We had a really good time and sat next to people from my team at work. Erin spent a lot of time talking to one of the newer members of my team from Tanzania - he had a lot of stories.... anyway - there was a raffle for prizes. Our number was called and I went to claim my prize. A guy at my table won a digital camera, someone else won an Ipod, and another person won a portable DVD player..... I got this:
A Juan Pablo Montoya diecast car..... I don't know what a Juan Pablo Montoya is.... I'm not sure if this post qualifies me for immediate dismissal from the state of Texas... but I'm just not into racing. Maybe someone can comment and tell me why I should be honored to have this thing sitting somewhere within my cubicle.
Anyway - the party was actually a lot of fun.
Sunday morning I preached from Matthew 3:1-12 which is the Gospel reading for the 2nd week of Advent. The sermon can be downloaded from http://www.kaleohouston.com/podcast or you can find it here directly:
http://www.kaleohouston.com/mp3/advent_12_09_07.mp3
Immediately after service ended I had to run home and get changed for the Jingle Bell Run - a 5 Mile run through downtown Houston to support the YMCA. As the race was sponsored by Chevron Deep Water, I got roped into running with some guys from my team at work. Lots of people ran in costume..... my main goal was survival..... I finished the race in 55 min and never stopped running so I feel good about that. Sometime after the 5 mile race started there was a 3 mile family walk.... and they shared the return leg of the course with the runners.... so for the 5 minute mile people I guess that wasn't a big deal... but with about 1.5 miles to go I ran into a large mass of families.... strollers.... dogs... and little kids which really crushed my momentum.... but I powered through. I'd like to get the time down a bit and keep running. I had a good time training for the race. I've never run longer than 1.5 miles before that....
Pre-race photo of The Salt Monkeys (that's a little depth-imaging geophysicist humor for ya): Errol, Tim, Fan, and me
The beginning of the race
Daniel helping his dad cool off after the race
Agony...but finished
Post race team photo
Anyway - that's all for now. I have a picture of Erin from the Christmas party looking gorgeous with her new haircut and pretty dress... but the colors get distorted when I put it in blogger..... strange.... Erin has 3 exams this week so she could use prayer for her sanity.
8 comments:
good job on finishing the race! I'm impressed. I've never run 5 miles in life either. You have inspired me. You are now my hero. Ciao babe. Oh...and thanks for the frequent blog updates. Keep 'em coming!
Jake, CONGRATS! Now, if we could only get you on a bike for some decent miles. Little 'bent group in Fulshear (?... in any case, glad you survived.
MR. R
So excited for posts and pics! And very proud of you running the race!! I would never have made it!
Tell Erin HI-can tell she is busy because no emails!
nice running! Tell Erin to stop by Starbucks for some studying motivation...if she came to my store I'd give her a free drink ;)
Hey, well done on the run. Just so you know, JP Montoya is a NASCAR driver now, but in 2000 he won the Indy 500 and spent some time in Formula 1 after that. Just so you know.
Fortunately for you, NASCAR isn't big in Texas like it is in the Deep South (and apparently parts of the North, from what I've heard). All you need to like is football. Now if only you would give up the Broncos for America's Team (TM)!
Jake! I'm impressed by your newly acquired mad running skills. Good job!
Way to go with the run, that is awesome. Prayers to Erin for her exams!
I've been in Houston for 5 years now (transplant from Oregon) and I have no idea why you'd want that die cast car in your cubicle either. Hmmm...maybe I will be forced to leave the state too due to my lack of said knowledge.
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