Poll I blame Julian

I was dubious about the hen trip to Miami. Like the trip to Russia/Kazahkstan, I assumed it wouldn't happen and then they bugged me to buy a plane ticket. It turned out to be wonderful. On Thursday, I wore a long-sleeve shirt to run and suffered. On Friday morning, I got off the plane, shed two layers so that I was wearing just a t-shirt, and ( Read more... )

Friday was almost a 5 Thing day: I Oly-lifted for the first time in over a year; I went to work; and I had two separate primping appointments, one of which included a 2.3mi walk. Eep. My numbers for squats/bench/deadlift aren't bad, but I was still too sore to reach things on the ground on Monday. oops. Kristen gave me the same haircut as usual: it ( Read more... )

Sometimes I feel bad about being so fatalistic about scheduling but then a plan gets thoroughly doominated despite heroic efforts. Drama caused 3 of the original 5 non-me organizers to drop out, most of the other attendees couldn't make it, and then the one who was supposed to bring his peeps was grounded by his mistress, so we were down 3 + 2 part ( Read more... )

I don't know how, or I'd replicate it, but somehow my brain suddenly clicked on again Friday morning. Sitting on the subway to work, I figured out the exact right present for Pongo's "birthday". Too bad it required me to go to the new REI in Soho, bc I was half an hour late for my date with Julian after I'd finished angsting about socks. We had ( Read more... )

Thurs night, I went to see Cowboys & Aliens. It's pretty sad that I *heart* blockbusters and I target few of them -- and yet, I rarely actually make it to the theater to see them. Sad for Hollywood I guess. I liked it a lot: Daniel Craig is growing on me, Indy got more action than in the last Jones movie, and Olivia Wilde spent half the movie wet ( Read more... )

I desperately wanted to call in sick on Fri, but a) I wouldn't have company and b) I might have a conference call at 10:30am. That never happened, but I don't think even my boss wanted to work as he bought me coffee, chatted with me while I drank it, and then went shoe shopping. hm ( Read more... )

The last two times I've tried to go climbing with someone, they've bailed. Durr. Instead, Friday night I went to see X-Men: First Class. It was just as good as thewronghands said, which is pretty impressive. I love how they threw in so much fan service for even people who've only seen the movies. While the spoilers on her post didn't bother me, I wish I hadn't ( Read more... )

While going through my notes on Twitter, I discovered after I wrote the last post why I was writing up a not very good week, so this post will get moved to May 13 when I finish catching up on lj.This whole "must bike if I want my ankle to work" every morning thing kinda sucks. Like, Tues morning, when I was late for my networking breakfast at the ( Read more... )

Apparently I can be drunk but still feel ankle pain. Dammit. I was relaxing with a glass of Pedro Ximenez on Thurs night when I read something triggery on FB and switched to bourbon and emails from happier times. bleh. The only way out is through, etc.

I've mentioned the royal wedding party from Fri morning. Evil English served homemade scones and ( Read more... )