robert, Joel and I headed West last night. The trip is two-fold, to run in PF Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon (R&J) and 1/2 Marthon (Me) (more on 2006 race plans in another post) and to hang out with our pals Rob and Kris who left the burg for AZ this past summer!

I keep warning R&J they better not make me mad since they have to spend 4 days with me... but they don't seem to care!! :)

First quote of the trip. Our flight left ROA behind schedule, but no worries - the pilot said he'd make up the time once we got in the air by 'flying this plane like it was stolen!' Apparently he'll never make it as a thief - we still had to practically run between terminals in ATL to catch our flight that was oversold by 22 seats. The stewardess' requested when we landed that folks with later flights held tight while those of us with close connections got off, I was very impressed that people actually did it!!!

We arrived pretty late ECT but lasted long enough to drink some guinness and try some of Rob's quesadilla's and homemade guac. Mmmm! Their house is wonderful!! Great floor plan, bold colors, beautiful tile, very homey! It's kinda crazy to be in such familiar surroundings yet be across the country. Sometimes I feel like I'm still back on Dogwood Lane!

This morning we slept in til 8 :) then started with a KK run for doughnuts and coffee. We then headed downtown to hit the race expo before the majority of the runners got to town. The expo center was very spacious and nicely set up compared to some. No sign of the 'tool' anywhere :( After the expo we had lunch in Paradise and stepped by Hard Rock for some souvineers :) Believe it or not, none of us remembered a frisbee. So after stopping by a western store (they are so good to me!) we found an REI and managed to get in and out in about 5 minutes with just a frisbee, it was difficult! We headed to a local park to enjoy the amazing weather!! I could get used to winters in AZ! They can keep the 120 degree August! A trip to Coldstone to cool us off and use our expo coupons and now we're (they're) playing PS2 before we head to dinner.

There's about 100 different kinds of restaurants out here to choose from, but I think tonight will be Mexican. See how authentic margaritas taste ;)

Sorry there are no pictures to post yet. Don't fear, our goal for the weekend is to fill my memory card... unless we start taking video's that'll require 3000 pics!