I picked up our wedding bands from Diamonds Direct today — it’s a bit of a story, but it was going to be a big deal if they were ready for the wedding in two weeks. The fact that they were ready today (yesterday, actually) is unbelievable.
Both Martha and myself are going to be at camp this week with Port City Church, so hopefully it will make the week go by quickly. After that, we only have one week to go!
I’m almost ashamed to describe what I’m working on right now — I’m trying very hard to sound like the ever-popular & much-maligned T-Pain. Somehow the fact that I’m working on this for a church camp only slightly mitigates the guilt… the crime I am committing against music is so severe.
Music-as-a-whole: I apologize (click below for sound byte).
All the critical gear is moved out of the apartment! We’re heading to Pine Level this evening to load up our furniture then moving into the new place tomorrow morning in Raleigh!
In a somewhat last-ditch effort, I have gotten back into running in an attempt to get into shape before I get married (in less than a month!!) Martha has been running longer than I have, so as an early birthday present, I got her the Nike+ package for her iPod Nano (she was also super nice & got one for me!) We started using them pretty quickly and it’s been a lot of fun now that I know how far/how fast I’m running. You can actually see my last 5 runs in the flash widget on the left.
The second half of the story, however, is that Chris was so taken by the idea that he summarily purchased a Nike+ package for himself. Seeing as we all are participants in the upcoming wedding, he also thought it would be a cool idea to challenge us to really work before July 11. The result? The challenge you see on the right: the three of us must run 150 miles total by 6pm on July 11. This is a super-neat idea & I am very glad Chris came up with it — it simply remains to be seen whether or not we can do it. The flash widget will automatically update as we add runs to it, so our progress may be tracked.* Pretty cool!
It’s also been really nice to track my progress. I posted a screen capture of my Nike + iPod screen in iTunes previously, but here’s where I stand now:
It’s 12:04 am on June 13th, so we’re less than 1 month away from the extravaganza that will be the marriage of myself and Martha! I got this sweet envelope today, too:
I distinctly remember sitting in this lady’s 3rd grade class on a visit to the NWA YWAM base & getting an A on a spelling quiz — cold. Now I think she’s back working in Albania, which is boss — I got to be around a lot of cool, adventurous people when I was a kid.
* Unofficial title — with tongue firmly planted in cheek. 
Martha and I have been working towards running again consistently as the wedding approaches (1 month!), and it appears that we have found the perfect way to do so. During my three trips to the Apple Store to have a bad fan replaced, I played a bit with the Nike+iPod packages which have been around for a while. At $35 per, they’re not super expensive & we decided to give them a go. As it turns out, it’s a very well-executed idea that really has potential to change our work-out mentality. Screen grabs are below — you know we had to try it out!
