Mad Mutant Manatee Mentors 4--CLOSED (Page 10)

Landed in Jakarta safely in the midst of a helluva tropical storm. It's always a cyclone on travel days!

The Hobbit Maid cried when I left the Funny Farm. Out of relief, probably.

I miss my wicked little furry ones.

Oh and I had a crapload to do before I left, of course, and wouldn't you know it the moment I wake up I've got blurry colors and partial vision happening--impending migraine!

Staved off at the pass--the horrendous pain, nausea, photophobia, phonophobia never came on THANK GOD!!!--but felt pretty awful and wiped out as if I'd had one, it was just the aftermath (that's normal. For me, anyway, and some other migrainous people). Also the blurry colors lack of vision persisted for hours and did not help.

But I'm here, and the driver and I are crawling through Jakarta traffic (never helped by a storm) and we might make it home in three hours or so. Maybe two if we're lucky.

i'd like to see that!

ok, ive got to get on the road now.  happy saturday all.

Hi All!!

Dropping in to say hi!   I tried to catch up buy holy crap you guys talk a lot.  I think I got stuck at the Greek soccer player.  Thank you!  Loved the eye candy!!

Go RACING MANATEES!!!  

Hoping you all are flying manatees today!! Is that sort of like when pigs fly? The visual of a flying manatee makes me smile. Could you imagine a flock of manatee blimps? 

Awesome, we have more cute doggie pics (thanks Jo and Scooby), Jon's on the road without telling us his number, and the Frog is back!  Plus Ann-Marie has an awesome number and wisely told us, saving us time from having to stalk it down.

OK, pod, so here's the situation: as part of my HM training plan, I'm to run a 10K race this weekend.  I found a cheap one not terribly far away, but the problem is it is a VERY tiny race/field, as in last year only 27 people ran the 10K and the year before was only 39.  Looking at the finishing times from last year, I will probably finish last unless I can edge out the 71 year old (if he races this year).  On one level, I realize someone has to be last, but on the other hand, I have never been so certain that the likelihood of me being last is darn near 100%.  I think this is my first stand-alone 10K, so I don't have any solid, previous times to go on, and if I go by my times in Olympic tris, well, I'm extra screwed.  So just suck it up and go and race and be last? 

Wow!!! We have a MANATEE RACING WEEKEND!!!!!!! GO! GO! GO!

Galveston isn't up on IronTrac yet, but I'll be watching!

Awwwwwyaaaaaah ... oh wait not that kind of train. But it could be

This island might not survive Tina, me, and you all on it at the same time. I'll warn the troops, make sure we have reinforcements and an excellent stockpile*, etc.

*Pop Tarts

Ugh, I am about to go over our FY2013 goals right now. But wait, isn't it Q3? Doesn't make any sense.

It's Friday, perfect day for techno. You should bust out the Harlem Shake. 

Well, it was between China and Korea and they think that my passion for sustainability is not a good fit for China (which is true) so I got the Korea one. I just made my transition this week. But really that's not what I want to do ultimately. And this other team is REALLY where I want to be (and have for years.) But getting on is the trick.

I just don't want to throw myself at her when we meet up. I want it to be clear I am looking for an opportunity but do it in a smart way. I just don't know how to do that. 

^^^^She needs to know this^^^^

How you do that is up to you, but I believe you will make this known in the way that is most natural to you.

Salty and Froggy are here. That's a sure recipe for entertainment!

Sorry Froggy, but the streaks are consecutive days running without a missed day. Sans clothing is optional...

So just a quick update. After a frustrating Friday pm, i thought it would be a good idea to take wifey and daughter to the pub for dinner, which would give me the perfect excuse to snick a couple of pints and unwind.

I gazed at the menu in a sort of perplexed way and decided that, with less than 48 hours to go before my first race of the season, i would, for the first time, take on one of their eating challenges.

How dumb am I!!!!

To cut a long story short, i failed to clear my plate, it is now 5am and my indigestion has kept me awake for half the night. I am not sure if i will actually have finished digesting everything before 11am tomorrow, despite thinking that several glasses of red wine might help.

Somebody needs to give me a slap. Ok, just line up behind Salty and you'll get your turn when she eventually gets tired 

Everyone had you up on this comedic pedestal that I had yet to see (partially because I don't understand some of the banter you older manatee's have with each other)... but THIS MADE ME LAUGH REALLY FRICKING HARD!  

Nice to make your acquaintance my new British friend.  (Manatee's are instant friends in my opinion).