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November 23, 2007
Mister S
Greetings from sunny Buffalo. Naturally, I'm here for my annual Thanksgiving trek, and it's a grand time as always. This time, my parents decided to bring Simon the Dog from Ohio. He's getting the whole Buffalo experience. He came downtown for the Turkey Trot yesterday, where I ran the 5 mile course in a "scalding" 34:20 - it's easy to run that fast when it's 30 degrees and raining.
After the race, we drove 60 miles east for dinner in Rochester, but we left Simon in the hotel. Needless to say, he spent all day sleeping and was pretty hyped up when we got home. I walked him around the hotel grounds at midnight, and then he fell asleep. I fell asleep too. At 6 am, I was awoken to Simon's nasty wet dog nose, and he wanted to go outside. What could I do but hook him to his leash and take him for a walk? As I bundled up at 6 in the morning to take the dog for a walk in the pitch black, I had a realization: people are up at this time shopping. Black Friday, they call it. I love a good deal, but I'm not getting up at 5:30 am to save $25 on an iPod. I'm pretty cranky in the morning as it is, but imagine 500 cranky people trying to be the first in line at Wal-Mart.
entry no. 1015
Posted by oz115 at November 23, 2007 09:35 AM