Last Friday was one of the prouder moments I have had as an adopted New Yorker. Passing the marriage equality bill was so overdue, but for it to have the support of Republicans who opposed the idea because of their religious beliefs, but voted for the bill because it was a fair bill, was both astounding and inspiring.

Vince and I also had a fun weekend. We were in Philadelphia as he was competing in the triathlon (his third time in Philly). The last two years, I’ve also competed (in the much shorter and therefore achievable Sprint distance triathlon) but this year, a combination of no money for the registration and lack of time to train meant I was just a spectator. As soon as we got there though, I was annoyed at myself for missing out and so I’m definitely going to compete again in 2012. I’m also looking at a fun-sounding duathlon (where instead of swim>bike>run, you run>bike>run) in Prospect Park in November to get myself into a good training schedule again.

Vince did great – I was so proud of him for doing a heroic tyre change in the middle of his bike, when he got a flat after hitting a pothole. In that situation, I probably would have just had a cry and not finished. His time, considering the delay, was still really good so he’s continuing to be much fitter that I am.

I also finally finished editing the second installment of our podblog thing, so here it is in case you missed it on Facebook:

(And yes Alexis, if you’re reading/listening, I DID get the name of my animal wrong. I’m an idiot. I plead being really, really tired when we recorded this.)