I like laundry. I really do. The fresh clothing, the nice smell, the having of clean clothing to wear and not look like a slob. It’s good. I just hate folding. I’ve found ways to fold t-shirts so that they are the quickest to fold but leave the least wrinkles, and I don’t fold unmentionables, they just get stuffed into the drawer. But I (oddly) do like to match up socks. I’m weird like that I guess.
3.05k in 30 min. Doing good.
-Cheers folks!
Okay, so they’re not 100% done yet, but still a very speedy knit. I’m up to the leg on both socks, and I think I’ll deviate from the pattern a little bit. I don’t like long socks, 2 or 3 inches is really all that I like, so I’ll change the leg and just go right to the cuff. I don’t have an issue with that seeing as the leg section is just a basic arched rib pattern. I’ll get to work on that once I finish this post.
I have magic at finding walking routes that are totally different, and yet the same length. I took a new route again today, but it’s the same distance as the route I did yesterday. It felt much longer, but I also didn’t get bored. I’m not sure if that was because it was new or because it was a big loop and didn’t cross very close to itself like the last one did. I think, with a couple tweaks, I can bring it up over 3k, and make it a little more interesting. I also think that it’ll be my standard route for a while now. I feel good with all this cardio, I want to keep it up. I can’t quit anything else right now.
-Cheers folks!
(2.78k in 30 minutes. Lots of hills.)
Sorry I’m late, my folks just got in from Florida.
I started my photos tonight trying to get a picture of how messed up my right foot is. Let’s just say that it’s not a pretty picture so I’ll put it at the end, stay tuned. Early in 2005 I was at the ski hill warming up for a day of races with the ski team. Early in the morning I got clipped by someone, and I fell hard. It was enough to make a couple of the guys on the team walk about half way up the hill to collect most of my gear. I didn’t feel any pain that day, just a bit of bruising on my ribcage and opposite hip where I bent my pole by rolling onto it. Like I said, it was a bad fall.
I woke up two days later barely able to move for the pain that was coursing through my entire body but emanating from my lower back. After two trips to two different ERs (one of which told me it was a muscle spasm in my leg, the other convinced me to go home so I didn’t get sick with all the flu patients in there) I went to my family doctor who diagnosed a pinched nerve in my lower back. It was a fairly substantial injury, so it had taken a couple days for the swelling to set in and actually cause problems.
After two months of physio (and a week ski trip to the White Mountains of New Hampshire) I was on the mend, but would have permanent damage that I would have to contend with for the rest of my life. There is a spot on my thigh that has no feeling on the skin. I can get a pin prick and not feel it, but I can get kicked and really feel it. It’s a very odd feeling. It’s also weird when the feeling comes back slightly. Because of years of skiing, soccer and various other injuries I already had bad knees, add on the lack of arches and abundance of bunions my feet are horrible which throws everything off anyways. I currently have below average reflexes in my right knee, and no reflexes in my ankle. My left leg is fine. It kind of pisses me off.
I also have some weird tendon/nerve issues with my right foot. Every once in a while, with no rhyme or reason my little toe will decide that it doesn’t like the other ones, so it will stick out to the side. It hurts like hell. Like a charlie horse, but worse. It eventually (after 15 or 20 seconds usually) relaxes, but pulsates from side to side. It’s odd, and kind of creepy. Especially when it wakes me up from a deep sleep. When I try to curl my toes, my left foot is fine, but I can’t curl my right very far at all. it doesn’t hurt, it’s just physically impossible. Yay, permanent damage.
Take it from me kids, nerve damage is something I would not wish on my worst enemy. Ever.
-Cheers folks!
It was another very warm day today. So warm that I didn’t wear pants. I wore capris. It was also a very good and productive day for me. I got up around 10:30, went for a walk (I’m back on my cardio routine), came home, did half an hour of pilates, showered, went to the mall (it took two attempts to get a bus seeing as the bus at noon didn’t show up), bought flips flops, undies, returned a pair of pants and bought a tank top. I also stopped at the grocery store and picked up fruit. A lot of fruit. Strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, and bananas. Bonus: they were all on sale. I also got ice cream and juice. I came home and made a smoothie. It was with only strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, milk, and ice cream. I poured a glass, grabbed a straw (which stood up straight), came upstairs and by the time I got to my room, the smoothie had separated. Fruit juices on the bottom with all the dairy on top. IT made me laugh. Only problem was that it was bitter as all get-out. I went and added a banana (I didn’t add one at first because they weren’t the ripest), and a little bit of sugar. This time it was good. I poured a glass and then the leftovers into a container which went into the freezer. I’m really quite excited for my smoothie ice cream. Maybe I’ll make a fruit crisp tomorrow for when my folks get home.
-Cheers folks!
(2.18k in 20 min; 30 min pilates)
It was nearly 30 degrees here in Halifax today. It was 4 degrees in Saint John’s, Newfoundland. I was only able to run across the street at work today to grab lunch, but because I had to leave early, it meant I had to work through lunch to still get my hours in. I would have loved to have sat outside, maybe on a patio, with a cold drink and a burger. Instead I sat in my cubicle, working, with a can of Cola, and a bacon cheeseburger with gravy fries. It was good, but I would have loved to have seen more of the sun.
I have come to a standstill with the Kiila socks. Not because I don’t want to work on them, but because or a fact I forgot to mention. It’s a mystery sock, so you only get a little bit of work each week. I’m thinking I might start on the other end of the yarn to begin the second sock. It would sure stop Second Sock Syndrome. %5B4%5D.jpg "Kiila (3)")
-Cheers folks!
