When I run, I often do a "Talk Test". I mutter three syllables out loud, and if I have difficulty getting them out (or have problems breathing after I say them), it's a sure sign I need to gear down a bit ( Read more... )

Not even up for an hour, and it's already been a day ( Read more... )

- I was going to go for a run for the first time in a week (and take a nap this afternoon), but I stretched while half-asleep and my knee muttered "I'd really you'd rather not" in the tone of a disgruntled schoolmarm. So I slept until about 10 instead. Ahh. Uninterrupted consciousness ( Read more... )

- Got to sleep in today ( Read more... )

+ Slept really, really well last night, and got to take my sweet time rolling out of bed this morning ( Read more... )

Ugh, this morning ( Read more... )

1. Mickie likes summer band well enough to continue getting up early in the morning and going. (Her class starts at eight. I know, school will start that early, but it's still summer for her ( Read more... )

Red (my newest co-worker) worked at the Lobby of Hobbies before lucking out at the music store. She had nothing overwhelmingly positive about the job ( Read more... )

Andy switching jobs is not the end of the world. On the contrary, it's a good thing. He dislikes his job. With the fire of a dying sun. If he can find something he's happy with (and pays well), I can still do my thing. Which consists of working and writing (and selling said writing) and teaching saxophone and keeping the house Clean Enough. ( Read more... )

Follow me on this one: yesterday, I realized two things about tomorrow ( Read more... )