ran 14 x 400m yesterday in about 25/26 minutes. negative split the second set four laps (translation: ran the second mile in less time than the first 7-minute one). it was slightly rainy during much of the class, so rick a. didn't make us do any calisthenics or even lead any stretches.
ran into cynthia "cindy" l. (known her since at least 7th grade, last saw her at high school graduation in 1998) on my way out of the kinesiology building, turns out she transferred there "recently" (i didn't bother to ask when, or i don't remember) from u.c. pierce, a local junior college with an emphasis on agriculture. we caught up on miscellaneous mutual acquaintance stuff (she just spoke with her ex. jesus "jesse" s. three weeks ago and he's changed bundles) for about 10 minutes, then i saw my dad drive by and she had to go to class. i ran over and hitched a ride, but i didn't notice i dropped a shirt in the road until i got to work. curses.
fast-forward to seven hours later, i ask the parents to drive me back to the scene of the loss and hunt. since they're both nearly blind, they didn't know why i asked to stop when i saw a strange newspapery mess in the street that was actually just my shirt.
awesome.
speaking of blind, two minutes into my shift, susan m., who is currently almost deaf (ear infection of some sort, or perhaps rapidly advancing beethoven-style syphilis) hollered for me to hop to the front desk (aka "circulation") and then said she didn't want to "yell" my name across the library. yay. she needed me to help an older gentleman who was legally blind. just read off the titles of a few audiobooks for him no biggie. it would have been great if she had to do it, because it would have been the deaf leading the blind. a great superhero duo.