Happy Groundhog Day! I love Groundhog Day … it’s the silliest “holiday” which is what makes it fun of course! Jolly loves it even more than I do. :-)
I think we adopted it first because of the silly, fun factor … how can you not love Punxsutawney Phil?
But it’s also a much better February alternative to Valentine’s Day … my least favorite “holiday”. I won’t belabor this one … I wrote all about it in this post last year. Suffice it to say, Cute ‘N Fuzzy beats Compulsory Romance every time.
So this year for Groundhog Day, I gave myself a birthday present. Yes, I am aware that my birthday is not for another 8 months. But today registration opened for the Great Eastern Endurance Run (GEER) 100K trail race. And as one of the first 100 people to register, I got in for half price … sweet! :-)
The birthday present part comes in because this race is held the weekend before my birthday … but wait, it gets even better than that!
The race is held right outside Charlottesville! So I get to spend the weekend before my birthday running a trail race in the mountains outside one of my favorite places on earth! Woohoooooo! And with any luck, I’ll be able to extend the trip so I can get in some good visits with friends and family! Are you starting to understand why I am so excited?
And to just make it a total explosion of birthday madness, I get to return to Austin to spend my actual birthday hanging out at ACL with Jolly, Henry, assorted friends, and dozens of cool bands!
So today may be Groundhog Day, but all I have to say is Happy Birthday to meeeeee! ;-)
Hooray!!!!!!! Marcia’s comin’ back to the ‘ville!!!
And I am sure you’ve seen Groundhog Day, but when I beheld the little Phil pic you posted here all I could think was “Don’t drive angry!”