August 6th, Saturday, 11 p.m.
Too much party…….
Just arrived home after a long day trying to run and visiting and partying. The day began at 7 a.m. when I awoke to prepare to head to Spring Lake for cross country practice with the Jackson Liberty boys cross-country team on the boardwalk. It was a lovely morning with a beautiful breeze and a cloud cover that made the temperature just about perfect. I tried to warm up very slowly and walk to be sure my calf muscle would be prepared for a nice 40-minute run on the boardwalk. That was not about to happen. About two and a half minutes into my run my calf muscle began to speak to me about not feeling too well. It became obvious that if I continued I would have another severe cramp. So I had to stop. I left Spring Lake and headed home to make breakfast. It was a nice morning because Kristen was around, and we prepared to head to our first party of the day. It was a family pool party at Pat Conway’s spactacular party house a bit north in Old Bridge, about a 35 minute ride. The entire O’Rourke family was present with dozens of little kiddies running around and playing in the pool. It is always very nice to see everybody and catch up. However, we had to leave way too soon and head to South Jersey for the second party of the day. It was a birthday party for our friend Denny who is the boyfriend of Arlene’s niece, Rosemarie. The party was about a one-hour ride back south to Mount Holly. It was a very nice affair, tasty dinner, and it was good to catch up with Rosemarie and Denny and meet his family. The aborted run in the morning was disappointing, but on the whole it was a very enjoyable day .