Dear Ben Cross (Letter #3)
Dear Ben,
Got back from sword fighting practice late this evening. It wasn't all that exciting. Just did some footwork. My armor won't be in for a couple of weeks and I can't play until it comes in. Having said that, footwork is good. A good basis for the rest of the skills needed.
I'm not feeling very well today. My ear is bothering me and I feel generally kind of blah. The 'blahness' will pass. I'm really hoping that my ear problem will be solved. I've been kind of downplaying it to people but truth be told I am getting concerned. The ear drops have done nothing. I doubt the walk in doctor will do anything but pass it off to a specialist. Not that I'm complaining but if you've ever gone to a walk in medical clinic, you'd find it's a rare day when the doctor instills any kind of confidence. You're pretty much cattle. I DO NOT make it a habit of going to one by any means. This is just a temporary thing as to get to my regular doctor is inconvenient at this point in time.
I just finished watching The Grand. It was awesome. Done in 1997 it is a short mini-series, two seasons long. I'll look for it on dvd. It was pretty good. That's what I like about Netflix. I can watch anything and if I like it I buy it. If I don't like something I just go to something else, no guilt involved.
Not much going on this evening. Work was slow today. I wasn't bored, but it was quite casual. Bootcamp was good. I "ran" my first mile today. Okay, it took 13.27 minutes. Not Chariots of Fire but we all have to start somewhere. Usually the trainer would have me take the shortcut but she had me do the whole thing. I'm rather proud of myself that I made it without walking all the way. I did walk a little, admittedly. But things are going well. My arms and legs are strong and don't need a whole heck of a lot of work. It's the core area (ok, really I have no core) that needs a heck of a lot of work.
I'm going to try and exercise between Bootcamp sessions. I have to get over feeling silly about exercising by myself. I have no idea why I feel so silly. There's no one here to watch me and at the end of the day no one cares whether I do it or not. But I need to do it and am trying to make myself do so. But life seems to get in the way. I was invited last minute to a concert tomorrow night and then on Saturday I was invited to go for a blind date (we'll see how that goes). That takes up a huge amount of time. Sunday it's my turn to make brunch and then I have a game to go to on Sunday. And then of course Monday. Time gets eaten away.
At any rate, it's getting late and 5:30 am comes early. Must run :)
Gail
Got back from sword fighting practice late this evening. It wasn't all that exciting. Just did some footwork. My armor won't be in for a couple of weeks and I can't play until it comes in. Having said that, footwork is good. A good basis for the rest of the skills needed.
I'm not feeling very well today. My ear is bothering me and I feel generally kind of blah. The 'blahness' will pass. I'm really hoping that my ear problem will be solved. I've been kind of downplaying it to people but truth be told I am getting concerned. The ear drops have done nothing. I doubt the walk in doctor will do anything but pass it off to a specialist. Not that I'm complaining but if you've ever gone to a walk in medical clinic, you'd find it's a rare day when the doctor instills any kind of confidence. You're pretty much cattle. I DO NOT make it a habit of going to one by any means. This is just a temporary thing as to get to my regular doctor is inconvenient at this point in time.
I just finished watching The Grand. It was awesome. Done in 1997 it is a short mini-series, two seasons long. I'll look for it on dvd. It was pretty good. That's what I like about Netflix. I can watch anything and if I like it I buy it. If I don't like something I just go to something else, no guilt involved.
Not much going on this evening. Work was slow today. I wasn't bored, but it was quite casual. Bootcamp was good. I "ran" my first mile today. Okay, it took 13.27 minutes. Not Chariots of Fire but we all have to start somewhere. Usually the trainer would have me take the shortcut but she had me do the whole thing. I'm rather proud of myself that I made it without walking all the way. I did walk a little, admittedly. But things are going well. My arms and legs are strong and don't need a whole heck of a lot of work. It's the core area (ok, really I have no core) that needs a heck of a lot of work.
I'm going to try and exercise between Bootcamp sessions. I have to get over feeling silly about exercising by myself. I have no idea why I feel so silly. There's no one here to watch me and at the end of the day no one cares whether I do it or not. But I need to do it and am trying to make myself do so. But life seems to get in the way. I was invited last minute to a concert tomorrow night and then on Saturday I was invited to go for a blind date (we'll see how that goes). That takes up a huge amount of time. Sunday it's my turn to make brunch and then I have a game to go to on Sunday. And then of course Monday. Time gets eaten away.
At any rate, it's getting late and 5:30 am comes early. Must run :)
Gail