And the streak is saved!

[susandennis]

Since I didn't swim my mile this morning, I was worried about my fitness tracker streak. I just walked over to the Japanese grocery swing my tracker arm for emphasis. And I was hauling old lady ass with my walk, too. In the rain (which I don't think the tracker actually cares about...)

And... I made up the diff! I am now about right where I normally am at noon. I'm sure that streak is saved. But the real good news is that I think this means I have a place to swim on Saturdays! My regular pool is only available until 9 due to an aqua fitness class. It doesn't open til 8 and I was worried about getting my mile in/goal met. But I think today's enforced experiment proves that even if I have to quit before I want to, I can salvage the streak.

Yeah, I'm way too into this fitness tracker and the streak. I know it. I can't do anything about it. Oh well.

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For the past couple of days, whenever I get into the car, particularly in the middle of the day (as opposed to mornings to the pool and back), I've felt like I was losing time. The car clock is set to regular time and I don't bother resetting it for DST. I just do the math when I check the time. Only my math has been off. Finally I focused on it this morning and realized it was set to the correct time! I guess the guys at the Mercedes place did that. Way to fuck me up, guys! Now I have to decide if I'm going to change it back next month. Oh the stress.

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This morning my phone rang. I looked at the screen to swipe it to Ignore and saw that the call was from Berks County Prison. Hmmmmmm The only person I know with any ties to Berks County, Pennsylvania is ljtourist who is supposed to be in Europe. Plus even if he was not and was, actually, at home in prison, he's got tons of family there, why in the heck would he call me? I came very close to answering just to satisfy my curiosity when the call ended. Now, I'll never know.

Comments

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

The only explanation is that ljtourist is actually an escaped convict. He's been in hiding the whole time you've known him, and the prison people looking for him have just uncovered his link to you. So they were calling to try and feel out how much you knew, and what side you were on, and if they could use you to help track him down.

Or some of the residents of Berks County Prison have been watching your webcam, and somehow found your phone number.

I'm not sure which explanation would be more concerning.

[susandennis]

I love it all!!!!

A couple of years ago, on a Saturday morning, I had a knock on my door and it was two cops who said they had received a report that there was a dead body in my condo. It was wild.

After it was all done (not a single dead body found), the only thing I could think of was a web cam viewer's hijinks. I was bummed and put them behind passwords for a while. No more hijinks in a while. Fingers crossed.

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

If they were really drunkenly watching your webcam, that pile of dolls could look mighty suspicious...

[susandennis]

ha i should make sure they are all seated properly and look like they are paying attention :)

[colestainedpage.livejournal.com]

There is no button so I have to comment... I love this! hahahaha!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

You and Cal Ripken!

I lived in Baltimore for many years of "the streak". The whole town had it in its veins. I suppose the phrase'll always bring it to mind.

[susandennis]

I'll take it!

Cal Ripken swam in my back yard and ate my hot dogs one summer. He played for the then Charlotte (NC) AA team and I was a season ticket holder with a swimming pool in the back yard. Those kids were always up for an impromptu swimming party.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

See? Cal Jr. and swimming already go together in your experience!

Cool encounter/story, the pool thing.

I really do like the minor leagues. Partly cuz the players are just, like, there. Just the guys who were playing the game, and are now over here with little kids up to their waists on all sides, with baseballs and gloves.

[susandennis]

Minor leagues are the best. You see the best and worst sometimes in the same play! And, yes, the guys are so hungry for it and have such fun. And so do the club owners. We have one just north of here where the roster is delivered to the umps by a pig. Just so much fun.

We have one AAA team 40 minutes south of there and then the pig involved single A team about 40 minutes north of here. I do not get to either one nearly as often as I'd like.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

The pig --- :D

I live about equidistance from both the (nicely named) Toledo Mud Hens and the (ditto) Lansing Lug Nuts, but I've only been to games of the former. Used to go to all the O's minor clubs, except AAA Rochester, back in the day. The one annoying thing would be when a President would come, and the crowd had to be delayed and managed/controlled, and snipers'd be up above, and stuff like that.

Sometimes when I'm somewhere the nat'l anthem is being played, I go ahead and shout the "O!" (before the "say does that star-spangled...."), the way the Baltimore fans do, or did, even tho it's just gonna get me looked at weird.

Hey, in Durham I noticed they did this razzing of the opposing pitcher during warm-ups that took the form of a rising "whooooop!" when the pitch was delivered and a slow falling "Woooo oooo ooooo" as the catcher threw it back. It has an interestingly cutsifying effect that really did seem to make fun of the guys.

[susandennis]

Ya just can't beat the minor leagues. Such fun.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

both the (nicely named) Toledo Mud Hens and the (ditto) Lansing Lug Nuts

I was bummed when the Phillies got rid of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, but their replacement (the Lehigh Valley IronPigs) is almost as good.

The team that acquired the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre franchise imaginatively renamed the team to "Yankees".

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Anything "Yankees": Boooooooooooooooooooooo.

[susandennis]

what she said

[susandennis]

We have the Everett Aqua Sox (which never made much sense but they have a cute logo) and the Tacoma Raniers (yawn).

[mixter11nm.livejournal.com]

With regard to that phone call...ignorence is bliss!

[meowmensteen]

It was probably a telemarketing call center. I have heard of companies hiring prisoners to do that sort of work. It's one of the few jobs you can get inside a prison.

[art-decade.livejournal.com]

Oh, Japanese grocers are always nice. My local "everyday oriental supermarket" sells huge caddies of green tea, for, I think, £2? I happen to love swimming, but I haven't swum in years. New municipal pool opening soon though.

The rest, not so great. I'll be thinking of you.

[colestainedpage.livejournal.com]

A few months ago, a couple of days in a row I was getting collect calls from someone in prison. I kept missing the calls though and only ended up with an automated voicemail telling me that an "XYZ Correctional Facility Inmate was attempting to reach me via collect call and to accept the charges press 1." I felt bad that I kept missing the calls to at least tell them they had the wrong number.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

It is not true that the only person you know with ties to Berks County is ljtourist. You know me as well, However, I can assure you that I wasn't calling you from the prison.

My guess is that the call wasn't actually from the prison at all. I think it was most likely a scammer who was going to pretend to be your "grandchild" in serious trouble and in need of money through some untraceable transfer scheme.

[susandennis]

I had no idea you were that close to Berks County! How fun. And I'm so delighted that you weren't in jail :)

And, yeah, I'm sure it was a scammer.