Day 3

Tuesday May 11, 2010
185 days to marathon.
Last night, I forgot to mention that I came home after my run to a loud hissing coming from the wall above the refrigerator. I looked everywhere for the source of the noise, but to no avail. I was totally pooped so I downed a beer (will expand later on the benefits of beer and running) and took a shower. I was high on endorphans and feeling a little bit tipsy. It was the perfect mood for making love to My Dear Boyfriend (MDB). Fantasm! (TMI? IDC!)
I forgot all about the hissing until this morning.
Thanks to my Navy training in trouble shooting, and a little common sense, Thing 2 and I were able to determine that there was a water leak INSIDE THE WALL. I called MDB at work and he called his friend who came over to fix the leak. With Thing 1 at my sister's house and Thing 2 in school, this WOULD have been the PERFECT day for my second run. But NOOOOOOO. I had to stick around while leak got fixed. After the leak was fixed, we discovered ANOTHER leak. This took almost all day.
Oh shit, I'm supposed to be making a chili dinner for 11 tonight! The kitchen is a mess! I need more ingredients! I need to take a shower! I need to make myself pretty! I need to run 2 miles!!!
Ugh, I was able to make most of the chili before I left to pick up the Things, my sister insisted that I leave early because she needed to go to work so I skipped out on the shower but still managed to make myself look presentable. '
Picked up the Things, went to the store and got last minute items and arived home in just enough time for the first guests to arrive.
I finished cleaning up while others socialised, finished the chili, and proceded to get myself very tipsy on yummy yummy wine.
The chili was a hit but I had to skip the run. :(

Atalanta Chili
2 cans pinto beans
2 cans kidney beans
1 can black beans
3 burger patties from Sunday's cook out (crumbled)
3 cans tomato soup
2 packets Mcormick Chili flavoring
3 cups of water because it all tastes like sweet tomato soup and you feel like it is too thick
half a bottle of beer because the chilli has NO flavor so you looked up award winning chili recipes
1 tbs garlic
10 dashes of salt, pepper, and chili powder
10 dashes of tobasco
10 dashes of cajun seasoning
1 diced onion
2 cans chili beans (cause it is too liquidy and still not enough flavor but you went to the store so now you have more beans)
2 cans diced tomatos (rinsed thoroughly because you accidentally bought the ones with italian seasoning)
Boil vigorously because it is still too liquidy and the onion needs to be softer and the guests are here now so you don't have time to make anymore adjustments.
enjoy!