1. The hand thing is apparently totally just me. I looked this weekend, and they don't look all that weird or sausagey or anything.
2. Finally found a touch that DOESN'T bother me (well, I knew about it, I just hadn't thought of it). Got a lovely back scratch after the 5K.
3. Speaking of the 5K, ouch!!! The route was very hilly, but I still ran some and walked as fast I could the rest of the time. I'm still sore, two days later!! He was, too (and very understanding when I left him in the dust and finished 15 minutes before he did!).
4. All in all, though, it was a really good weekend, but really busy. Even he was exhausted by last night, and he's finally concluded that maybe we oughta plan a little less and take it a little easier. But we had a good time, even spending over an hour in the car each direction, going to this German festival (which was a bust, so we left pretty quickly and went to the pathetic outlet mall nearby, so he could get better walking shoes).
5. I did great on food the whole time except yesterday (and then it was mostly just way more salt and less water than usual, so I'm up today but should be fine in a day or so). As for exercise, yesterday was my day off. Today after two minutes of running, I deciding walking was a better choice, so I walked the 2 miles (with a higher incline, though). And I'll do the 2-mile tape this afternoon with my buddies.
6. Oh, and the family dinner was kind of a bust, too. His brother was out of town, his sister-in-law bailed along with their kids, so it was just me, him and his mom. Who seems nice, but a little strange. Then I met one niece briefly the next day, when we took her to get her cellphone fixed. Typical sullen teenager, I guess. Barely said two words (he said she was actually being nicer than usual, because we were doing her a favor).