Wednesday Randoms - Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July!

• Saw some cool fireworks tonight at Abington HS
• Realizing I have entered the threshold of hell as far as work is concerned from now until the first week of September. Guess that means it's time to start planning another vacation!
• It's been too hot to full commit to my training for the 1/2 marathon at the end of August. #oops I am, however, trying to change up the routine and try some different things to get myself used to the heat. By the beginning of August, if I haven't already, it's definitely time to get down to business!
• I had to buy tomato cages for my Growums Garden! Yay! That means I should have some flowers soon, and flowers turn into... tomatoes! I have basil that's big enough to harvest. Hopefully in another month I'll have some crops to harvest.
• South Park is still so funny after all these years. Those guys have brilliantly pushed the envelope as far as they possibly could.
• Pretty excited for the Olympics
• Whole Foods near me has a really cool setup for the month of July. They call it "Pie in July", where all pies are $9.99. There's a cute wooden pie stand and someone standing there selling them and giving out samples. One of the managers at the bakery/coffee shop I worked out had a saying for it: "Pile 'em high and watch 'em fly". It's true; people are more likely to buy a pie off a display that's attractive and filled. No one wants to buy the last one on the shelf. You get the feeling it's old and are probably less likely to buy it.
• I have stuck to the same preparation method for my weekly serving of salmon- the mango teriyaki.  The peach mango habenero marinade on the salmon I bought from Whole Foods last weekend really motivated me to try a different method of preparation. I shall explore my options and report back!
• Brought my first item off Ebay today. No bidding involved, just a 'buy now' and free shipping, a click to pay with PayPal, and I was done. Super easy.
• Read an article this week on Glamping, which is a form of camping more glamorous than the usual tent and sleeping bag version. This was in Galway Ireland. Seemed like a really cool idea. After staying in the cabin in South Dakota, I'm reluctant to stay in a hotel unless I absolutely have to.. for at least part of the trip.
• 2 more days until the weekend. Haven't worked a full week in 3 weeks. That will soon end... oh well. At least the days go by really fast.