Fourth Dimension...

The kittie friends have been going all out on the "Kittie Olympics" lately - Monkey especially. It seems when my landlord did some plumbing work in the bathroom and added a new piece of piping under the toilet, it opened up a 4th dimension (we live in a three dimensional world. The 4th dimension, well, now that's hard to explain). Monkey and Fez both hang out in the bathroom staring at the new shiny piping. Monkey will sleep on the toilet seat, meow at the pipe. Her tail will poof out and she's start Kitty Olympic Relays at 11 p.m. at night. A colleague of mine once said about cats randomly staring at things "You know Michelle, they can see into the 4th Dimension. They will stare intensely at the wall or their tails will poof out over seemingly nothing. They see things we don't. Just accept it." I didn't know that at the time but I'm pretty convinced that they see something - and it might sometimes just freak them out.

With poofy tails and parties in the bathroom, the kittie friends have their own Olympics to train for and experience all the time. To that end, I am going to start training for the Danksin mini triathlon. Yes, I said it. I am going to be participating in a triathlon. And not as a spectator.

I had always said I wouldn't do a triathlon because I don't like to run. (If only there was one that involved all wheels - like skate boarding, rollerblading and biking. Or biking, driving and rollerskating. Yes - driving is a sport.) The mini is 1/2 mile swim (with thousands of people), 12 mile bike (cake!) and a 3 mile run (ugh). Pygmy and I had considering doing the Danskin last year but the Seattle Danskin is the only one that fills up and they actually have to close it. (Exercise freaks!) My friend Lara wanted to do it. She knew some people who had done it and since we had become roller derby girls (and athletic like no other time in my life) we decided we'd do it - together. The email came from my boss that the registration was open and we managed to get registered before it closed (the next morning).

Now, I'm in a triathlon. Hmmmm....

I still don't like to run but maybe if I could find a way to see into the 4th dimension like Monkey, I could more readily poof out my tail and run some serious laps.