yesterday was a big day! not only did i sleep for 11 hours of uninterrupted awesomeness, i got a new dress that has pterodactyls on it, a couple sequins, too! cannot wait to wear it. i saw the dress a few weeks ago, maybe even a month or more, i can't remember when i was downtown with the option of window shopping, but i saw it and ooh and ahhed over it. then yesterday i was headed in for a haircut, the first in over a year, the 2nd in over 2 years. i had 20 minutes, so i checked on my phone to see if the dress was even still potentially available. and yes it was! and it was on sale! so i boogied on over there, the girl came up and asked if she could help me, she was wearing the dress so i said, i have come to get that dress! they don't hold items, so i had to try it on super fast, totally loved it, found out that not only was it on sale but it was an additional 60% off the sale price - HOORAY! so bam - i'll totally take it.
off to get my hair cut! love love love the guy that cuts my hair, awesomest haircutter in the world, although he spent prolly a 1/2 hr or more blow drying it, and then he did some awesome fantasy curls and it looked amazingly lovely! and then i went out in the rain. i continued to do some shopping along, not really looking for anything in particular but wound up taking the leap and getting a pair of black skinny pants. it was scary but its time. until i was heading home and walked through the juniors department at nordstrom and found some even better black skinny jean things for way less! so today i had to go take the other ones back.
friday tow of my gfs were so nice as to take me to costco to get some very important training aides! both are protein related and the body builder guy that was there sampling out some mystery bar called Diabetes or something was chatting me up all about the 6lbs of protein. he was nice, and actually i should have asked him more about it, but sushi was waiting!! should be interesting, but better not get huge, i just bought new pants - they better still fit at the end of the summer.
friday eric and the kids made the trip to go pick up my NEW BIKE! he spent all weekend putting it together since it came in the most tiniest pieces imaginable, but it looks awesome fast AND i rode it for a bit on the trainer. hooray! sooo exciting!
today took a ride around the lake with 9 of the girls! it was cold, hovering at just about 40, but there were a few peaks of sun and no rain! it was a good day, but now i am tired and want to take a nap but along with my bike brought home a bunch of the grandparent's neighbor's cow, so that is what's for dinner.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
compliments that aren't really
lots going on, big changes already made and more coming. a good start to the season, training has kicked in and heading into my first rest week.
today i took the day off from work. i was supposed to have "surgery" today. i was pretty stressed out about it, not knowing exactly how much it might hurt and goodness, what all could possibly go wrong. after taking all the medicines yesterday and all the medicines this morning before heading over and then getting a shot in my ass (i asked her which ass, she said whichever, so i picked my right ass since my left was kind of sore from running yesterday) and then taking some vicodin, i was ready to go. they left me in the procedure room for a while, so i spent the time looking on my iPhone for a 5k to do next weekend. then all the medicines starting to really work and i HAD to lay down. i was feeling pretty darn good. they came in to get started and i was just like, i had to lay down. they laughed and when i tried to sit up they said to just keep laying there. then things got started, one quick look and ya know what, no "surgery" needed after all. hooray. i still wound up with 3 shots of local anesthetic, a couple more shots of some other stuff that despite all the pain stuff already hurt like a mothrafarker and then bam, procedure done and more just laying there.
eventually i was totally done, eric and sirus picked me up, and we headed home. i was feeling so "good" and the weather seemed really nice down town that i kept telling eric that we should hang out and do something. instead we stopped at starbucks for a tall, xtra hot, non-fat, with whip, salted caramel hot chocolate and went home. i tried to read a magazine but instead fell asleep for a good 5hrs! it reminded me of when eric had his lasik's done. i was super pregnant, like seamus was born only a few weeks later, it was so tramatic that while eric was getting his eyes done, the nurse came out to check on me because she said i didn't look so good. i wasn't that is for sure. but on the drive home eric was a super chatty cathy talking about it all, this, that the other and whatever and he didn't think the valium they gave him was working and then bam, he totally fell asleep almost instantly. i got up from sleeping just as eric was finishing dinner which was fantastic since i had only a small breakfast and the hot chocolate earlier in the day. 3 pork chops and 2 huge servings of mashed potatoes later, i am wondering where the cookies are and wondering if it would be ok to drink a beer.
when i was at the doctors he had to press on my abdomen, looking for something, just pushing around and whatever. he told me i needed to relax because he couldn't feel anyhing since my ab muscles were so strong. hooray! seamus's doctor said the same thing about her when she was probably 2, which is kind of funny, too. i took it as a compliment, same as when i got a bike fit and the guy said, well you have really narrow hips, to which i interrupted with thank you!!! he just looked at me like i was crazy. but dude, i don't care, it was a total compliment!! its not every day you get to hear you had strong abs or narrow hips, so i will take it when i can get it!
today i took the day off from work. i was supposed to have "surgery" today. i was pretty stressed out about it, not knowing exactly how much it might hurt and goodness, what all could possibly go wrong. after taking all the medicines yesterday and all the medicines this morning before heading over and then getting a shot in my ass (i asked her which ass, she said whichever, so i picked my right ass since my left was kind of sore from running yesterday) and then taking some vicodin, i was ready to go. they left me in the procedure room for a while, so i spent the time looking on my iPhone for a 5k to do next weekend. then all the medicines starting to really work and i HAD to lay down. i was feeling pretty darn good. they came in to get started and i was just like, i had to lay down. they laughed and when i tried to sit up they said to just keep laying there. then things got started, one quick look and ya know what, no "surgery" needed after all. hooray. i still wound up with 3 shots of local anesthetic, a couple more shots of some other stuff that despite all the pain stuff already hurt like a mothrafarker and then bam, procedure done and more just laying there.
eventually i was totally done, eric and sirus picked me up, and we headed home. i was feeling so "good" and the weather seemed really nice down town that i kept telling eric that we should hang out and do something. instead we stopped at starbucks for a tall, xtra hot, non-fat, with whip, salted caramel hot chocolate and went home. i tried to read a magazine but instead fell asleep for a good 5hrs! it reminded me of when eric had his lasik's done. i was super pregnant, like seamus was born only a few weeks later, it was so tramatic that while eric was getting his eyes done, the nurse came out to check on me because she said i didn't look so good. i wasn't that is for sure. but on the drive home eric was a super chatty cathy talking about it all, this, that the other and whatever and he didn't think the valium they gave him was working and then bam, he totally fell asleep almost instantly. i got up from sleeping just as eric was finishing dinner which was fantastic since i had only a small breakfast and the hot chocolate earlier in the day. 3 pork chops and 2 huge servings of mashed potatoes later, i am wondering where the cookies are and wondering if it would be ok to drink a beer.
when i was at the doctors he had to press on my abdomen, looking for something, just pushing around and whatever. he told me i needed to relax because he couldn't feel anyhing since my ab muscles were so strong. hooray! seamus's doctor said the same thing about her when she was probably 2, which is kind of funny, too. i took it as a compliment, same as when i got a bike fit and the guy said, well you have really narrow hips, to which i interrupted with thank you!!! he just looked at me like i was crazy. but dude, i don't care, it was a total compliment!! its not every day you get to hear you had strong abs or narrow hips, so i will take it when i can get it!
Monday, January 17, 2011
uninspired
dude, a lot has been going on but i have be uber uninspired to discuss any of it. could it be because my training has picked up again and all i want to do is eat ice cream, drink beer and stare off into nothingness? or is that because not only did i read twilight but i actually watched the movie?
last week sometime i came home from work and eric had set my bike up on the trainer. he also said he put in a movie for me, that it was a surprise! i couldn't wait to find out what it was and i was super excited to see that it was twilight. i take back all the things i have said about kristen stewart and how i think she doesn't look very smart. ok, so in still photos, i must admit that i still think that, she looks terrible and not smart, but i really liked her in the movie, she was very cute and likeable. but after about 30 minutes on the trainer, eric let me know what he was up to. he had some news he wanted to break to me and was just trying to butter me up. there i was pedaling along, maybe even with only one leg and he gave it to me - he got his own REI membership. what? after all these years togeher and 9 years (tomorrow!) of marriage and NOW he decides he wants his OWN REI membership? i didn't really know what to do at that point.
other news - i'm getting a tri bike! whoa! scary, i know.
and we are trying really hard to not get another cat.
and i've been swimming and actually liking it again but i am slower than ever! sl-o-w.
and i got new cold weather riding gloves - horray!
last week sometime i came home from work and eric had set my bike up on the trainer. he also said he put in a movie for me, that it was a surprise! i couldn't wait to find out what it was and i was super excited to see that it was twilight. i take back all the things i have said about kristen stewart and how i think she doesn't look very smart. ok, so in still photos, i must admit that i still think that, she looks terrible and not smart, but i really liked her in the movie, she was very cute and likeable. but after about 30 minutes on the trainer, eric let me know what he was up to. he had some news he wanted to break to me and was just trying to butter me up. there i was pedaling along, maybe even with only one leg and he gave it to me - he got his own REI membership. what? after all these years togeher and 9 years (tomorrow!) of marriage and NOW he decides he wants his OWN REI membership? i didn't really know what to do at that point.
other news - i'm getting a tri bike! whoa! scary, i know.
and we are trying really hard to not get another cat.
and i've been swimming and actually liking it again but i am slower than ever! sl-o-w.
and i got new cold weather riding gloves - horray!
Friday, January 07, 2011
where does peperoni muscle come from?
lots? going on. back at work after a few weeks off for the holidays. it was glorious! plus it was great to get in some exercise every day, even heading out for some mtn biking in the snow and 19 degrees - burr!! my water bottle had ice in it by the time we were done.
for new years the kids went to grandmas and eric and i realized we are boring. we had no idea what to do withour selves. so we went to a fancy bar down town. i had to keep my puffy coat on the whole time despite being somewhat warm, which is unusual, but i had to keep it on because yes, i left the house with the top half of my house uniform hidden under my coat and i didn't want to expose that to the fancy bar. we had a few drinks, some totally delish fries with blue cheese fondue and then headed home to get dressed to go out for dinner. i was psyched to wear my new snakeskin print pants and tall boots, and have the fantasy hair out in full glory. unfortunatly the resturant was FREEZING, but the food was good and we had a great time despite there being no hard liquor there (WTF???) and we were forced to drink wine instead. we were home before the new year hit, and actually missed it. we were awake at least this time, but missed it and were like, oh, ok.
monday i went back to work, and it was good. the whole week went quickly, and I got back on the training horse. i did some swimming, concentrating on the drills i learned over the break, lifted some weights, skipped some rope - and OMG that is really hard and wow, its a good way to tell where you have extra fat on yer body. :( now I know. i did some running on the treadmill, even some in just my socks. that was interesting. then i did some other things and then finished up with work and blah blah blah and stuff and stuff.
on to sirus. he is so sweet. he is a funny silly little boy. when he was packing to go to grandmas i asked him if he was going to take his bear Sirus Wirus. He said that daddy said he could only take one toy and he wanted to take his new sack person. i told him he could take the sack person and Sirus Wirus, and he said no. I asked wouldn't he get lonely without Sirus Wirus? And he said no, I will hold his memory in my heart.
this morning we had an interesting conversation. eric made the kids ham and eggs for breakfast. sirus started to get upset because seamus told him that the ham was really muscle. he said no it wasn't and well, yes it is. then we had to tell him that that is what meat is. and he got really upset, and on the verge of tears and said what? meat is muscle? and just on and on, oh no! so we had to explain where all the meat came from, and, wow, hot dogs and chicken nuggets are muscle, too (sorta). he was not pleased.
for new years the kids went to grandmas and eric and i realized we are boring. we had no idea what to do withour selves. so we went to a fancy bar down town. i had to keep my puffy coat on the whole time despite being somewhat warm, which is unusual, but i had to keep it on because yes, i left the house with the top half of my house uniform hidden under my coat and i didn't want to expose that to the fancy bar. we had a few drinks, some totally delish fries with blue cheese fondue and then headed home to get dressed to go out for dinner. i was psyched to wear my new snakeskin print pants and tall boots, and have the fantasy hair out in full glory. unfortunatly the resturant was FREEZING, but the food was good and we had a great time despite there being no hard liquor there (WTF???) and we were forced to drink wine instead. we were home before the new year hit, and actually missed it. we were awake at least this time, but missed it and were like, oh, ok.
monday i went back to work, and it was good. the whole week went quickly, and I got back on the training horse. i did some swimming, concentrating on the drills i learned over the break, lifted some weights, skipped some rope - and OMG that is really hard and wow, its a good way to tell where you have extra fat on yer body. :( now I know. i did some running on the treadmill, even some in just my socks. that was interesting. then i did some other things and then finished up with work and blah blah blah and stuff and stuff.
on to sirus. he is so sweet. he is a funny silly little boy. when he was packing to go to grandmas i asked him if he was going to take his bear Sirus Wirus. He said that daddy said he could only take one toy and he wanted to take his new sack person. i told him he could take the sack person and Sirus Wirus, and he said no. I asked wouldn't he get lonely without Sirus Wirus? And he said no, I will hold his memory in my heart.
this morning we had an interesting conversation. eric made the kids ham and eggs for breakfast. sirus started to get upset because seamus told him that the ham was really muscle. he said no it wasn't and well, yes it is. then we had to tell him that that is what meat is. and he got really upset, and on the verge of tears and said what? meat is muscle? and just on and on, oh no! so we had to explain where all the meat came from, and, wow, hot dogs and chicken nuggets are muscle, too (sorta). he was not pleased.
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