Sunday, August 14th: Dang! I managed to sleep through THREE alarm clocks! I was awakened by K calling my on the landline to say "she was waiting out front - where was I???" AUGH ( Read more... )

This summer, I have done the following:

• Karen & I danced at Alameda's Obon
• Dim Sum at the Hong Kong Lounge with Thuy, Michael, Ariel, Thuy's brother & niece
• Had my 27th annual celebration breakfast of surviving the first six months with the City
• Family Vacation
• Seen Theatreworks' The Confederates

Since January 27th, I have been running, all be it, very, very slowly. My new nick name is Tortoise. Hopefully speed will come with practice.

Thanks to the Zombies to 5K Training Program, I successfully ran my first 5K race - See Jane Run. I had my personal best time for three miles of 47:42, in fact my first mile was 15:20. I have never gone ( Read more... )

One of my goals for 2016 is to be able to "run" (aka jog - probably slowly) a 5K. The last few years, I've been walking See Jane Run 5K with Joycie, Laura & Noah. It's a Women's Half Marathon/5K/Kids Race. Last year, Ron walked with us, and as only Noah is shorter than I am (and he's usually riding in a stroller), I ended up jogging bits and ( Read more... )

Not that I actually had to be quarantined, I could have gone back to work last Monday. My spots were all covered by clothes, so it would have been okay - so did not happen ( Read more... )

When I was a senior in high school, I got chicken pox. Why I never got it as a kid, who knows? I have no idea how I picked it up - maybe at the hospital where I volunteered? I gave it to my sisters. My sisters gave it to my cousin's wife (she discovered them on New Year's Day) Well, she had been warned not to hug my sisters ( Read more... )

I am bummed. Yesterday, somewhere on my 2 mile lunch walk, I lost my activity tracker. Active Link is Weight Watcher's version of a fitbit or jawbone ( Read more... )

If it's not one thing, it's another. Frozen shoulders (note the plural), messed up elbow and now Trigger ThumbIt's been getting worse over the last few months - holding a pen to sign a credit card slip? Ouch. In the morning, it's a symphony of snap, crackle, pop when I try to stretch out my hand ( Read more... )

Yeah, right ( Read more... )

I finally made a colonoscopy evaluation appointment for next Friday. Go Me! Ah, the joys of turning 50. (which is exactly how Sheila, the NP phrased it ( Read more... )