The hottest ticket in town

Nope, it's not Cubs playoff tickets. The hottest ticket in town is for the December Hannah Montana concert. Who would've thunk that Billy Ray Cyrus's daughter would be a bona fide superstar? At least a superstar for tween/teen girls. In hopes of securing tickets, I joined the Hannah Montana fan club; well, that did me absolutely no good as I got completely shut out of the pre-sale. Wait, I take that back, the pre-sale did offer me a lone ticket in the nosebleed section. Needless to say, I passed on that wonderful offer and am trying other avenues. The concert sold out in minutes during the regular sale, and now I'm keeping my fingers crossed that some of my alternatives will pan out. I'm not above milking every possible connection, no matter how remote, in hopes of securing tickets. What I am above doing is paying several hundred dollars per ticket for this concert, which is what every scalper is asking.

13.1 miles

So I did it. I ran my first half marathon. And despite having a bad cold, upset stomach and sore ankle (and waking up at 3:30 am because I was so anxious about my condition), I did better than my target time. It felt great to finish, and I'm thinking about doing another, though I'm worried that I won't do better than my impaired time. And that would be a bad thing.