Slimy Green Stuff

Wow! We're half-way through September already!! It's been another busy couple of weeks. September started with a sprint distance triathlon (Vancouver Triathlon) with two friends - Kelly & Suzanne.

Swim: 750m Bike: 18.8km Run: 5km

We had great weather for it (except for the short downpour just as I was going out on my bike...). The sprint is a perfect distance - not too hard, but long enough that you can challenge yourself. The day of the triathlon was also Suzanne's birthday (Happy Birthday!). What a great way to celebrate!

The following weekend was the Coho Run - a scenic 13km run (usually 14km, but the route was changed due to the damage in Stanley Park) from Kits to Ambleside. Pretty much all of it is along the water or through the park.

This week has been devoted to cleaning and staining the deck boards on the balcony. What a mess! The boards have never been cleaned in the whole time I've owned this place (10 years) and they had a thick coating of slimy green stuff. I was using water & bleach to clean them. (Yes, I was using bleach... Bad! Bad! Bad!) The Cat came out to see what I was up to and sat in a puddle of bleach water. I was a bit worried that she'd end up with a blonde butt, but she seems to have avoided any embarrassing fur catastrophes. The boards are now stained (and so am I - the red-brown colour goes nicely with my hair...). I'm hoping the rain holds off long enough to get another coat of stain on them...