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So I don't journal on the days that I blog and this would have been an awesome journal entry, but for some reason I thought my mom would get a kick out of it, so I'm journaling on the blog today. [I'm typing this in my bed and just realized that my contacts are still in. Probably should take care of that before I go to sleep.] First, a little bit of back story. I'm currently training for a 12k. I plan on running it in Washington with a variety of family members and then my parents have booked us a cabin on the beach for the following week. I don't really know what the definition of "cabin" is, but I do know that there could be some camping involved. More back story of a different variety. My roommate and I were camping buddies long before we were roommates. For as long as I've known her, I have secretly coveted her REI camp bed. It's something like 2 inches thick and is lovely when it comes to camping trips...not that I've ever used it because she's always had it. On our last camping trip I may sat on her bed for a few minutes while I was changing my clothes. It was heavenly. Flash forward to present day. I got a package in the mail today. Roommate has a bookmark on steepandcheap.com on her computer. A couple days ago she found a Thermarest bed pad for 46% off. It was camoflague. That was it's only downfall that I could come up with, I decided to spring for it. When the ad said something about XL we thought it was talking about the thickness of the pad itself. Nope. Its dimensions are huge. We're currently concerned as to whether it will fit in the tent or not. Literally, it's the size of a door. I blew it up and it's probably at least 3 inches thick. I tried it after my run tonight (4 miles!!! I just might survive this 12k). It was lovely. I'm officially preparing myself for accusations of "city folk" from my little brother when he see's it, but you know what? I'll sleep better than he will... And now-back to your regularly scheduled break in internet usage.