Schedule For a Perfect Day

515am - Wake up at Lindsey's house in Post Falls.

545am - Have massive breakfast of frozen waffles at said house with friends and Lindsey's family.

630am - Leave the house and drive to Coeur D'Alene through spring morning mist.

700am - Get changed, line up at the starting line, get lost and not have time to hand off car keys and heavy jacket.

730am - Start Coeur D'Alene half-marathon, running side-by-side with Lindsey.

732am - Find Lindsey's brother's wife while running with a jacket with car keys in the zip pocket. Hand off my jacket and keys.

~740am - Meet up with and run briefly with Jadd, Lindsey's brother, then get left behind as he speeds up to run on his own.

~750am - Meet up with my friend Jill's mom, Shelley, who's flown in from Iowa to run the race, and start running with her.

~800am - On approximately mile three of the race, swallow a Shot Block whole and almost die of asphyxiation. Force self to hack it up, regain ability to breathe, keep running.

~815am - Lose feeling in right foot, stop to retie it.

~830am - Regain full feeling in foot.

~915am - Part ways with Shelley to run faster.

~955am - Meet up with Daniel and Jadd, who finished the race ahead of us, and run the last quarter-mile or so with both of them.

~1000am - Finish the race with a last long sprint to the finish line and clock in with pretty much the same time we finished with last year at the Leavenworth half-marathon.

1030am - Meet up with Dale alongside the track and run in with him as he finished his fourth full marathon.

1100am - Drive back to Post Falls to play with puppies and recuperate.

100pm - Eat a huge lunch in the backyard of Lindsey's parents' house, consisting of various summery-grilled foods and potato salad and cole slaw.

130pm - Take a nap on the ground.

200pm - Socialize with lots of great people that I don't get to see often enough.

300pm - Leave to drive back home to Pullman in gorgeous (but cool) weather with Lindsey and Daniel.

500pm - Get back home, unpack.

600pm - Drive to theater with Lindsey, buy tickets to Iron Man 3 and an enormous Coke Icee.

630pm - Watch Tony Stark blow the shit out of bad guys for a few hours.

900pm - Drive to Emerald Garden with Lindsey and order huge amounts of cheap Chinese food. Bring home leftovers.

1030pm - Go to bed and commence sleeping forever.

The end.