Salute to Jiffy Lube

I went for my first "marathon training" run yesterday. It sucked. It was the hardest 3 miles ever - which is weird because my long run right now is at 7 so it's not like I can't run it. I've built up this whole marathon thing in my head. Today's run was better. IT was longer and easier. I feel better.

Jeff is currently in Kalispell, MT (further north) for the Montana Wildlife Society meeting. I told him to take the blue Scion since we have a leak in in the radiator of the truck. I drove the truck to work this morning since I have to be somewhere right after work and as I was in the drive up line for a Double split shot sugar free mocha with soy (I had a free coupon!!) at The Loose Caboose - best coffee in Missoula that I am hooked on thanks to my coworker Abbey - I looked out my windshield and I couldn't see out because of the billowing smoke underneath the hood of the truck. Luckily, next door was a Jiffy Lube and a really nice guy opened the hood, look at the radiator, replaced some fluids and sent me off without making me pay. He said I should be fine today, but the car may smoke a little bit. Awesome. So, I just have to make it to my church (5 blocks away), back to work (5 blocks) and then home (about a mile or so).

Jiffy Lube saved the day for me. I got in the truck this morning feeling really tough and awesome because I can drive an old truck with a manual trasmission and then by the time I got to work - after pulling the "I'm a female" card at Jiffy Lube and totally missing the place they asked me to pull into and having to back up and try again - I was pulled back down to earth.

Jeff got to Kalispell ok without any trouble. I'm assuming he's been in seminars all day and then this evening he will be "networking" over free food. I have a retreat next week for an organization called FitLife and I'm excited to do some "networking" over free food. My free food will be served on a dinner cruise on a lake. That's my kind of business.