…it just took me 15 minutes in the Goodwill donation drop-off line, with lots of honking cars behind me, to figure out that you have to depress the brake AND the power button in order to turn the car on and make it go anywhere. It’s obviously not my Prius.
I’ve made a lot of downsizing and packing progress, but I am going to delay my departure from Seattle for a few days. For one thing, I’m not feeling hurried to leave this view, but I’m also waiting on a super-extra special delivery. Plus, all this traveling and schlepping has left insufficient time for training. Last week I had my first single-digit-hours training week all year, and it wasn’t even restful! So, delaying my trip means that I can chill out a bit and get back towards a normal training routine. Yesterday I did a nice 14-mile run on the Burke Gilman Trail and a solid trainer session before several Goodwill trips and the Prius “lesson” and then going to an Oscar Party with a few too many relevance-seeking 30-somethings. Today I did a master’s swim workout that actually didn’t suck (?!)(thank you Lake Washington Masters!!), plus an aqua-jog, trips to the post office and storage unit and book-buying store, 2 hours of intervals on the trainer, and, finally for the first time in 2 weeks, core and stability! Not that I didn’t feel human last week, I just feel much moreso now. Life is good.
Life is also good because I am suddenly in surprised possession of a plane ticket to Colorado Springs to visit Ben in just 3 short weeks! That ten-week separation just went out the window, and March 30th can’t come soon enough – today we were video-chatting on gmail and I found myself hugging my laptop screen, it was weird.
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Thanks for the tip on starting a Prius. A few months ago, I had a loaner car with a power button. It didn’t start when I first pressed the button, but then I figured out that I had to depress the clutch, just like when starting a car with an ignition key. I didn’t need to depress the brake.
WOW! Lots going on – and long distance relationships are tough, but can be done! Glad you and Ben are seeing one another sooner rather than later! I see you signed up for NY Marathon if you go to columbia- awesome!
1. welcome to the world of single-digit training weeks. it sucks. they are NOT restful
2. “relevance-seeking 30-somethings”?
3. stop hugging your computer.