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Jan
30
Skills
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Greg is good at dunking. I am O.K. at photographing him doing it.I am good at utilizing our [overabundant] natural winter-y resources - I am still feeling the aftereffects of a. my victory in last week's standing-on-one-foot contest and b. my run on Monday.
Jan
30
I never actually blogged about any resolutions, but I did indeed make a few. Do more artwork (specifically, at least a painting and a card a month), do my own bike maintenance (specifically, learn to replace cables myself), and the usual general "keep the apartment clean", "be nice", "don't eat too much or too little", etc.It's been nearly a month, and I don't know how the crap I am so busy but I have gotten nothing accomplished! Argh! I have picked up my pencils on several occasions, but pens and paints keep getting put off till the weekend or the rest week or some time that is not the evening of a long tiring day. The good news ...
Jan
29
Update on the Fish Felon
Category: enjoy the blog, no-leggeds | 3 Comments
Stupidhead is in solitary confinement, in my Brita pitcher. She is not in the fridge, although I was tempted. I set her up right next to the good-fish tank, with my spare aquarium heater and thermometer.Phew.
Jan
28
Trouble in Paradise
Category: enjoy the blog, four-leggeds, no-leggeds | 5 Comments
Stupidhead is in big trouble. If I were mean, I would flush her, but I am not so I am going to try to talk a local pet store into trading me two nice little fish for my ginormous, "healthy" monster. She is in big trouble.Sweetie is MISSING A FIN and I KNOW it is Stupidhead's fault. Unfortunately for Sweetie, weather reports indicate that I might not make it to the store in Truckee until next week, so in the meantime I am going to be rearranging the plants and telling Greg to stop laughing at me.Relatedly, we thought we lost the cat this morning. I looked for him for a good 15 minutes, ...
Jan
27
Probably For the Best
Category: enjoy the blog | 4 Comments
Today was an "it's probably for the best" sort of day, for a couple of reasons. Meaning, initial freakouts were followed by slightly more mature and introspective "oh, right, phew" moments.Reason one is fairly run-of-the-mill - today we got hit with 5 inches of wet snow and a lot of wind. The power was out at the gym, so the pool and treadmills were inaccessible for my 1 hr swim and 1 hr 20 run... Shortened to a 0 hr swim and a 30 min run outside on my new Yak Trax sneaker things. I intended to do the full run outside, but the winds were at nearly 30 mph with gusts of 60 in places, ...
Jan
26
Warm weather ride!
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Today Greg and I drove 90 miles to Auburn so we could ride our bikes outside. It's been snowing here all week, only an inch or less per day, but it's cold enough and precipitating enough to be treacherous and nasty for a four hour ride outdoors, and we only have one trainer so indoors was a non-option.It was 50 degrees in Auburn, I didn't even need a jacket! That was a definite upside. The downside is that Forest Hill Road pretty much sucks for riding. It's slow going on the way to Forest Hill from Auburn, because there's a net uphill ...
Jan
24
I Want One
Category: enjoy the blog, four-leggeds, no-leggeds | 6 Comments
Jan
23
Stuff
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So I changed the look here a little bit... I was kind of starting to bore mySELF with my blog layout, which is not quite a good sign.I did not step outside once today, but since it was around 20 degrees out I don't feel too badly! I had the day off from swimming, so I slept in a bit, had French Toast (new fave breakfast), worked from home, baked cookies for Greg, made the kitty snuggle with me, and did a two-hour trainer ride. Woohoo! I watched disc 1 of the 2005 Tour and listened to music. There's this one part I like where they ask a bunch of riders who they think will win, everyone except ...
Jan
22
Indoor Training Tips
Category: enjoy the blog, four-leggeds | 2 Comments
1. Bombard yourself with entertainment - music in earphones, TV on closed caption, gossip mag on nearby table, boyfriend to talk to you, and cell phone to talk to other people.2. Get in arguments with fellow gym goers about the "30 minute limit on cardio equipment when people are waiting!" rule.3. Stage contests with other athletes, for example who can stand on one foot for the longest. Appropriate prize for the winner is a good ice pack, if they are anything like me they'll strain something in their determination to win.4. When all else fails, make your kitty work out with you....
Jan
21
Last week was a rough week for some reason. Boo-hoo all the time about everything. I was worse than Ricky from the current Project Runway who cries every episode. When crying, I rotate between three numbers on my cell phone: my mom, my best girl friend, and my best guy friend.Frequency of check-up calls from them is directly proportional to frequency of my blubbering voicemails.One of the three is really good at check up calls:My phone rings...Me: Hello?Him: Hey guys, wussup? Definitely...Me: Um, hello?Him: Oh, hey sorry! I just got to training camp.Me: O.K.Him: Dude that's so sick!Me: Um, do you need to go or something?Him: ...
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