The thumbs-up mono

Ryan Henry Ward (aka, Henry) is a Seattle artist, and for the past years, he's been adding some humor and color to the Fremont and Ballard neighborhoods in the form of funny-looking murals on random walls, garage doors, trucks, etc. I don't know much about him, but in my book he is a cool dude, who paints cool doodles, and adds a little character to our neighborhoods.
In Mexico, 'mono' is a term loosely used for a doodle/characture (among many other things). Donovan and I loved the mono below, the focal point of a larger mural. And every time we'd drive past it (at least 1x day), we'd give each other thumbs-up while saying "Eh", like Fonzie.
It's the " mono that says 'Eh'," we used to call him.

Sadly, this mural would constantly get tagged with worthless spray paint crap, and constantly restored. It's now completely gone, unfortunately, to make way for a residential project.  At any rate, it's a tiny little memory with Donovan and I felt like blogging about it. If you'd like to learn more about Henry, here's an interview I found.

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Slight niggle...

Ugh. Injuries or sickness are always hard to deal with. I think minor injuries are harder than being sick, b/c when sick, at least you feel your entire body hurting and your mind knows it is down-time, but with a minor injury, it is just plain annoying.

I got one of those annoying injuries, around the 3-4 metatarsal aread of my left foot. It bugs specially b/c I literally have no idea why it happened. Changed biomechanics? No. Worn out shoes? Perhaps, but did all my pairs suddenly break? Too much, too fast efforts? Hardly. Well. Whatever. Time to lay off the running, concentrate in the water and on the bike, and rethink some races.

Donovan's been a little sickley. As a parent it just tears you up inside when your little one can't sleep and is all snotty, and coughing. Ugh. And more ugh.