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[Feb. 11th, 2008|10:18 am] |
What a fabulous weekend! I am truly blessed with some awesome friends. Thanks for the support, words of encouragement and for all the time spent with me. Wow, the weather was stupendous! 96 heavy fighters in the list! I hadn't seen Duke Edmund in ~ 5 years and it was great to see him both on and off the list field. Valhalric's squiring and Theron's knighting both were magical moments, reminding me of the heart and soul we put into our game. Both touched me deeply. The archery shoot and the fabulous targets were also a highlight for me. I haven't shot in SO long and I hope that the practice I heard about on some Sundays does pan out, because I'd love to get to do this more regularly, but during the week... week nights... I just don't have the time.
Lessee... maybe I should do some of this in order... Friday I got off of work pretty much on time and since I'd packed for the most part on Thursday night I was home, stuff was in the car and I was headed out to the new Ymir site by ~6:30. The drive was... dark, but thankfully uneventful (bad pun intended). I got to site in plenty of time to get all my stuff in my cabin. Thanks Duncan and Manus for helping me cart stuff in. I got my bed made and garb on in time to see the last bit of Baronial court which was nice. I agree with Gaston who said that Friday night court was special and it's really about ... just the local barony. Ymir is a tremendously fun event, but sometimes in the getting all wrapped up in it, we miss the part about it being a Windmasters' event. Loved the big sail back drop for court. :-)
After court I went to help Rhieinwylydd with gate and Dame Anne was there. I haven't spent time with her in quite some time and BOY was she in a great mood and oh boy did we have fun. Lots of laughter. R had it well organized and it was pretty easy to do the job. Lots of talking and lots of friends checking in... embarassed to say I didn't recognize Edmund when he checked in... it's been 5 years and he has a beard, but ... damn, I should've. :-( Thanks, Rhienwylydd, for all your time and support over such a busy weekend for you.
I slept fairly well in the cabins both nights, but I didn't really sleep very long. :-) Warm, but too much fun stuff to do. The heater being by my head was a good white noise/drowner-outer. No, none of the snoring I could hear while awake made one wit of difference while I slept.
Saturday was FULL of fun stuff. Starting with breakfast, moving through watching the knighting, chatting with Rebecca, seeing Hrothny, hugging Ariel, watching Keiran's squiring, walking all over everywhere with Audette, chatting with Padraigin, donating the fabric for her silent auction and watching the bids grow, seeing the A&S entries (LOVED the necklace with it's brass edges holding the 5 strands of beads), stopping by to see Ann teaching Amy naalbinding, the amazing amount of YUMMY food at the Baroness's tea, Bessie/Betsy the sea sea serpent in all her glory, shooting at her and finally being able to hit a wolf then an owl in the last round of competition (no, I didn't bother to do the score thing), seeing Emerson's friend, the German shepard who responds to nordic commands and letting him/her drink out of my mug, seeing my apprentice looking gorgeous in white and being so useful everywhere. I even got a few minutes chat with Michael who actually really smiled. Oh, and a highlight of the morning was seeing Katerina and Allejandro arrive on the motorcycles... I have complete chaps envy, K. Damn, you looked hot!
I totally missed lunch which was sad because I had been looking forward to the tavern's veggie stew, but Galeron's orangy things that were a lot like cream cheese beignet's with honey and cinnamon sugar on time MORE than accommodated my calorie loss from lunch. :-) I got to see the last few rounds of the huge heavy tourney. Weird to see Logan looking small beside Edmund. Met one of Val's mid-realm squires in an odd way, but he was cool about it, thank goodness. I am not usually someone who winds up 1/2 inch from a strangers face and I almost died of terminal blush. Could not tell you the man's name, but Val does have some wonderful folks around him, so I wasn't too surprised he handled my mistake well. Sigh.
Sanooke and Makai were both lovely throughout the day. One of their friends/household members has just moved to Windmasters so it was fun to meet Gregor and bump into him all over the event. Hope his kit gets here soon as he looked like he was itching to fight. Again, not surprised he's a good guy. M&S know so many of those folks.
Another highlight was Elizabeth, a lovely newcomer who'd brought her son. She's in Durham and recognized Valdimar and Ursula's location by having seen fighter practice in their front yard. It's so much fun when new folks find us years later and know us from driving by and thinking... gee, that looks like a lot of fun.
I got to sit with Brian and Briana at feast. Their crew's a lot of fun and ... if you haven't heard her sing.. I had that pleasure for the first time Saturday night and it'll bring tears to your eyes she's so good. Tal has a really good voice, too. It was a sort of surreal experience to hear him singing literally from the rafters... he was sitting up in them. Wow. Sorry I was an idiot and caught my beads on a bed frame, thus interrupting the singing as beads clattered all over the cabin. Sigh.
To Malcom I owe thanks for the libations in the evening. I'm sure, in the end, it made the giggle session in PJ's with the girls even gigglier. JeanMaire, if you don't know it already, is a stitch!
Sunday was about pack out, help a bit, good breakfast and a swift drive back. On the way home I stopped by East Campus and did three laps walking, so ~5 miles. Felt good even in the wind storm. The shower at home also felt really good. Enjoyed a series of phone calls in the afternoon. Always good to know that friends made it home safely, that folks all had a good weekend, that they were as glad to see me as I them, that folks care about me and think to call. Good to feel loved.
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[Feb. 7th, 2008|01:26 pm] |
Well, Ymir approaches and ... I'm not ready. Not packed, but I am snacked. :-) I didn't get to exercise last night, but errands did get run and a healthy dinner of shrimp, brown rice and veggies did get cooked and consumed. Emerson has his reservation for a weekend in doggie hoosgow... ie., the kennel. :-( I'm going to miss him something terrible. It's the part of eventing I loathe... I either take him and spend every moment on the end of his lease, or find somewhere else to leave him and feel like I'm committing some sort of sin. :-( Yes, yes, I can hear those of you who don't believe in sin telling me so... but you DID get my point. I feel badly leaving my lovely puppy... especially when I can't pick him up until Monday... but.. the up side is THEY give him a bath. That part... I do NOT feel guilty over. Whew... relief is what I feel when someone else gives him a bath. He HATES them so much.
The Yellow November/Topaz afghan is coming right along. This yarn is heavier than the other 2 I just finished so it kinda makes my arms ache. I'm not as fond of this texture, but the afghan is coming out with this great color and highlights and it's OMG warm... dense and non-heat releasing. It'll feel great on the lap in the cold. I imagine it's presence on Ymir's site will offend someone or other in it's non-period appearance, but folks... I'm addicted right now to crocheting and I'd rather spend the time with friends who can tolerate my string passion of the moment, than leave site and miss you all. Yes, I'll have the naal binding, too, but late night... I imagine I'll revert to the I-Don't-Have-To-Look-At-It-While-Working-It afghan. And NO, I won't even be pretending it's "period".
Got to get some fabric out to donate to Padragin's cause of auction-ness for Saturday. I think it's to help the barony, this one. Hope it goes well for both her and the Barony. Mostly, however, my accomplishment will be getting there, helping with troll, donating the fabric and the little muffins to the Tea. I also hope to get my bow out and maybe hit a target or two if the wind allows me to. :-) I am looking forward to seeing Betsy the Sea Serpent. :-)!!! Anyone who wants to come shoot with me, I'm willing to take turns with my bow. I want to go down relatively early so I get to see the targets before they are all shot up. I understand Kat did some great painting on them. Go Kat!!
Tonight... must pack as have to be on site at a decent time to help Rae.
Hope to see a bunch of you this weekend!
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[Jan. 31st, 2008|12:47 pm] |
Yes, I did lift last night. Yes, my arms are SORE today. :-) That's a good thing. I even asked a complete stranger to spot me on the chest presses so I could push the reps at the 30 lb dumb bell level (30 in each hand) and OH BOY can I feel that. I'm hoping it means I can go up a level soon. That'd be cool.
I had a nice lunch with Galeron yesterday at the new Italian place downstairs. At half off it was a great deal AND the food's really good. :-)
The big accomplishment last night was that Scott got the laptop's virus check software in place so I'm good for the next year. Whew. That and we watched a Prime Suspect episode which was great. Love Helen Mirran.
The office is creepy quiet today. Making me squirm and I'd rather it had SOME noise. Not that I don't have plenty of work... boy do I ever... best get at it.
Love. |
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[Jan. 15th, 2008|10:28 am] |
My body's a bit tired today. You see, I did get to the gym after work yesterday and I did get a full upper body's lifting in and I did get my 2 mile walk run in and I did get in racquetball after that. 135 minutes of exercise for this desk-job body on the first day of Duke's new Eat Right And Exercise Program. ERAE involves recording minutes of exercise and they give you little gifties along the way... incentive program. I'm thinking this recording is going to keep me wanting to put down minutes every day, so a good thing. Happy dance.
I also ran into Charlotte after that and went to Elmo's for dinner and a chat on the fly. Wasn't the plan. The veggies in my frig needed to be dinner, but ... well, they weren't and I had a nice long chat with C instead.
She was wanting to know how life is. Well, most of it is really good. My focus on me and this recommitment to the body reclamation project is working. Concentration at work is a bit off and relationship concerns... well, they abound, but reconnecting with a bunch of friends I haven't spent time with in a while and expecially with those folks who are coming to the gym and wanting to get out and walk... that's really good. It is FABULOUS to have the support of so many really good people. (C - thanks for the kind words and yes, I heard you and yes, I REALLY appreciated it... thanks also for sharing R's perspective, actually. Many thanks and hugs to you both. My world would be so much less wonderful without y'all.) Very nice to hear about the Charlotte world as well and can't wait for the CM job to go the way of the wind. :-)
OOOOooo, and Galeron is the latest addition to the weight room last night. I think he really enjoyed it, too. SWEET! Just wait until he sees how fast the ramp up is when one first starts lifting and then gets addicted to the endorphins. Heh.
It was really sweet of Griffen to come do his walk/run inside with me. It was cold and I was tired most of the day which means I feel cold faster and I really am enjoying the ease of lap counting inside all of which made me want to remain inside last night, so G came inside and walked/ran with me. We had a nice long chat and then hit the stuffin' out of a racquetball ball which was... very cathartic. :-)
Tonight I'm thinking only the walking part will happen before I head to Buckston's meeting and the viking embroidery class. I forgot materials but maybe there'll be scraps I can play with there. Hoping, cuz I just seem to have the forgetting thing happening a bunch lately. Like forgetting my ME garb for 12th Night to go dance at the hafla. Sigh. Didn't make it to that, but did have a great time chatting instead. And yes, for those folks who seem to think I've sinned by being in the ballroom after 10 .m. in my jeans ... I did go up and take off the layers of wool, etc. after the last court as I'd been sweating at that point for over 12 hours and my body could not take it anymore. The folks I wanted to see were just inside the ballroom, including most of the folks dancing, so that's where I sat. I hope those I care about forgive me for having forgotten my evening garb, but still wanting to be near them.
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| Angels Among Us |
[Jan. 14th, 2008|01:23 pm] |
So, I've been blabbing at folks about this 5K I'm planning to run at the end of April. The last time I looked I basically looked at the date and where it was and that's about all. Today I went back and read more:
http://www.angelsamongus.org/modules/event1/
http://www.angelsamongus.org/modules/event1/index.php?id=17
and it hit me like a ton of bricks. This is to benefit brain tumor research/brain cancer work. For me now this is a dual mission. On February 14th it will be 2 years since we lost Geva. The loss of first Gyrth then Geva are two of the major motivations I have for the body reclamation project and I am getting so many connections that are tying into this, it's like I'm having encouragement patting me on the back (or hitting me over the head with a clue-by-four)... so....
Yes, I'm going to be celebrating this achievement, but also I'll be following up on a what-can-I-do that feels like it's been outstanding. I'd love to do a team thing if I could get a few folks to come and either run or do the fun walk with me (yes, I'm going to do both because, shoot, I'll already be out there and the walk's 1.8 miles and for fun. Registration goes towards promoting the research that happens here at Duke. I think it'd be fun to be called Geva's Team. What do you think? |
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[Jan. 4th, 2008|02:22 pm] |
ON A ROLL!!!!! Yep, lower body weights, abs AND 2 miles walking. Got to the gym last night. The eating seems to be the ... challenge right now. And I can't seem to suck down enough water... probably because my salt intake is off the charts... well, for me. My fingers are so swollen my rings aren't happy... in fact mostly they haven't gone back on after gym time last night. Sigh.
OK, self, focus on less salt.
Tonight is going to be walk then help the beautiful Rae with her car by picking her up from the auto-folk. Wonder if I can talk her into dinner afterward. Hmmmmmm. Plotting.
Watched the next Inspector Morse from Netflix last night. Got almost through the end of the center of my afghan last night.. just needing 2 more rows and the edging. Yep, it's lacy. Yep, I seem to be on a crochet roll. It's WARM and fun.
Yep, work's ramping up again. And, YEP, I'm glad about that.
Got some Dot time at Buckston Lunch. This explains how I got ketchup in my hair... note to self: do not bend over to pick stuff up for baby without remembering where one's hair is heading. :-)!! Great to see BOTH Mom and Dad and have chat time. Yay!
OK, back to contracts. |
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| Office has Moved |
[Dec. 5th, 2007|03:33 pm] |
My office has moved. I sit with a view of much cardboard and wires and such, but the phone's working; the computer's working; I've got a printer hooked up; BUT the most important thing is... I have a window. Floor to ceiling. Wider across than I am tall. It is LOVE. I just saw a train go by down Main and I knew I had to write it in here. I will again know what the day is doing, when the season's change, when we (if ever) get rain again... and that is a VERY GOOD THING.
Bliss.
And I'm fairly caught up on work.
Now if I can just get the Christmas stuff up at home and the house a little dusted. :-) |
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| Goodbye, Mr. Goulet |
[Oct. 31st, 2007|07:34 am] |
This morning NPR announced that Robert Goulet died in California waiting for an lung transplant. He was 73. His career took off with his roll of in Camelot on Broadway the year I was born. The summer that featured Camelot for me was some years later when the movie came out. Helen, Yvonne, Heidi and I spent that summer in Highlands, NC singing those songs, playing that album and making tents out of our beds for castles. Over and over and over. It was the summer of Camelot. So hearing of Mr. Goulet's death has made me misty sad for a time gone by, for loves lost and for time gone by... and the dreams that escape us all.
Musical: Camelot
Song: If Ever I Would Leave YouIf ever I would leave you
It wouldn't be in summer.
Seeing you in summer I never would go.
Your hair streaked with sun-light,
Your lips red as flame,
Your face witha lustre
that puts gold to shame!
But if I'd ever leave you,
It couldn't be in autumn.
How I'd leave in autumn I never will know.
I've seen how you sparkle
When fall nips the air.
I know you in autumn
And I must be there.
And could I leave you
running merrily through the snow?
Or on a wintry evening
when you catch the fire's glow?
If ever I would leave you,
How could it be in spring-time?
Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so?
Oh, no! not in spring-time!
Summer, winter or fall!
No, never could I leave you at all!
It's with an ironic smile I paste those words in here. Helen and I made fun of them as kids, the sentiment too overpowering and eye rolling for kids under the age of 10. Wonder if Mom and I will sing some musicals together tonight like we did all of my growing up. Hope so. It was a lot of fun.
I've missed the LJ crowd. Work has indeed consumed my time. I shouldn't be here now, except I forgot to print out my ticket for tonight. Sigh. At least I'm very caught up and in really good shape so I don't have to be too guilty... but I also need to get back to it now.
Hope to catch up with you all very soon.
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[Oct. 10th, 2007|03:50 pm] |
Yep, work ate my head and then I went to San Diego for work for 1/2 week and since I missed those days in the office... it's continuing to be hectic and a bit stressful. Sigh. Been a LONG time since I visited here. Not even sure I can catch up on all that's happened... so .. Highlights!
San Diego was a good work conference that underlined to me that in my field I have a really good grasp on what I'm doing in a field where turn over is high and educating who I have to negotiate with is... frequent. Tough when they're attorneys who don't want to hear from non-attorney's, but cool when they realize, yes, I've been doing this for 8 years and I pretty much know the major concerns. The hotel was nice. Got to see my cousin Katie which was really good... I rarely get to see the folks on my Dad's side of the family, and she's crazy in SUCH a great way. The middle day of the conference was pretty flat, but the other two were more than worth the time/resources/energy. I got to have dinner right on the water. Terrific seafood and then got to see the HMS Surprise, the one they used for the movie Master and Commander. COOL! Also got to go to the San Diego Zoo which was.... awesome. LOADS of neat birds, kitties, odd stuff, in a great environment. Major highlight... no, not the comatose panda... the silver back gorilla standing on the top of his hill, on the top of a log totally stretched up with both arms above his head. He was magnificent. His area also had it's own waterfall. Totally wow moment.
Haven't been doing so well on the exercise front, but have discovered I enjoy racquetball again. Last time I played was like 20 years ago, so the racquets have changed, but the bouncy, run into walls, can't really hear and it's all amusing stuff... is still the same. :-D
Trying to decide if I want to schlep all my stuff out to WoW's this weekend or just day trip it. Friend time would be AWESOME, but all that stuff, set up, 40 degree nights... am I a wimp? Bringing Emerson is a lot of work, too. Really would like to go with Laura, though. Decisions, decisions.
Wish my stomach would settle. Yesterday was home sick and today... well I'm fluctuating between needing food and upset feeling.
Oh, hey, finished reading The Golden Compass. I wanted to read it before the movie came out... and .. I'm sort of non-plussed. Have folks read the whole trilogy? Thoughts? The movie looked really good. Hmmmm.
Anyway, I've missed you all. Haven't had time to read up on stuff either, so feeling separated and out of loopish. Hoping I'm back into this soon.
Love. |
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[Sep. 16th, 2007|03:36 pm] |
Just IMed with Dan and he wants me to let everyone know that he has reached his final destination and is safe.
My commentary... it doesn't sound very nice there, but ... BOY am I glad to know he's arrived and is safe. Yay! Happy dance!
It's a good idea to take every opportunity to do the happy dance when they present themselves... those happy dance times. |
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| Song for a Winter's Night |
[Sep. 14th, 2007|12:42 am] |
Gordon Lightfoot's song (1975), but I love Sarah McLaughlin's version
The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top
The snow is softly fallin'
The air is still within the silence of my room
I hear your voice softly callin'
If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winter night with you
The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
My glass is almost empty
I read again between the lines upon the page
The words of love you sent me
If I could know within my heart
That you were lonely too
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winter night with you
The fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim
The shades of night are liftin'
The mornin' light steals across my windowpane
Where webs of snow are driftin'
If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winter night with you
And to be once again with with you
To be once again with with you |
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[Sep. 10th, 2007|09:42 pm] |
LOOOOONG day. Took a long time to get motivated and moving today. Was awake before dawn, but didn't get to work until 9. I wish I was more of a morning person... mornings are challenging. Then as I was leaving after 6 my boss comes in after the computer's off and needs research on one sponsor's files... some internal numbers... which it turns out they don't have yet or won't ever. Missed my bus, so didn't get to the gym until after 7, finished around 8, ran to stores for grocery stuff (FF 1/2&1/2 for my oatmeal, salmon from Costco), home late... SO TIRED. Did get 45 minutes on the eliptical; ate ... poorly. Neeeeeed sleeeeeeep. :-) To sleep, perhaps to dream beautiful dreams of green/gold eyes. ;-)
But... first I need that shower.... and I've clean sheets on the bed so that'll feel fabulous... comforting. Just love the feel of freshly shaved legs on freshly cleaned sheets.
Oh, hey, Jm wanted 7 random facts about me... no I'm not a tagger, so I'm ignoring the first part of all that. You want tagging, I want to know... just no obligation. I LOVE these fun facts about people. They always have a surprise in them.
1) I don't usually enjoy chain mail... anything that threatens me up front is not good in my book.
2) I love Disney tunes and singing along to them, even when I can't remember the words.
3) I love having my feet rubbed... my cousin Kitty says it's the next best thing to sex... of course she said it to embarass me at my sister's wedding reception, but ... well, my eyes were glazed over at the time from the foot rub. She kinda had a point and she was kinda inebriated.
4) I am not fond of disposals... they make me nervous... my Mom ground up too many spoons when I was young in them and for the longest time I could NOT put flatware down in a sink with one in it.
5) I am stunned that one dose of snake antivenom costs $12,000. I consider most of the cost of medical care obscene, and shudder at the thought of no health insurance.
6) I joined Costco when I moved to Durham because I like to buy TP in bulk. If I don't, I always seem to run out. If I buy bulk, then when it gets low... it's memorable and I don't. Sigh... the mind games I have to play to have a memory.
7) I took my first ever bobbin lace class at a University in Chapel Hill in 1993, not even knowing what bobbin lace was... thought I'd do it 1/2 the day (it was being taught as an all day thing) and wound up staying until they had to pack up the tables... Graffin Judith was sitting right next to me. It was my second ever event and I still think she's da bomb and so is bobbin lace. :-) |
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[Sep. 10th, 2007|12:36 pm] |
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OK, so a while ago I signed for a thing on myspace. Just recently I decided to add Scott and Roland as my friends... (frankly I got on there so I could keep in touch with Roland who's a good egg and I'm happy to hear how well he's doing out there in the mid-west with the love of his life) and I started getting requests from folks I don't know to be my "friend". Uh... ew... a little freaky. NOT why I was there and, no, not looking to find "friends" on line. Over at Laura's on Saturday night I got educated on what not to put on line so as to avoid those random scary requests. It made me think about being open here as well, despite not having had that issue for LJ.
Pondering. |
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[Sep. 6th, 2007|10:23 pm] |
I'm wishing....
(I'm wishing....)
For the sinuses I love....
(for the sinuses I love...)
To clear
(To clear)
Today
(Today)
Ah ha ha haahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ah ha ha haahhhhhhhhhhhhh
OK, this is SO SAD. I've a sinus head ache that keeps repeating after the drugs wear off and that VOICE from Disney's Snow White when she sings into the wishing well.
Got to the gym for 30 minutes of elliptical while watching mixed doubles of the Open on the TV listening to the ole iPod. Turkey wrap made by ME when I got home. 3rd load of laundry's washing.
Need Sleep.
Goodnight, sweet dreams wherever you are. |
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[Sep. 5th, 2007|11:52 am] |
Yep, I did make it to the gym last night. 30+ minutes on upper body weights and 30 minutes on the eliptical. Still wanting to get to the sexy body work out, but need to sit down and plan life out. Life plan revolving around exercise and accomplishing some goals. Last night was about get some endorphins and get home and unpack some... at least get the massive amount of stuff off of my kitchen floor and then I only had energy for a shower and bed with a late call from Dan. Totally forgot dinner. Sigh. Scott'll be over tonight, so dinner will happen. How am I going to fit this all in. Need a scheduler.... oh wait... I picked one up last week free to Duke folks. Heh. I have the tools. I have some knowledge. Now it's about motivation and enacting what needs to happen so I feel better physically and mentally I'm achieving so that improves, too.
To everyone out there supporting me, my heartfelt thanks. If you're on this path of getting back in shape, too... I'm loving the company. Hanging out with more active folks is a HUGE step towards being more active myself. All the positive energy is awesome and awe inspiring. Hugs. |
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[Sep. 4th, 2007|02:39 pm] |
I'm back from Annapolis and Ft. Dix. Leaving Dan at Ft. Dix was ... challenging. He's now waiting to find out when the plane will wisk him away to sandbox land. I'm scared for him, of the time to come and needing to channel all this energy into something that will be useful/positive/distract me some. Well, since he now has a 30" waist, I'm thinking it'll be into the rejuvenation of my body reclamation project where smaller = better, toned muscle, decreased body fat %, focusing on girl-shape improvement. This means much more attention to diet, daily exercise and a lot more aerobic work. By WW standards the goal is 4 pts of exercise EVERY day. Wow. My life style needs to change ... drastically. 4 pts every day is a real challenge with a desk job, but I KNOW, deep in my soul know, that if I can work my way into doing this every day, the time will pass better, my body will be better and I will be a happier me, the ultimate goal.
First step, get rest. Then find a way for my stomach to unclench, then focus on core foods and working my way up to that higher level of exercise. The "then" portion of that statement will need to be broken down in to managable, wrap my mind around it pieces. I forsee much figuring and notebook writing in my future. |
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[Aug. 27th, 2007|10:25 am] |
Good weekend. Friday night I headed to Neca and Sanouke's. I had been debating all week about how to get to Dunstan's elevation, but the working late thing happened again and so I headed straight to N&S's with the E-dog. It was good to have some time to chat with them both and to have a little time with Benefse and Olivier when they finally made it back from site.
Saturday was HOT. I keep hearing the temperature was 102. Most folks looked mostly baked by the time we made it to site after noon and it got progressively worse until right around court when folks seemed to perk up some. Yes, Emerson went with me. Small black dog in extreme heat meant we went from water to water. He got soaked down several times, dried incredibly rapidly and seemed to be glad to be there with me rather than pouting at home. Moslty I couldn't leave him alone again so soon after our separation for Pennsic which gets worse for me each time. My apologies for all the people he interupted with barks. He barked more on Saturday that his does in a regular week. Sigh. Folks were very kind when I apologized, but I'm still feeling guilty about it.
What made this event wonderful was, of course, the people I got to see. Lucia and Suniva under their day shade with S smiling and L cracking jokes. Oh Boy is it ever nice to hear that wit once more. Can't wait for her to be in Buckston... maybe I can talk her into Tuesday night meetings for gab sessions. Jessamyn was in fine form overseeing the vigils... the phrase easy baked laurel oven could have been applied to that particular experience and yet her sense of humor and welcoming smile stayed in place. Wonderful. I got to visit a bit more with Jeanmaire, the most entertaining times of which where with her reclined on a carpet taking her ease. Somehow there's just something entertaining about talking to folks laid out on carpets sort of napping. Amusing also was that the chattiest group of folks seemed to be the fighters who when I went round that end of the field were on break under the royal "day shade" with a lively conversation jumping all around to all sorts of topics. Shockingly, not much of it was the normal fighter talk about fights. One of the best moments of the day was having his Excellency Sacred Stone give Emerson water from his clear cup. Emerson was in need as we'd made it 1/2 way around the field and I'd left his bowl back at the kitchen. Marc melted my heart by bending over and holding the cup so my lovely doggie could have a drink. What a very nice man he is.
I bought myself a new clay baby mug which has red glaze dripping down the outside.... disturbing like fresh blood. I love it! :-)
Had a nice chat with a man who's family used to breed Scotties. It's amazing the folks who come out of the woodwork who've had contact with this very fond to me breed.
Nice to see Melraki get his Kraken.
Proud of my King asking to be escorted up to the archery range by our master archers to shoot for the war point.
Had a lovely time sitting with Fiona, Ragnar and Anneke during court. Reminded me of why it's fun to be around Rags... it's the running quiet commentary that makes me laugh and get in trouble. :-)!! Didn't get to talk to Anneke as much, so next time I may just have to sit on the ground in front of them so I can talk to both.
I had never plated up and then helped get a feast onto tables before. An SCA first for me, which was LOTS of fun. Also probably the folks in the kitchen who made this true. Talorgen, Briana and Makai in particular, but also the rest of the serving folks. The food being good and getting to taste it was grand.
I left site not too long after the last course went out to the tables. By that time it was 10 so I had to drive home (midnight getting home) and wasn't willing to push my tired factor any more than I already had.
Good day. Thanks for all the lovely company.
Hugs. |
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[Aug. 22nd, 2007|11:04 pm] |
Wednesday night. It's quiet at my house. If I listen carefully, I can hear the night chirping and singing outside my back door. Emerson is restless, snuffing about how boring humans are and repeatedly flopping down on the hardwood inside my front door. The computer is humming and my allergies are ramping up as the morning's Allegra is wearing off. Another Benedryl tonight. One, not two... want to be less groggy tomorrow morning. I did make it to the gym tonight. Chest, triceps, shoulders, pullups, dips and abs before 15 minutes on the stairmaster ... all elipticals being occupied. It must have been an open house sort of thing at the gym tonight... but really, it's just WRONG to have a platter of chocolate chip cookies right in front of you when you enter the gym (on the waist high row of shelves where one can leave a gym bag or ID or keys, etc.) and honestly, they don't smell so good mixed with gym smell. Humph.
But I did get there and I did get the endorphin rush. Sweet! I also made it by Whole Food and got some more of the Greek yogurt YUM, some fruit AND got by Costco for gassing up the car, more blank CDs, blueberries and a pineapple. More YUM. :-)
Scott was over tonight, which means I did manage to cook (black beans and rice, because... it's YUMMY :-) and it also means I didn't have to spend the evening in all this quiet alone.
Spoke to Dan some tonight. He's kinda low. He's been rained on for the last bunch of days, is out isolated at the fob thingie training, living in a tent that leaks and assorted other army stuff (or fill in your favorite 4 letter word... it would be accurate) ... well, it's not a lot of grins and giggles. Can't blame him much. I've never had to share a tent with 16 people for a month... and I can honestly say I never want to. One of the folks in the tent with him is his boss. How much does that suck? It may be a common army experience, but it isn't for most folks.
I also got to IM with Shannon today. Good chat. My stars she is a busy woman. Between long sifts (and tower duty again next week :-( ), taking a vet tech class, work sending work home with her, the circle she's leading her time's stretched pretty thin. Tomorrow's her day off... well, that's now really since she's 8 hours ahead, so I'm hoping she's getting some rest.
I should probably grab some sleep, too. Tomorrow's going to be another long day with massive amounts of paper. Got to change the laundry over to the dryer first. Clean clothes. Yay! |
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[Aug. 22nd, 2007|01:27 pm] |
It finally rained here. Thank goodness. When I got home last night after visiting with folks at Buckston my whole front yard smelled like fresh water and lavendar, like a wonderful warm shower. Very soothing. I didn't get to the gym. I stayed at work and finished out a master agreement I've been trying to resolve since February 2006. Today I'm proof reading the result and will be joyous to have this sucker signed. Really and truly, no agreement should take this long, but reorganizations of legal departments, changing personnel 6 times and gaps of responses from a sponsor of over 6 months will make it happen.
So instead of going to the gym, I hung out around fighters and meeting goers to visit and Tessa delivered to me the lovely scroll Windmasters' B&B held for me because it was raining during their court in camp up at Pennsic... amusingly on a rainy night here in Durham. (No, it didn't get wet and is currently sitting up over my TV so I can stare at it a while. Mis-spellings ARE period. :-)
Yep, I coasted last night. I've got my gym bag in teh back of my car today, though and plan to get to the gym after work and before Scott's weekly coming over for dinner. Hoping to squeeze in a trip to Costco on the way home, too. Gas in the car and more blank CDs are wanted/needed.
Yep, normal life progressing. Haven't really been on schedule yet since getting back from Pennsic and not really seeing that happening until after Labor Day's trip north. Just trying to be semi-good and get some exercise in and forego some of the full-of-fat food screaming my name. Would help if I could make myself cook a bit more. Hard to find the energy for it for just me. What is it about doing stuff for ourselves, the regular day in day out stuff that's so challenging? It's not like we don't know what's good for us, what makes us feel better, etc. Sheesh.
I think after I get back from next week's trip I'm going to shake up the gym routine and try the article I mentioned yesterday. Jaine (thank you!) sent me a link that has the pictures for the exercises in it so I think I may try that exercise plan for a bit. Shake things up. |
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[Aug. 21st, 2007|05:07 pm] |
Sometimes it is just grand to have friends who are thinking about stuff I'm wanting to know more about. Thanks, Jaine, for this article:
http://www.michaelboyle.biz/joomla/content/view/62/34/
Yeah, I should learn the link-i-ty-link thing and the behind the cut thing which I did know and have forgotten. Sigh.
Anyway, it's about Sexy Female Training... i.e., how to get the body most of us females, well, at least me and a few others this guy has trained, want. I've skimmed it, but am going to go back and read it at home and absorb. Couldn't get the pictures, though. :-(
Got to the gym and eliptical last night and weighed in at WW this morning. Down 2.4, so most of the Pennsic weight melted back off. Whew! all and more will be gone by the time I head north next Wednesday. :-)! Go me!!!
Have I mentioned I love the beach lately? No? Well, I love the beach. If nothing else in the world mattered and I was fabulously, independently wealthy, I'd live at the beach... right on the beach... like out of my front door. Big deck, stairs down onto the sand. The ocean makes me feel at home, calm, settled. Soothing, healing, wonderful salt water. Yep, and I'd rebuild if a storm blew it all away. Something about the sand, salt, water combination just does it for me. I got to go to the beach on Saturday, the NC beach for the first time since after Geva's funeral and the weather was perfect. The rest of this week is hot (like over 100 hot) and dry, but Saturday was cool breezes off the water and divine. God, how I wish I could go more often. No sun burn either. Woot!
Sunday wasn't the best day ever, but each day this week has improved. Thank you!
I went to a goodbye luncheon today... life moving forward. Lots of laughs, got to see some old buddies, had a good time. Can't imagine going back to work at a CRO again, but won't say I'd never do it, cuz then I'd be doomed to that fate. One of the worst jobs ever.... that one was.
And it looks like my SCA life may be picking up again... which will be nice. Hoping to get to a few more events this fall. Got a tunic to make for a newer fighter and the enthusiasm of those around me is on the upswing. Wanting to make garb for me, too. Feels good to have energized folks around me. Feed the furor. ;-)
Hugs! |
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