Starbucks Shower

No, not Starbucks AND a shower.

An actual shower inside Starbucks.

Stay with me. I had a very early wakeup call — 4:30am — to hang out with some of my best girls.

That’s Kelly, me and Megan, snapped by an unpictured Caitlin.

But first, I spent some quality time with the number one girl in my life: Laila.

And got the essentials for a long run: band-aids for my blisters, good socks and water.

Caitlin and I met for a nice easy 2.5-mile run before the other girls joined us, and we had a great group run…slow, but steady, and we talked the entire time. What a blast! I think we finished that last part at about 6 miles, so I guess I did about 8.5 miles this morning!

So, here was the dilemma. I knew I wouldn’t have time to go home and shower after the run, so I decided to take the idea of Friday casual pretty seriously and I packed a “shower in a bag” kit, intending to clean up in the bathroom at work. (Megan offered me her shower — how sweet is that! But she and Caitlin ran on after me, and I wanted to test my cleaning abilities, so I passed.)

I also knew I’d need some caffeine. So, that led to this.

Before:

During:

After:

Yup, that presto quick change was done in the Starbucks bathroom! I used those great Action Wipes, which soap up but dry invisibly, and are designed for situations just like this. I was even able to shampoo my hair (I brought a towel and a complete change of clothes).

No worries, I made it worth the baristas while — ordering four coffees for work and leaving a big tip. Plus, I cleaned up.

My bosses got a kick out of it, and we got out early because we are all working on Saturday morning. That left time for:

Pho-tastic. Lucas and I were celebrating, but I can’t share the news (it’s his) so you’ll just have to keep an eye on his blog. We are NOT pregnant (I know you’ll ask!)

He is a very happy boy, not only for the soup, but for his newly discovered Vietnamese sandwich:

And because we found Allagash beer at the local wine and beer store, and he just happened to be wearing the shirt we got during a tour of the brewery:

Now I’m exhausted, and have another early day tomorrow, so I’m about to change into my comfies, watch some baseball and catch some ZZzzzs.

Oh, and guess what? I’m crazy! I just signed up for an Olympic distance triathlon that’s happening NEXT freaking week. And, I signed up for a half marathon in December. Oh me oh my…here we go!