Wrapped around my...

I would say little finger but in this case it is my wrist. I've been professing my love of Ireland lately by wearing a bracelet actually made from a map of Ireland. I got it from this Etsy shop, although mine was marked down on clearance when I ordered it. It's still a really cool idea and it doesn't look as dorky as you might think. I'm tempted to order one of the Fenway Park ones as a gift for a friend I'm hoping to visit in Boston in October. She's not a map geek like I am but a huge Sox fan so I wonder if she would appreciate it like I do. Hmmm...

So it's still hot here. I don't think we've had a day below 90 degrees in weeks. It's kind of brutal. Would you believe that Dublin seems totally unphased by the heat. We go out for walks and she's just as peppy as ever despite that nice black coat she wears. I just don't get it. I suppose if we were outside for more than 20 to 30 minutes then she might actually start to notice the heat.

Yet again I have a bunch of photos to catch up on. I promise I will get to that but it likely won't be this week. We are venturing up to Buffalo this weekend for a wedding and so hopefully I'll get all the photos from that and the past few weekends posted next week. I realized that we are traveling on my next 3 alternative work Fridays off, but after Labor Day things slow down a bit, thankfully. I've been running on the treadmill! Not huge news, I know, but it has felt good to get back at it. I try to vary my workouts as much as possible to keep them from getting boring and to keep my body guessing so I alternate between the running, elliptical, elliptical with high intensity intervals, stationary bike and walking on the treadmill at 10% incline. That last one is a good workout, let me tell you! Oh and The Wicked Waffle finally opened a couple of blocks from my office. I stopped in and picked up a menu brochure and it smelled amazing inside. I can't wait to try it out!