Thomas Dold of Germany gives a thumbs up at the finish line on the 86th floor Observation Deck after winning the men’s division of the Empire State Building Run-Up in 10 minutes 7 seconds. Competetors ran up a total of 86 floors or 1,576 steps.
Sandy began a job as an elementary school counselor and she was eager to help. One day during recess she noticed a girl standing by herself on one side of a playing field while the rest of the kids enjoyed a game of soccer at the other. Sandy approached and asked if she was all right.
The girl said she was.
A little while later, however, Sandy noticed the girl was in the same spot, still by herself.
Approaching again, Sandy offered, “Would you like me to be your friend?”
The girl hesitated, then said, “Okay,” looking at the woman suspiciously.
Feeling she was making progress, Sandy then asked, “Why are you standing here all alone?”
“Because,” the little girl said with great exasperation, “I’m the goalie!”
I am really cranky this morning! Tracey thrashed about all night long keeping both of us awake and then we got up at 4:15 a.m. to send her off to work. Every once in a while she has a night where she can’t get comfortable or get to sleep. She tosses and turns until we are both awake and grumpy. I also woke up with that bone in my neck again ... probably jarred loose by all the mattress quakes during the night. So I have a neck ache that morphs into a headache going up my spine. Also ... some dog got into the garbage in the TV room and shredded a snack bag to lick all the salt out of it. Jake is acting awful suspicious but won’t ’fess up. I’m going back to bed real soon.
Oh ... and I have to go into town around 8 this morning to have a steel spike driven into my arm so they can suck out a pint or two of blood to test to see if I am still alive. I can hardly wait. I think I might have to pee in a cup too. Oh Joy!
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