Feeling pretty good right now.
I was hustling today. Set myself a new personal record for average pace – 15:05. On Monday I was at 16:12/mile. About the same distance, but definitely picked up the pace. 37:43 total time compared to 40:12. I’m proud.
Today’s soundtrack was a lovely mix of things, courtesy of my ever-expanding “Running Mix” on Google Play. I’m enjoying this chance to listen to some stuff I haven’t in a long while.
- Faith No More – Superhero
- WWE & Jim Johnston – Special Op (The Shield)
- Muse – Hysteria
- Bush – Machinehead
- WWE & CFO$ – Stars in the Night (Paige)
- SOiL – Loaded Gun
- Earshot – Wait
- Spock’s Beard – I Know Your Secret
- Mudvayne – Dig
- Sevendust – Black
Lots of WWE tunes in this one. They get me pumped. Shut up.
My girlfriend Nikki and I are looking at an apartment or two later today. Our current landlord has decided to non-renew our lease come July 31st, so he can pass the condo down to his son, who just got engaged. This isn’t totally blindsiding, as when we signed the lease a few years ago for the first time, he advised us ultimately he was handing the condo down to him. We were just never informed if his son was 12 or 22 or 32. We never planned.
We’ve had a good relationship with our landlord and this is disappointing. So often you get a landlord that wants to micromanage every single thing. This guy trusted us not to mess up his place. We sent him rent on time every month, never bothered him unless it was something serious, and if it was, it got taken care of in a timely manner. And, he never once raised our rent.
I’m going to miss this condo.
I was hoping we would’ve had the funds saved up to leave on our own terms and purchase a house. That was my goal. And, I felt like we could’ve put a good dent in that inside of a year to a year and a half. Now? Prices of rent have gone up, and for a place the same size that we have now we will pay more.
It will be an interesting evening, for sure.
stop.swimming 