I rejoined the gym and it's just not a great notion for me these days. It is right there by work, but it turns out going more than twice a week is really never going to happen... going once is a victory of sorts. And that is NOT cost-effective, especially when it turns out you don't have a chance to go every week ( Read more... )

So, quiet_elegance finally was released from his current assignment. It was at one of the small colleges in one of the W towns. Go ahead. Think about how many that could be! SO many. It was steady work, his first as Steward, a job he got because his best friend, Rick, was too sick to work. Rick died last October, so I feel like the shade of Rick must have ( Read more... )

... which of course is a load of crap. What is "normal?"
But you know what I mean, or will soon.

I keep finding little-ish things that I am able to reclaim, things I used to do that I did before a kid that better fits my internal landscape of who I think I am.

• I've started wearing jewelry again. Not the fancy, intricate, hand-made (by me) beaded ( Read more... )

It's been 14 years since quiet_elegance and I decided to make an official go of it.  This year he's gotten me a renewed, slightly used, but nicely broken in Commander in Chief. This is really preferable over a new one, because I don't like the OS that goes with Mittens.

Some snapshots from anniversaries past, courtesy of Live Journal:

( 2003-2011... )

I told the gym that I'd be going on hiatus in May. I rarely can manage more than once a week, which is not cost-effective. I have been doing well with filling in gaps at home with DVDs, and it's almost bike season. I feel a bit bad about it, particularly since I feel the gym is struggling, but I also need to do what's right by me. They can put my ( Read more... )

Work had been dealing with some serious retro-internet service. 1994 style. It was horrible. At least back then, it was normal and most of the internet was not part of one's job. So today, it's BACK. Hah ( Read more... )

When the gym floods (it does, basement/bottom of hill)- gym owner needs to warn gym goers that stuff is happening. You know, with an email or something. This marks the second time this week I went there and found it untenably stinky. The upside: I can eat my breakfast at work (which always happens on gym days) in the comfort of AC (not an option in ( Read more... )

11 degrees, but feels like -7. High of 20 later. And I'm this crazy person who's awake on purpose about to go out there as opposed to staying in bed for as long as possible. Stupid.

Today is the second of 3 early mornings for me. I am determined that if I'm healthy and going in to work, I will go to the gym 3x a week. Durn it. Due to a new all-time high number at the doctor's office, changing the ratio of cardio/weights in favor of the former seemed a good and wise thing, so today I made good on that for...er, the 2nd or 3rd ( Read more... )

Durn it- I still need to get a fresh motorcycle icon. This'll do.
Since I'm out and about this evening on the far side of town and it's a gym day, I was out on the road by 6. The sun was just pinking up the sky, and wearing 3 layers of pants (turns out my workout pants fit under work fit under riding) plus a leather jacket and a scarf. So cozy! I  ( Read more... )