a really good day, in numbers

10 - miles from my neighborhood to the Boston Common

2 - big, fat, happy black labs whose ears perked up when I ran down their street

1 - really generous Wheelock student who, when asked if there was a water fountain nearby, went inside and got me an ice-cold bottle of water

0 - times I was nearly hit by a car

1:56 - my finishing time

8 - people ahead of me in line at the Starbucks, post-run, desperately seeking food

2 - other sweaty runners who were at the same Starbucks

11 - am when my husband's softball game started

1 - new player on my husband's softball team who, when I was introduced as, "this is Emily, she just ran here from Hyde Park," responded "Hi. You're crazy."

6 - of my friends are now referring to me as "Crazy Emily."

12:45 - when my husband knocked in the winning run for his team and the celebration began

1 - shower at the Chinatown YMCA that was so beautiful and sweet I couldn't stop smiling as I washed off 10 miles of funk

5 - tickets for Futures at Fenway, the Sox minor league games

2 - hours we waited at Fenway Park for the rain delay to pass, enjoying the view of the kids running around in the rain

3 - Skehans who kept us company in the rain

0 - pieces of glass that ended up in my foot, although I walked from Kenmore to Fenway Park barefoot in the rain

3 - red sox souvenir cups ganked from Fenway by people who left them behind

2 - historical fiction novels finished this weekend (I heart the Tudors)

1 - loaf of banana bread coming out of the oven (I heart my husband)

8 or 9 - beautiful hours I am sure I will sleep because nothing makes me sleep well like a hard run and a long happy day