The good and the bad

[susandennis]

I just do not have out of the water stamina. I can swim for days but only walk for minutes. I run out of air. I pant but mainly I just feel like crap. Like the worst kind of tired. Like when you are so tired you are nearly nauseous. It takes nearly nothing to get me there. It's weird and it's frustrating.

But, thankgod for buses!

I found my hamburger place and it did, indeed, deliver. It was delicious and a lovely spot to lunch. However, it turns out that apparently Canadians (Vancoverans?) have made it illegal to serve a rare or medium rare burger. Well done is it. So sad. And a real showstopper for me when I consider moving here.

I wandered around and went into a few shops before and after burger but soon ran out of steam. I found a bus and made it back to the hotel on the very last ounce of energy.

I forgot and left the 'clean later' sign on my door so my room didn't get cleaned. I figure they will be here any minute and I'll take my laptop down to the very nice lobby that also has a roaring fire going. I think I'm not going to try and go anywhere else today outside of my walk to dinner and back. I have plenty to keep me entertained here.

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[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Back when I swam a lot I had the same problem with walking.
I could swim 3 to 5 miles a day, no problem.
Stairs winded me.

[susandennis]

Oh! Interesting. I'm glad to know it's not just me. Thank you.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

And, that was when I was a teenager too.
So, not just age.

[susandennis]

wild

[(Anonymous)]

Happy Thanksgiving Susan, I always enjoy reading your journal. Have a good time.

[twicet.livejournal.com]

Hi, I stumbled on your journal a few months back.

I live in North Vancouver, just across the water. Rare or medium rare hamburger is no longer served here due to the risk of E coli not being killed off in the cooking process, there were a number of cases a few years back. I believe they still serve medium though.

Hope you are having a good visit despite the rain:)

[susandennis]

It's lovely to 'meet' you!!

I'm actually really surprised that Vancouver is more nanny-state-ish than the U.S. about the beef. We have e-coli, too, but thankfully we can still get a good rare burger in good burger places.

Funny you should mention the rain. I am such a hater of heat and the glare of the sun that as I was walking around today I was so grateful for the cloudy and it was really just spitting, hardly enough to qualify for rain. It just made everything so much more comfortable.

Vancouver is just the bet place to visit. And, if any visitor ever asks you to recommend a hotel in this area, please let them know that the Residence Inn on Hornby is really fabulous. Great service, very comfortable and just an over all really really good home away from home. In light of the quality and all it offers, it's amazingly reasonably priced. (People are always asking me for Seattle hotel recommendations and since I never stay in a hotel in Seattle, it's a tough question.)

[twicet.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the hotel rec. it is always good to know a few places for folk.

[jwg.livejournal.com]

Many years ago when I had severe lower back problems the chiropractor recommended swimming as a means to get exercise and build up leg and arm muscles. The point is that since your body doesn't have to hold up your weight.

[susandennis]

Yeah, gravity is a bitch.

Re: Aw...

[susandennis]

I have emphysema/good, I'm fat and old. Take your pick.

Re: Meh, old schmold

[susandennis]

I have not lost a pound in more than a year. I eat everything I want to eat. I am not trying to lose weight. If you want to lose weight do NOT do what I do.

[slinkslowdown.livejournal.com]

Yep, Canada won't allow burgers that aren't cooked through 100% of the way.

It boggles and terrifies me that Americans eat burgers that are still pink in the middle. D: I grew up being taught that that's pretty much the easiest way ever to get food poisoning.

[susandennis]

And I grew up eating poor man's Steak Tartare which is basically raw hamburger meat. It was a family staple and we all loved it then and love it now. I want my burger pink and barely warm in the middle. When I move to Vancouver, I'll have to just cook my own, I guess.

And... it never made me sick once. In 65 years.

[slinkslowdown.livejournal.com]

I take my steaks blue, but it's too much of a mindfuck for me to even tempt fate with a burger that's even barely pink. Grinding the meat up mixes the bacteria all throughout, so you need to cook it entirely to kill it all off, and I'm too paranoid to risk it.