Today was a good day.
Well, Thursday was rather since I'm writing this early on Friday, October 30, 2020.
A couple of weeks ago, a good friend asked me if I was going to be at a cross country meet that her daughter was running in.
It was only a natural ask as I was the meet announcer for Nike South, put on by The Woodlands High School boys cross country program.
Turned out that it was for a practice meet put on by her daughter's coach, one week before the district meet.
As I have announced one of the region meets for the public schools and then the big end-of-year national regional meets, I normally don't make any of the district meets. Moreso, because they're during the week, which affects my job.
However, my job allows me to be flexible when necessary as long as I get my work done and can respond in an emergency, if necessary.
So because I was asked and I could make it work, I went to my friend's daughter's meet to support and cheer on her daughter.
Their team finished second and they will advance to another region meet other than the one that I will announce next Monday and Tuesday in Huntsville.
But at the end of the day, it feels good to be able to do something nice for people that I easily put in the category of "good people".
There's not a more powerful drug I think when people realize that you truly care and that you have nothing to gain from your actions.
I just wish and hope in her daughter's next two years of competing that others will take the time to go out and watch her compete. Her efforts are worthy of their attention.
Had a great time this afternoon and evening sharing the details of the day with my daughter - my best friend - as well as her running coach, who is second in the friend pecking order. I'm blessed to count them as the best of the best.
I also had the opportunity to go over and visit with my Mom and Dad for a little bit this evening before catching a 9:50 p.m. movie at Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village where I saw "Come Play".
It was a pretty good movie, but while I "got it" the ending was a little different. In fact, it wasn't until I was driving back here to the house that I got a scene just before the end - and sort of pieced things all together.
Next on the docket for tomorrow?
Figure my weekend out.
I had plans to do a 5K double on Saturday morning, but the first city I planned to run in I ran a trail race there last year.
That race was to start at 7:30 a.m. while the one to follow was at 9 a.m. Plenty of time to finish and drive to the next location -- 24 minutes over 22 miles.
There's a third race in another town at 8 a.m.
The 8 a.m. and the 9 a.m. towns are just 6.3 miles apart -- seven minutes.
However, the location of the second race is actually 11.5 miles -- 12 minutes.
So can I finish by, let's say, 8:35 a.m., drive 12 minutes, and get on the starting line in time?
We'll find out more later this morning, Friday.
And, oh, I cast my vote in the presidential election. I won't tell, but if you know me, my leanings are vaguely clear.
If you're reading, thank you for doing so.
