Life in 2011 as I know it
The year began kind of shaky. I played a game of Kinect on January 2 and seemed to aggravate my recovering feet. That's okay, because then I took a more aggressive approach at recovery. I recruited my wellness team. A podiatrist, my physical therapist, and yes - I spoke with my general practitioner. I'm almost done with a round of (not that I like taking these) prescription NSAIDs. A dear friend has also helped me out with a therapeutic massage. You know who you are, and thanks again for the torture.
January saw a trip to LA and Santa Barbara for 5 days with nobodyberry. The trip was pretty packed and awesome. I met my California cousins for the first time in my life, and felt a strong connection with them in a way I've yet to really write about. So I'll take a moment here to write about it. Suffice to say they sort of remind me more of my attitude style than the rest of my family. I'm not saying that's good or bad, but I always wondered why I was slightly different than my siblings. Maybe it's coincidence, or maybe latent familial 'tudes that my siblings don't have. Needless to say I drank, I socialized, and I had a blast with my cousins and company.
I did a lot of driving, roughly 1000 miles in 5 days, all over the LA area and mostly between LA and Santa Barbara. I was hanging out with the Russian crew off and on, and the rest of the time I was chillin' with nobodyberry. I did, fortunately get some alone time in Santa Barbara and I think it was among one of my favorite parts of the trip. I hung out on the beach and watched the waves for a couple of hours totally solo. It was really one of the greater experiences for me, but that is probably because I was mostly surrounded with friends the rest of the time.
I got to meet Anna and get to know her better, and didn't get quite as much Sasha time as I had intended, but a lot of important things shook out in ways I was glad for, but hadn't expected. I'll write more for sure later on this topic :) Particularly because it's been a few weeks since my trip and I'd like to get a processed version of what I took away from the experience.
As far as more currently, I'm excited because Jim is throwing out intentions to go back to school if he can swing stuff, and that's very cool. I've been head long into the Russian course learning basics and getting a feel for the alphabet. As one of my Russian acquaintances (I don't know her well, like I know some of my other Russian friends) - said that alphabet was easy. I laughed because I knew that for a native English and secondary Spanish speaker (me) that would hardly be true. I'm also maybe just not the quick? Who knows. It's been some time since I really had to start at ground 1 for an academic subject. And Cyrillic alphabet is definitely ground level for me. The great news is that I'm eager, that I'm determined, that I'm enjoying it - and that I feel improvement every week. I can see I'm learning quicker.
Which is good, because it appears my teacher has been upping the anty this last week, with bigger numbers, months, and also plurals and some other stuff. ;)
Every week it's a bit stressful for my class - but I feel great once I leave. And I realize this is possibly a good stress. Other things going on - connecting deeply with Jim at home, after a slightly disparate period of time after I came back from CGW5. It is like we have re-synced with one another and are aligned again. It was rough for a few weeks there.
I am running short on time today as it's very busy for me at work.
This morning started out with someone being very condescending and demanding all at once to me first thing. It initially didn't make me feel very cheery. Fortunately someone else in that same building asked for my help and immediately made me feel better by being generally a nice person and also appreciating me for the services I provide. Sometimes when people go the other way - and are rude and unappreciative, it really gets me fired up. Particularly this person today. I was hoping I wouldn't say anything hot-blooded. I succeeded in professionalism.
Subject change, very excited for my new orthodics that I will be receiving from my podiatrist this evening. YEAY! No more goofy looking foot braces that I put over my socks for workouts (they look super fly with shorts, let me tell you) especially after my Cali/All workouts. lol.
I look forward to this greatly. I will also begin tapering up (with my PT's help) my running with the orthodics, which is a first for me. Previously, I did not use the inserts for running, just day to day in my shoes. This time I intend to keep the over-pronating to a minimum, thus slashing my chances for other future injures by loads. Happy for that.
Also have decided that my next trip may be lower key. Also need to make reservations to Kalaloch Lodge because there is a special (2 nights for price of 1) I have and it sounds like my parents will accompany Jimmers and me this time around and we're gonna hang out on the ocean with them. Sounds super fun, and we're thinking first weekend in March. But I need to call them this week to ask that "3" dogs are okay. They actually have 3 dogs... but 2 Dachshunds look the same and they charge the $25 per night per pet fee, so it looks like Frank and Truffles get to pretend to be one dog. Just because.
And yeah - we have our Fritzel ;)
-Angela
January saw a trip to LA and Santa Barbara for 5 days with nobodyberry. The trip was pretty packed and awesome. I met my California cousins for the first time in my life, and felt a strong connection with them in a way I've yet to really write about. So I'll take a moment here to write about it. Suffice to say they sort of remind me more of my attitude style than the rest of my family. I'm not saying that's good or bad, but I always wondered why I was slightly different than my siblings. Maybe it's coincidence, or maybe latent familial 'tudes that my siblings don't have. Needless to say I drank, I socialized, and I had a blast with my cousins and company.
I did a lot of driving, roughly 1000 miles in 5 days, all over the LA area and mostly between LA and Santa Barbara. I was hanging out with the Russian crew off and on, and the rest of the time I was chillin' with nobodyberry. I did, fortunately get some alone time in Santa Barbara and I think it was among one of my favorite parts of the trip. I hung out on the beach and watched the waves for a couple of hours totally solo. It was really one of the greater experiences for me, but that is probably because I was mostly surrounded with friends the rest of the time.
I got to meet Anna and get to know her better, and didn't get quite as much Sasha time as I had intended, but a lot of important things shook out in ways I was glad for, but hadn't expected. I'll write more for sure later on this topic :) Particularly because it's been a few weeks since my trip and I'd like to get a processed version of what I took away from the experience.
As far as more currently, I'm excited because Jim is throwing out intentions to go back to school if he can swing stuff, and that's very cool. I've been head long into the Russian course learning basics and getting a feel for the alphabet. As one of my Russian acquaintances (I don't know her well, like I know some of my other Russian friends) - said that alphabet was easy. I laughed because I knew that for a native English and secondary Spanish speaker (me) that would hardly be true. I'm also maybe just not the quick? Who knows. It's been some time since I really had to start at ground 1 for an academic subject. And Cyrillic alphabet is definitely ground level for me. The great news is that I'm eager, that I'm determined, that I'm enjoying it - and that I feel improvement every week. I can see I'm learning quicker.
Which is good, because it appears my teacher has been upping the anty this last week, with bigger numbers, months, and also plurals and some other stuff. ;)
Every week it's a bit stressful for my class - but I feel great once I leave. And I realize this is possibly a good stress. Other things going on - connecting deeply with Jim at home, after a slightly disparate period of time after I came back from CGW5. It is like we have re-synced with one another and are aligned again. It was rough for a few weeks there.
I am running short on time today as it's very busy for me at work.
This morning started out with someone being very condescending and demanding all at once to me first thing. It initially didn't make me feel very cheery. Fortunately someone else in that same building asked for my help and immediately made me feel better by being generally a nice person and also appreciating me for the services I provide. Sometimes when people go the other way - and are rude and unappreciative, it really gets me fired up. Particularly this person today. I was hoping I wouldn't say anything hot-blooded. I succeeded in professionalism.
Subject change, very excited for my new orthodics that I will be receiving from my podiatrist this evening. YEAY! No more goofy looking foot braces that I put over my socks for workouts (they look super fly with shorts, let me tell you) especially after my Cali/All workouts. lol.
I look forward to this greatly. I will also begin tapering up (with my PT's help) my running with the orthodics, which is a first for me. Previously, I did not use the inserts for running, just day to day in my shoes. This time I intend to keep the over-pronating to a minimum, thus slashing my chances for other future injures by loads. Happy for that.
Also have decided that my next trip may be lower key. Also need to make reservations to Kalaloch Lodge because there is a special (2 nights for price of 1) I have and it sounds like my parents will accompany Jimmers and me this time around and we're gonna hang out on the ocean with them. Sounds super fun, and we're thinking first weekend in March. But I need to call them this week to ask that "3" dogs are okay. They actually have 3 dogs... but 2 Dachshunds look the same and they charge the $25 per night per pet fee, so it looks like Frank and Truffles get to pretend to be one dog. Just because.
And yeah - we have our Fritzel ;)
-Angela