Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Mentor Group - FULL POD (Page 43)

Congratulations Kirk and Allen!!!   Great Races!!

Allen-you are no longer a tri-virgin!  Just beware of the madness.  Once you tri one, you tend to keep going back for more...

I have to apologize for being so absent lately and I haven't caught up on most of the posts.  Still family crisising.  I plan on leaving all this stress on the course next weekend.  Every hill I will climb will have meaning.

I also want to apologize for not being around much.  Baby E has been sick all week.  I actually had to stay home with her Tuesday and Wednesday.  By Thursday, I was hoping she was well enough to go to work a few hours for a break.  Apparently, when you are sick, you only want mommy.

She was feeling better yesterday - we even went to the park and put her feet in the grass!!  Today, she has been screaming inconsolably.  I think she is working on getting the tooth that has been bugging her for almost a month.  I hope that's what it is.  And my stupid Target is out of baby Tylenol!    We have enough for tonight, but I really hope CVS or Walmart has some tomorrow when I check!

I will try to pop in more this week.  I really hope it is less crazy than last week.

Warning---longish post, having absolutely nothing to do with triathlon, read at your own peril...

Well, so much for my rest day.  I spent the better part of my afternoon trying to trap a feral cat who took up residence in my backyard shed with her 2 approximately 10-day old kittens.

Pics are of baby #1; the other one was grey and eyes were just opening up.  So cute!  Hope everyone else's Sunday was more restful!

Congrats to both Kirk and Allen!  Welcome to Triathletism Allen!

As for my race... I love being here and seeing all of the teams.  I got to talk with one of the support staff for a team from Hamburg!  They sure came a long way for this.

I had my race report completely filled out and it disappeared . I'll put it back in there when I feel like re-hashing it again! In a nutshell, the race got to me about an hour and a half later than expected, I started out feeling really good so I didn't pace myself as I should have.  I had some stomach issues, possibly GI, possibly a huge stitch in my side, then got past that but didn't recover on the time, then finished it off with a tight calf.  Overall ok but I missed my goal by 4 minutes (wanted to be sub 1 hour).

Don't think I'll get my planned swim in today.  Still fried from my 3:00 AM run...

CUTE KITTY PIGLET KARMA!!!

Awww Kirsten ... thank you for being you and doing (three!) good turns ... I am convinced that good karma does turn itself into training, somehow. I'm not sure of all the exact steps in this chain but I know it is true!

Good morning everyone. I am up, having a cup of coffee, and about to start getting ready for work. I skipped the pool this morning, thought I might go for a short run instead, and then checked the temperature -- 34 degrees. Wow. That seems unreasonably cold for almost May.

I had a great bike ride last night. I procrastinated going out because we had some wind yesterday -- not horrible, but I wasn't feeling up to fighting it. By waiting until 30 minutes before sunset, the wind died down (maybe 5-10 mph), and I had a very pleasant ride.

I wore my head lamp just in case, and wow. Was that ever attractive.

I'm kind of glad it is Monday -- every week down puts me a week closer to summer break!

What's on tap for everyone today?

Congrats to both Kirk and Allen!  Welcome to Triathletism Allen!

As for my race... I love being here and seeing all of the teams.  I got to talk with one of the support staff for a team from Hamburg!  They sure came a long way for this.

I had my race report completely filled out and it disappeared . I'll put it back in there when I feel like re-hashing it again! In a nutshell, the race got to me about an hour and a half later than expected, I started out feeling really good so I didn't pace myself as I should have.  I had some stomach issues, possibly GI, possibly a huge stitch in my side, then got past that but didn't recover on the time, then finished it off with a tight calf.  Overall ok but I missed my goal by 4 minutes (wanted to be sub 1 hour).

Don't think I'll get my planned swim in today.  Still fried from my 3:00 AM run...

But the best part of my day?  My little baby Elektra (she is 3, but she is the baby of the family) got her Agility Trail Champion of Canada today!  (She had to 'pass' 15 different courses in 4 different disciplines--it took about 20 months).  My partner gets some credit too of course.  Well I guess most of the credit, since she did all the training.  But I picked her out of the litter!  I'm so proud of them.

Hope everyone else had a great day too!  Can't wait to read the race reports.

I'MMMMMM BACK.

A few minor hick-ups but nailed it in 1.50.56, ten minutes inside my target, and i smiled.

I also want to apologize for not being around much.  Baby E has been sick all week.  I actually had to stay home with her Tuesday and Wednesday.  By Thursday, I was hoping she was well enough to go to work a few hours for a break.  Apparently, when you are sick, you only want mommy.

She was feeling better yesterday - we even went to the park and put her feet in the grass!!  Today, she has been screaming inconsolably.  I think she is working on getting the tooth that has been bugging her for almost a month.  I hope that's what it is.  And my stupid Target is out of baby Tylenol!    We have enough for tonight, but I really hope CVS or Walmart has some tomorrow when I check!

I will try to pop in more this week.  I really hope it is less crazy than last week.

Good morning everyone. I am up, having a cup of coffee, and about to start getting ready for work. I skipped the pool this morning, thought I might go for a short run instead, and then checked the temperature -- 34 degrees. Wow. That seems unreasonably cold for almost May.

I had a great bike ride last night. I procrastinated going out because we had some wind yesterday -- not horrible, but I wasn't feeling up to fighting it. By waiting until 30 minutes before sunset, the wind died down (maybe 5-10 mph), and I had a very pleasant ride.

I wore my head lamp just in case, and wow. Was that ever attractive.

I'm kind of glad it is Monday -- every week down puts me a week closer to summer break!

What's on tap for everyone today?

C'mon. Chicks with headlamps are hot (I have proof ... somewhere). Nice ride!

Into typhoid relapse (common to have a 2nd, "somewhat" milder relapse 2 weeks out). Kinda wanna die. Clinging fiercely to that this is actually a sign I'm getting better. Yuck, couldn't the sign be, like, the arrival of Pop Tarts or something?

Good morning everyone. I am up, having a cup of coffee, and about to start getting ready for work. I skipped the pool this morning, thought I might go for a short run instead, and then checked the temperature -- 34 degrees. Wow. That seems unreasonably cold for almost May.

I had a great bike ride last night. I procrastinated going out because we had some wind yesterday -- not horrible, but I wasn't feeling up to fighting it. By waiting until 30 minutes before sunset, the wind died down (maybe 5-10 mph), and I had a very pleasant ride.

I wore my head lamp just in case, and wow. Was that ever attractive.

I'm kind of glad it is Monday -- every week down puts me a week closer to summer break!

What's on tap for everyone today?

Geez, girl!  Typhoid needs to be gone!  But hopefully it is a sign you are getting better.  Do they sell Pop Tarts in Indonesia or do you rely on folks in other countries to supply you with their sweet, pastry goodness?  And what is your favorite flavor, by the way?  My 2 favs are frosted cherry and frosted blueberry.  Not a big fan of the un-frosted.  Let's have a manatee poll of favorite Pop Tart flavors!

Warning---longish post, having absolutely nothing to do with triathlon, read at your own peril...

Well, so much for my rest day.  I spent the better part of my afternoon trying to trap a feral cat who took up residence in my backyard shed with her 2 approximately 10-day old kittens.

I went into my shed to get the bag for the lawn mower.  When I picked up the bag, something shrieked.  So, so did I, whilst dropping the bag.  Regained my senses, picked up the bag and poured out the critter out, thinking it was a rat.  Nope, a cute little cuddly piglet kitten.  Standing there, holding it, trying to make sense of why it was there, by itself, inside my lawn mower bag.  How did it get there?  How was it alive??  When, all of a sudden, through the gate, comes momma cat, with another baby in her mouth.  Ok, moving day, I can deal with that.  Momma goes past me, around the BBQ, into the shed.  Deposits kitten, and promptly comes out, hissing, spitting and ready to scratch my eyes out.  So of course, I shriek again, and jump back like I am on fire.  She was ready to defend her babes, man.  If not for my dogs, who are terriers and will kill anything that is not family that comes in the yard (rat, skunk, and a badly maimed raccoon), I would have just left them be until I could set a humane trap to have them fostered/altered.  But that couldn't happen.

So I put baby #1 in a carrier, make sure she is warm (it is a nice day here, thank goodness, and she just went to sleep).  Momma went back to baby #2, so I looked in and tried to talk nice to her.  She just glared.  Grabbed another carrier and thought about how to deal with this.  And she launches herself at me again.  I have dealt with feral cats, angry cats, and momma cats.  But never one who was all 3 at the same time.  I grabbed a broomstick, a dustpan and some food.  Put food in dustpan on end of stick.  She had not gone back into the shed, she was just watching me, so I offered it to her.  She took one piece, but then spat it out.  So I grabbed a can of fish dog food that we had, opened that, and she just chowed it down.  So to make a long story not quite so long, I made a trail of food into the open carrier and when she went in far enough, I closed the door behind her (wearing gardening gloves, mind you).  She was NOT happy.  Grabbed the other baby and managed to get them all in together and then spent another hour trying to find a shelter who would take a semi-feral cat.  Finally did, 20 minutes before they closed.  Phew.  I know the shelter and they will be well taken care of.  The momma was quite young, maybe only 7-8 months herself, so she was really teeny and definitely needed some fattening up to feed the little 'uns. 

Pics are of baby #1; the other one was grey and eyes were just opening up.  So cute!  Hope everyone else's Sunday was more restful!

Congratulations Kirk and Allen!!!   Great Races!!

Allen-you are no longer a tri-virgin!  Just beware of the madness.  Once you tri one, you tend to keep going back for more...

I have to apologize for being so absent lately and I haven't caught up on most of the posts.  Still family crisising.  I plan on leaving all this stress on the course next weekend.  Every hill I will climb will have meaning.

What's on tap for everyone today?

Fave flavors are (here with you, Melanie!) frosted cherry and blueberry, then strawberry, then brown sugar/cinnamon, then all the other fruit frosteds, then ... I will say that the space of favor between all the top frosteds is pretty negligible, though.

Pop Tarts are available here RARELY and unpredictably. They also sell out almost immediately (go figure) so chances of scoring any here are nil. They also cost $10-$12/box. Small box. In a country where you can eat (well) for a week on $10.

Take baby to doctor, find out baby has ear infection.  Just put her down for a nap, so we'll be going out to get antibiotics once she wakes up and eats.  At least I have an answer and she should be feeling better in a day or two.

I did manage to find the Son of a Peach beer, so I think I'll be having one tonight.  I'm going to need it by the end of the day!