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Kentucky Goes Global

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An email from Margaret, who is currently working over in London for a few months (lucky):

So my friend Susie is doing what I”m doing work-wise, but in Osaka, and for a year.  She goes to visit a friend in the burbs outside Osaka and writes me this – (and see attached pic)
“then today we went to this hilarious (but good) place called U.K. diner.  i figured it was british food but instead it was a university of kentucky themed restaurant!  UK gear all over the place and a motorcycle inside and american food!”  
i mean that’s amazing.  i have no idea what the link between japan and U Kentucky is, but it’s strong.  Meg – I wonder if they televised the NCAA game there and all wore jorts???!!!
Attached picture below:
Yes, those are NASCAR cars, trucks (I just learned there is a NASCAR truck series), and big rigs lining the walls and a Camaro chair in the forefront.  The allure of Kentucky culture knows no bounds.

Deck the Halls

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the complete display of holiday decorations at our house. its tree-shaped because the string of lights wasn't long enough to reach around the edge of the window.

Christmas has exploded in our office (I am going to apologize in advance for the quality of these pictures, they were taken quickly and with my phone.)

A 360 view of what I see as I walk out of my cubicle:

To the left (of course, I’ve mentioned this before):

look how much that battle has grown since the first ship landed on dec 1

To the right:

as far as i know, mitch is the only one in the office with a stocking

To the front:

oh hello there!

To the side (outside my neighbor’s cube):

ok, i lied. i have no idea who duckie is, but he has a stocking too.

To the other side (my neighbor’s file cabinet):

And to the back (inside my own cube, thanks to a coworker who hung it there):

A departure from my previous place of employment, where we weren’t allowed to have flowers on the counters because one of the managing partners thought it made the office look like a bank.

I should note, all of these are provided by a single employee who is letting the office “borrow” them for the season.  She also has three inflatable Christmas-themed decorations in the front yard of her home (a manger, noah’s ark…with flamingos…, and barn with all 9 of Santa’s reindeer sitting in their respective stalls. She showed me pictures on her phone.)  Can’t help but admire people who embrace anything with this amount of passion and just run with it.

P.S.  And what else to do when you’re sitting in a glittercloud of holiday than listen to some seasonal music.  Favorite this week: the She & Him Christmas Album.

It’s coming

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Yeah, that’s right.  Spike’s in his creampuff.  He doesn’t want to get out of bed in the morning to go on his run. The days are getting shorter. I need to remember my gloves to scrape ice off the car at 5am before I can drive to practice.  I am starting to get the dry coughs after my runs.

The cold.  It’s coming.

 

Weekend Shots

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We were supposed to head to Baltimore this beautiful fall weekend to see my sister and Joe and go for a mudrun, but med school tightened its death grip and we stayed here.  And did uneventful things.  Hence the boring post.

{molly and joe post-mud run in baltimore, sans us. sad face.}

{tomatoes in the backyard… still hanging in there}

{heeeere, batter batter}

{pumpkin loaf, a seasonal favorite…the office wolfed it down.  recipe here}{cruisin the hood with spikeman}

Midnight Madness

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Why, you might ask, does UKs campus look like a refugee camp?  Maybe the President is coming to talk? A Nobel Laureate?

Try the first basketball practice of the season.

Yes, practice.  Not game.

Rupp Arena doesn’t allow people to camp out in front of it until 3 days before the event. So everyone camps out across the street for the first few days, so they can get a camping spot in front of Rupp as soon as they open it up for camping.  This is all to get in line at 2am the day before for free event tickets.

It’s called Midnight Madness.  They introduce the team.  Coach Cal is there.  It is a VERY. BIG. DEAL.

Go Cats.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

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Last weekend, after the inferno bike ride, temperatures PLUMMETED to the mid-50s at night with highs of 65 during the day.  And it started raining.

And just like that–BOOM–it’s fall.


Jersey’s back on devil dog.  You know what this means.

Tailgating.  Cornhole.  Campers.  Wildcat blue mini dresses with big belts and cowboy boots.

First homegame of the season.   And absolutely beautiful weather.

We can hear the whole game announced from our house.  Louisville is next weekend.

Go Cats.

Oh HECK yeah

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A group of friends needed anther person to complete their team for the 2011 Bourbon Chase in October, and guess who they invited to join?

That’s right!  The Bourbon Chase is a relay race across Kentucky through all of the major bourbon distilleries, starting at Jim Beam and ending in Lexington with a bourbon celebration.  Score.  It’s almost like an urban hike…but running and in rural Kentucky.  Right?

Time to fire up the running shoes again…

Update: Our team name is Jim Beam Me Up.