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Not much on the schedule today. Cleaners here this morning, so I'm going to take Ellie out for a walk to get her out of their hair. Kim wants to stop by after that. I might actually attempt to paint, but it seems hard to concentrate. Might be good to do something productive though. We are holding high school mountain bike practice today at Elk Meadow. I don't normally coach on Tuesdays, but I might ride over and coach today. Swim team starts back up in the regular pool tonight, but I don't know that Owen will be up for it yet. If he is, I'll drive him and hang around, and skip mtb. Will just play it by ear.  Well, none of that happened. Had a 2.5 hour lunch with Kim at the Bread Lounge, missed the start of mountain bike practice, and let Owen stay with his friends since that seems to be where he's doing the best right now. Did get a bunch of EMDR/trauma therapist recommendations from Kim and Candace, so I will spend time tomorrow trying to get Owen an appointment somewhere. He's[...]
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Forced participation. LOL
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push ups and planks
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Scooted out of the office yesterday on the 4:10 train. Drove home from train station like a bat out of hell, chasing daylight for a medium length bike ride. Pulled into the garage and my car DIED. Like gave up the ghost. DEAD DEAD DEAD. Called Chris, (in CO) and I was like... WTF??? He didn't have any immediate ideas and I was burning light by the minute so I decided not to worry about it right then and go for a slightly abbreviated bike ride. 
Rode like my life depended on it. Came back, washed my face, then video called Chris with a flashlight in my mouth and the hood of the car up. We ultimately figured out I had a loose battery connection. I touched the battery and the connection sparked and scared the out of me. The whole car sprang back to life. Tried to use a wrench and pliers to loosen the nut on the battery to slip it further down the connector, but that didn't work. Ultimately used a rubber hammer and just banged the down onto the battery. Car works and is presentl[...]
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Made it to the office. However my backpack with all of my stuff, particularly my computer did not make it with me. I did think quickly and remembered our extra laptops are stored in the cabinet in my cube so I came up and checked and sure enough the team member who just retired had hers packed up but i have it fired up. Less than ideal but not the end of the world. Maybe i'll go home at lunch so i can use my regular stuff. 
Feel pretty dumb but oh well. These things happen. 
I have one 9 am meeting so i need to get my stuff working for that. Plus i had packed my breakfast in there but now have to buy something because I am starving. Ah well. 
I signed Logan up for Cubs camp in a few weeks and I feel very unsure about leaving my little guy out to tent camp with a bunch of strangers for two nights but he really wants to go. He assures me he will be fine to sleep away from us. I also appreciate these volunteers who are willing to supervise and care for a group of un[...]
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NEEDED DAY OFF
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Foam rolled and stretched.
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Another rest day. I worked on school stuff and then started piling things for Ragnar, including charging every device I could think of: headlamp, vest, vest lamp, watch, power bank (need to add cords), etc. 
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Monday, Monday. 
That is all. 
11:14 AM: Eating a fresh peach from the fruit bowl at work. MMMMMMMM yum. The office has its perks.
2:31 PM: Now, for a nectarine! Hooray for fiber. 
Office Outfit:
Trina Turk striped sweater maxi dress. Almost sold this, but decided to try it with a navy sweater and I like it! Removed from Poshmark. This one is staying with me. 

The list of things to do while Chris is out of town: Car detailing This is happening Tuesday at 8 AM!  Poshmark Listing Clean out & organize Poshmark Closet.  Get cat litter & food Mani/pedi  This happened Friday at lunchtime.  Weekend OTF x 2  Massage
Finish Charlie Sheen documentary Ride bike tonight? 

It's been quite a year on the scale. Trending downward. 177.0 yesterday. 
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