Week 33 - cardio

I did 15 minutes on the treadmill - 5 with the elevation up - before I got the first twinge in my foot.  So I stopped and switched to the bike.  The bike is so boring.  At about 8 minutes I remembered it was Monday and I was going to take Mondays off.  I powered on to 10 minutes total and quit.  I took 5 minutes of Monday off!  ha.

The foot is fine and the knee feels way way stronger.  It's a little uncomfortable after the 25 minutes but not all the way to hurt.  I'm icing.

There was a bowl of halloween candy on the counter at the gym.  It was a halloween bowl with a big old green hand sticking out of the candy.  I peeked in to see if it was really real candy (and not tree bark and raisins or tofu something) and just as I peeked, the hand dropped down covering the candy and a witchy halloween voice comes out the bowl and starts to cackle.  Perfect!!

Week 33 - cardio

I did 15 minutes on the treadmill - 5 with the elevation up - before I got the first twinge in my foot.  So I stopped and switched to the bike.  The bike is so boring.  At about 8 minutes I remembered it was Monday and I was going to take Mondays off.  I powered on to 10 minutes total and quit.  I took 5 minutes of Monday off!  ha.

The foot is fine and the knee feels way way stronger.  It's a little uncomfortable after the 25 minutes but not all the way to hurt.  I'm icing.

There was a bowl of halloween candy on the counter at the gym.  It was a halloween bowl with a big old green hand sticking out of the candy.  I peeked in to see if it was really real candy (and not tree bark and raisins or tofu something) and just as I peeked, the hand dropped down covering the candy and a witchy halloween voice comes out the bowl and starts to cackle.  Perfect!!

Hair Cut...

It's time.  I'm getting shaggy.  But where to meet the sissors.  I want a combo of one of the three styles below fit to my face.  I know if I went across the street to the fancy place they could probably do it.  They might screw it up but probably not.  And it would take an hour and cost me $45 minimum but I can walk there.  Or I could go where I went last time.  They did a very mediocre job but it only cost me $18 and it was  quick and painless.  They might be able to do it, I honestly don't know.  Or I could go somewhere else.

I thnk the 18 buck place wins.  I have a wig.  If they screw it up too badlly, I'll slap that sucker on if I need to.

I'll print out these three pix and take it to the folks at the 18 buck place and see what I get.  

Hair Cut...

It's time.  I'm getting shaggy.  But where to meet the sissors.  I want a combo of one of the three styles below fit to my face.  I know if I went across the street to the fancy place they could probably do it.  They might screw it up but probably not.  And it would take an hour and cost me $45 minimum but I can walk there.  Or I could go where I went last time.  They did a very mediocre job but it only cost me $18 and it was  quick and painless.  They might be able to do it, I honestly don't know.  Or I could go somewhere else.

I thnk the 18 buck place wins.  I have a wig.  If they screw it up too badlly, I'll slap that sucker on if I need to.

I'll print out these three pix and take it to the folks at the 18 buck place and see what I get.  

udon yum

It's damp and gray and chilly and just the very perfect day for the large container of udon with shrimp.  Yum.

Work is slow but steady.  I have a 2 p.m. meeting which will be canceled about 1:45, I predict and then I'll go get that haircut. 

No baseball tonight and none for the next whole lotta nights.  Since that's my only sport, I'm sport free until February/March.  I'm ok with that. 

Once, a long time ago, when I was at a crossroads in my life, a guy who was helping me decide what to do next told me to close my eyes and imagine my ideal self in 5 years.  He had me describe everything, what I was doing, how I felt about it, what I was wearing, the highs and the lows of my ideal self in 5 years.  At the time, I thought it was an idiot but I needed the help and I played along and I paid only the attention needed to get him to move on to the next thing.

However... 5 years later, I was in almost exactly the scenario I described to him that day.  Once I got over being freaked out by the realization, I repeated the exercise to myself many times over the years.  Sometimes the images were crystal clear and sometimes they were muddy and stupid.  But, I swear there's some kind of magic in there somewhere.

Cut to today when the life I have is a little bit better than the most ideal one I ever picked.  I did not get here by some meticulous plan or really any plan, rather by a long series of missteps and guesses and luck and good decisions and bad.  I'm actually amazed over and over again every time I think about what  cool life I have now and how I got here.

I'm amazed and so so so very grateful for everything, including this delicious soup.

udon yum

It's damp and gray and chilly and just the very perfect day for the large container of udon with shrimp.  Yum.

Work is slow but steady.  I have a 2 p.m. meeting which will be canceled about 1:45, I predict and then I'll go get that haircut. 

No baseball tonight and none for the next whole lotta nights.  Since that's my only sport, I'm sport free until February/March.  I'm ok with that. 

Once, a long time ago, when I was at a crossroads in my life, a guy who was helping me decide what to do next told me to close my eyes and imagine my ideal self in 5 years.  He had me describe everything, what I was doing, how I felt about it, what I was wearing, the highs and the lows of my ideal self in 5 years.  At the time, I thought it was an idiot but I needed the help and I played along and I paid only the attention needed to get him to move on to the next thing.

However... 5 years later, I was in almost exactly the scenario I described to him that day.  Once I got over being freaked out by the realization, I repeated the exercise to myself many times over the years.  Sometimes the images were crystal clear and sometimes they were muddy and stupid.  But, I swear there's some kind of magic in there somewhere.

Cut to today when the life I have is a little bit better than the most ideal one I ever picked.  I did not get here by some meticulous plan or really any plan, rather by a long series of missteps and guesses and luck and good decisions and bad.  I'm actually amazed over and over again every time I think about what  cool life I have now and how I got here.

I'm amazed and so so so very grateful for everything, including this delicious soup.

Jack-fucking Pot!!!

My phone meeting happened but it was mercifully short.  So I called my 18 buck place and they were closed.  What to do.  Get in the car and go find a place.  So I did.

I drove out Jackson Street.  I passed a place that looked promising but I was in the wrong lane.  I never saw anything better so after a bit I turned around and went back to Promising.  It had a bright neon sign outside and parking and inside was bright and cheery.  I walked in and there were two Asian women working both of whom were perky and fun looking and there were several customers but one of the women said they could cut my hair in just a few minutes.

They had a beautiful huge fish tank with some of the prettiest big and orange gold gold fish I have ever seen.  And those fish were perky, too and fun to watch.  

I could not understand everything the woman cutting my hair was saying but I got enough to assure her that shorter was better and she got the picture fast and did a WONDERFUL magnificent specatacular job!!!!!  

$14 and I got a card - after 10, I get one free!!  She folded up my paper that had my pictures on it and handed it back to me saying "you save and bring next time, ok?"  Then she eyed my new 'do' and said cheerily "see you next month. ok?!!"

Absolutely OK!

I tipped her heartily but even so, on the way home, I started feeling guilty about having paid so little and gotten so much!  pictures to follow...

Jack-fucking Pot!!!

My phone meeting happened but it was mercifully short.  So I called my 18 buck place and they were closed.  What to do.  Get in the car and go find a place.  So I did.

I drove out Jackson Street.  I passed a place that looked promising but I was in the wrong lane.  I never saw anything better so after a bit I turned around and went back to Promising.  It had a bright neon sign outside and parking and inside was bright and cheery.  I walked in and there were two Asian women working both of whom were perky and fun looking and there were several customers but one of the women said they could cut my hair in just a few minutes.

They had a beautiful huge fish tank with some of the prettiest big and orange gold gold fish I have ever seen.  And those fish were perky, too and fun to watch.  

I could not understand everything the woman cutting my hair was saying but I got enough to assure her that shorter was better and she got the picture fast and did a WONDERFUL magnificent specatacular job!!!!!  

$14 and I got a card - after 10, I get one free!!  She folded up my paper that had my pictures on it and handed it back to me saying "you save and bring next time, ok?"  Then she eyed my new 'do' and said cheerily "see you next month. ok?!!"

Absolutely OK!

I tipped her heartily but even so, on the way home, I started feeling guilty about having paid so little and gotten so much!  pictures to follow...

One hot Mama

BUT BUT But... check out what was happening at my feet while I was getting this picture.  See why I cannot have three cats?

One hot Mama

BUT BUT But... check out what was happening at my feet while I was getting this picture.  See why I cannot have three cats?

I can't even believe this

I was in the kitchen doing stuff and then went to the chaise to watch the news.  Betty came out of the back to join me.  No sign of Travis and then I caught movement out of the corner of my eye.  And I looked up and saw the picture below.  I carefully got up to find the camera and set the zoom and picked my spot.  I figured he'd move the minute I did.  But, he didn't.  He's still there!!!  I can hardly stand this.

I can't even believe this

I was in the kitchen doing stuff and then went to the chaise to watch the news.  Betty came out of the back to join me.  No sign of Travis and then I caught movement out of the corner of my eye.  And I looked up and saw the picture below.  I carefully got up to find the camera and set the zoom and picked my spot.  I figured he'd move the minute I did.  But, he didn't.  He's still there!!!  I can hardly stand this.