i finished before bonnie!

Just barely, but I beat "Jillian" at the CF Climb for Life in Philly—53 floors, 1019 steps.

We arrived in Philly at 8, and found a place to park on the street. Philly meters are no longer individual, so we had to locate the meter box, pay, get a ticket, and then place it on Aretha's windshield. But the graffiti artists had covered up the instructions with their "art". Bonnie finally figured out how to make it work.

Upon arriving at the Mellon Bank building, we waited in a long sign-in line, and waited some more in the lobby. It was schedules to start at 9, and by the time they were done BS-ing, we started at 9:20.

We decided ahead of time to do what I did last year and stop every five floors for a little break. At the 25th floor, Bonnie started checking her pulse. I didn't check my pulse. If I passed out and fell over it meant that I was working too hard! I drank a lot of water.

I handed the volunteer my camera and she snapped our picture on the last flight of stairs. (See, I'm in front!) Then again at the 53rd floor sign.

Gosh do I look fat in the 53rd floor picture. I need to blow that pix up and hang it on the fridge and cupboards!