I went for a long run today with a new playlist on my iPod. After a particularly hellish week at work and korean fried chicken and beer for dinner last night (that's what Adam wanted for his birthday dinner), I definitely was struggling at first to put one foot in front of the other. But my new playlist kept me going. Actually, it wasn't the playlist so much as the memories that came about from certain of the songs. As I recalled these memories, I forgot about the hellish week and my stomach forgot about the fried chicken.

It's My Life by Bon Jovi. Amber and Jess, do you remember when this song came on at the Virgin Megastore in Paris and Amber sprinted to the register to buy it? I got a good chuckle thinking about our priorities at age 16. I think we passed on visiting the Paris Opera House so we could go shopping.

Crazy Game of Poker by O.A.R. I don't think I even need to comment on the memories this song stirs up. Love to my 506 girls (and Rob Konrad).

Shenendoah as performed by The Boss and the Seeger Sessions. This song reminds me of the best date I've ever been on. With my dad. Wedding secret revealed, Dad - this is the song I want to dance to with you.

Loving and missing everyone very much,
Kel

Middle of Winter in Melbourne

Long run, sun tan lotion, penguin sightings, sunset on the beach... Not too shabby.

A Nature Lesson

We are settling in nicely to our new apartment.  We even have a pet.  His name is Harold and he is a nightly visitor to the trees outside our porch.  Harold is a possum, not to be confused with an opossum (as I was, see blog post dated April 23).  According to the world’s most accurate research source, Wikipedia, a possum is “any of about 70 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia…” To answer Jessie’s question in the April 23 comments, Harold is different from the North American variety of opossums in that he has a furry tail instead of a bare tail.  Additionally, possums are herbivores, while opposums are carnivores.  Here is a picture of Harold: