Razor blade, Cocaine, Jogging and a 3 hour search

Does the title make you wonder?

I had a few different interesting events happen today...

1) I made a new jogging buddy. A girl and I were doing the same pace, so we started talking and actually ended up increasing our speed a bit. We went for 4 miles and will probably run again. I don't usually have people at my pace (I'm slow), but she's a new runner and it's nice to jog with someone.

2) I had jury duty today. I wanted to serve, because of the defense lawyer (an ex-Houston city councilman) and I figured that if he was the defense attorney, it probably would've been a good case to sit for. Some guy was indicted for drug possession with the intent to distribute. He's not from here but was caught with 1 pound of cocaine. I was stricken, though, because of the one question that applied to me: my brother-in-law is a police officer and I have two HPD friends and one constable friend. Darn. So I sat there for almost 5 hours for nothing but a $6 check that will arrive 4 weeks later (but paid for my $5.50 parking fee). On the flip side, I now can be called again within 6 days. I was just called in 6 months ago! Choose someone else now.

3) I slashed my left thigh with a razor by accident. I was in the shower (post-run) and was shaving my legs. I moved the razor to the water to rinse it and when I moved it back to my leg, I was too close to my thigh. No stitches required, but it bled and stung like a son-of-a-bitch.

4) I lost my eyeglasses, the pair that I had to shell out $200 for (after insurance). I searched for 3 hours, with and without a flashlight, on the street, in the freezer, etc. I found them under some tool in the bomb-site that is our kitchen. How it got there, I'm not totally sure. But they are safely on top of my head.

Now I have to do my homework.

Oh, and the Houston half-marathon is 6 days away! Yippee!!!
The next weigh-in day is 5 days away. Today is day 10 of South Beach. I'm still alive and still haven't succumbed to the numerous temptations that make their way to my eyes and nose.