Manatee Mentors 2014--CLOSED (begging & bribes MAY work) (Page 51)

Originally posted by awalden22

Originally posted by jmkizer

Originally posted by awalden22

Originally posted by blueyedbikergirl

Originally posted by cdban66

Monica, I noticed you have a timeline for moving. Do you have a destination yet? I hear it is lovely in the Orlando area this time of year...

We DO have a timeline for moving!  Though we're not sure if we'll be moving that timeline up by a year or not as neither one of us is all that enthralled with spending another winter in this crapola.  

Ideally, we'd like to be closer to my parents for when they live in Casa Grande, AZ during the winter - which sadly means that I don't think FL will fit that bill...  We're contemplating Austin (we may or may not have been looking at places in Austin already...), SoCal, or somewhere in AZ - just not sure which yet.  A lot will depend on what kind of job Tony can get, or if his current company would allow him to work remotely.  

Wherever we end up... NO MORE WINTER!!   

I am right there with you! I want to move out of the Midwest so very badly. I hate this season and I am getting tired of it. This year has been the worst in a long time. It's like winter will never end! And because of the stupid snow and ice and cold, I have had to put the brakes on training for a bit. Yesterday coming into my house from the garage I slipped and fell on some ice that was covered by snow on our sidewalk and fell completely on my left side and whacked my head really good on the pavement. Ouch! This is bad because my left shoulder isn't in the greatest of shape anyways and now it is just terribly painful. And my left leg and my left elbow hurt like hell (I have giant bruises). I really did a number on myself. I was so sore today, I couldn't even think about going to the gym. Plus it's so snowy and the roads are so bad it makes it almost impossible to get there anyways! Uggghhhhh will it ever be over? On a more positive note, I have switched my schedule at work to where I am going in earlier and leaving earlier 3 days out of the week so that I have more time in the afternoons to train. Super pumped about that! Ashley

Ouch!  Take care of yourself.  I hope that you are feeling better this morning.

Great news about the work schedule!  Chris and I both work until 4:00.  I think that it's awesome!  Plus I'm not a morning person and this gives me an hour or more before I have to actually speak to anyone

Oh, see I currently work until 4:30 and I don't like it. It's too late in the day to be heading to the gym after work. When I originally chose this schedule, my thoughts were I would go to the gym before work since they open at 5. And I did that for a few weeks, but now I am tired of it! I always had the option to say no I don't want to go to the gym this early, but now having to go to work that early, I don't have the option! I'm trying to trick my brain to where I can be the most productive with my day. So now 3 days a week I am going in at 6AM and working until 2:30 PM. So we shall see how it goes! Not feeling too much better this morning. I think I may have the Flu woke up with chills, body aches and a fever this morning. Ashley

Yikes!!  I'm so sorry to hear about your fall - and the flu!  Take care of yourself, woman!  

As usual, a lot happens in here when one misses a day or so of chit chat!

Foxy Tom - excellent, excellent swim times, dude!

Ashley - that fall sounds very painful - hitting your head, too?  ouch.  Please take care and heal!!  Dang ice.

Janyne - Trader Joe's has poutine?!  Mmmmmmm, drool... we really need a Trader Joe's in my area.  And a Wegman's.  We really have some fairly average chain grocers here by and large.

Chris - I use Swim Outlet and TriSports and Amazon the most, occassionally order from Running Warehouse or some other merchants.

Sorry for my absence yesterday but I didn't go to work because of the ice storm.  We had close to a half an inch of ice on top of the big, wet snow from Monday which brought down trees and wires and made travel very difficult not just for the slippery roads but because of all the downed trees/wires.  I lost power around 5 am and am still without power.  PP&L (electric co) sent a message saying they hope to have it restored by 11 pm Saturday, although some customers may get service before that.  DH is working in MD so the dogs and I packed up and went over to Dad's/sister's who, although only a mile away, still had electric.  Actually, houses on the other side of the cross street near me have power.

In addition to the loss of power, I had a huge limb come down at my house and JUST miss my car.  I was outside chipping at ice on the porch when I heard it going.  It demolished the little fence at the end of the driveway and ripped a few boards off the neighbor's fence.

big branch

Too close for comfort!

demolished fence

icy Japanese Maple at my house

Icy trees this am in the sun

Originally posted by awalden22  Oh, see I currently work until 4:30 and I don't like it. It's too late in the day to be heading to the gym after work. When I originally chose this schedule, my thoughts were I would go to the gym before work since they open at 5. And I did that for a few weeks, but now I am tired of it! I always had the option to say no I don't want to go to the gym this early, but now having to go to work that early, I don't have the option! I'm trying to trick my brain to where I can be the most productive with my day. So now 3 days a week I am going in at 6AM and working until 2:30 PM. So we shall see how it goes! Not feeling too much better this morning. I think I may have the Flu woke up with chills, body aches and a fever this morning. Ashley

Ouch, a double whammy between the fall and the flu. Take care of yourself.

I am a morning workout person, when I was a gym guy I'd go at 5:00, then in to work at 6:30. Now with run training and my carpool situation, I am still able to get out in the morning. It took a bit of adjustment when I started going to the gym, but after a few weeks it was second nature. I tell people to do the "5 minutes more a day" trick for a couple of weeks. Just go to bed 5 minutes earlier and wake up 5 minutes earlier each day. In a couple of weeks you've reset your internal clock a bit. But you do have to commit to it. I found that if I sleep late on the weekend, my Monday will suck. So late for me on the weekend is 6. Luckily, TW is an early riser as well which really helps.

Yowza Melanie, that looks rough. Stay warm.

Originally posted by cdban66

Originally posted by awalden22  Oh, see I currently work until 4:30 and I don't like it. It's too late in the day to be heading to the gym after work. When I originally chose this schedule, my thoughts were I would go to the gym before work since they open at 5. And I did that for a few weeks, but now I am tired of it! I always had the option to say no I don't want to go to the gym this early, but now having to go to work that early, I don't have the option! I'm trying to trick my brain to where I can be the most productive with my day. So now 3 days a week I am going in at 6AM and working until 2:30 PM. So we shall see how it goes! Not feeling too much better this morning. I think I may have the Flu woke up with chills, body aches and a fever this morning. Ashley

Ouch, a double whammy between the fall and the flu. Take care of yourself.

I am a morning workout person, when I was a gym guy I'd go at 5:00, then in to work at 6:30. Now with run training and my carpool situation, I am still able to get out in the morning. It took a bit of adjustment when I started going to the gym, but after a few weeks it was second nature. I tell people to do the "5 minutes more a day" trick for a couple of weeks. Just go to bed 5 minutes earlier and wake up 5 minutes earlier each day. In a couple of weeks you've reset your internal clock a bit. But you do have to commit to it. I found that if I sleep late on the weekend, my Monday will suck. So late for me on the weekend is 6. Luckily, TW is an early riser as well which really helps.

The day to day consistency has been important for me too. Not just weekdays, but on the weekend. Whatever works, try to keep the sleep pattern as regular as possible every day. I've gone for long periods working out every morning to like now with entirely after work. Both have worked well and have depended on the consistency. Later works better now because Masters is so late for me. Mornings were getting too tough. Also trying to keep the week so regular that there is little to no need to "make up" sleep on the weekends. That doesn't work as well as we think.

Originally posted by awalden22

Originally posted by jmkizer

Originally posted by awalden22

Originally posted by blueyedbikergirl

Originally posted by cdban66

Monica, I noticed you have a timeline for moving. Do you have a destination yet? I hear it is lovely in the Orlando area this time of year...

We DO have a timeline for moving!  Though we're not sure if we'll be moving that timeline up by a year or not as neither one of us is all that enthralled with spending another winter in this crapola.  

Ideally, we'd like to be closer to my parents for when they live in Casa Grande, AZ during the winter - which sadly means that I don't think FL will fit that bill...  We're contemplating Austin (we may or may not have been looking at places in Austin already...), SoCal, or somewhere in AZ - just not sure which yet.  A lot will depend on what kind of job Tony can get, or if his current company would allow him to work remotely.  

Wherever we end up... NO MORE WINTER!!   

I am right there with you! I want to move out of the Midwest so very badly. I hate this season and I am getting tired of it. This year has been the worst in a long time. It's like winter will never end! And because of the stupid snow and ice and cold, I have had to put the brakes on training for a bit. Yesterday coming into my house from the garage I slipped and fell on some ice that was covered by snow on our sidewalk and fell completely on my left side and whacked my head really good on the pavement. Ouch! This is bad because my left shoulder isn't in the greatest of shape anyways and now it is just terribly painful. And my left leg and my left elbow hurt like hell (I have giant bruises). I really did a number on myself. I was so sore today, I couldn't even think about going to the gym. Plus it's so snowy and the roads are so bad it makes it almost impossible to get there anyways! Uggghhhhh will it ever be over? On a more positive note, I have switched my schedule at work to where I am going in earlier and leaving earlier 3 days out of the week so that I have more time in the afternoons to train. Super pumped about that! Ashley

Ouch!  Take care of yourself.  I hope that you are feeling better this morning.

Great news about the work schedule!  Chris and I both work until 4:00.  I think that it's awesome!  Plus I'm not a morning person and this gives me an hour or more before I have to actually speak to anyone

Oh, see I currently work until 4:30 and I don't like it. It's too late in the day to be heading to the gym after work. When I originally chose this schedule, my thoughts were I would go to the gym before work since they open at 5. And I did that for a few weeks, but now I am tired of it! I always had the option to say no I don't want to go to the gym this early, but now having to go to work that early, I don't have the option! I'm trying to trick my brain to where I can be the most productive with my day. So now 3 days a week I am going in at 6AM and working until 2:30 PM. So we shall see how it goes! Not feeling too much better this morning. I think I may have the Flu woke up with chills, body aches and a fever this morning. Ashley

Oh no!  Take care of yourself! 

Melanie,

The standing up icy trees are beautiful, not so for the ones on the ground.  I'm glad that it missed your car, sorry it hit your fence and glad that you have power back on.  Stay safe!

I don't have power yet.  The dogs and I are staying with my sister at my Dad's house.  Word on the street is that a tree took out one of the high-tension wires that requires a special crew to fix.  IDK, I'm still hoping for a quick fix while realistically realizing that it may be a while.

Oh no!  I figured that if you were sending email that you probably had power. I didn't realize that you were at your Dad's place!  I must have missed that.  At least you were able to get out.  It's extra good the tree didn't take out your car!

I'm on the internet now at work, shhh, don't tell!   Roads were better today, mostly.  Yesterday was so bad with falling things that cars were getting hit by trees while driving.  I heard one fellow from my area was on the Today show with his clip about getting nailed by a tree while driving in Lancaster city.

Obama just declared my county as a federal disaster area: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/obama-declares-lancaster-county-a-federal-disaster-area/article_851cb56a-8f60-11e3-8d16-0017a43b2370.html FUN!

Yowza - NICE!!

Amazing how much difference form makes in swimming (or lack thereof, in - ahem - certain cases).

Well done and congrats on a terrific PR!  Look out at the Oly's this year, huh?

Matt

Some of the worst weather we experienced was when we lived in and then just outside of Philly.  It's the only place I've a had a tornado rip out a window (my then 2 year old daughter's room!) and crush one of our cars!

Really hope you're back to normal (or what counts for it in this crazy winter) very soon.

Matt

The bolded is true for me, probably for all of us. Someday I'll get there 

Why oh WHY???? My stupid ankle is sore again! Its not nearly as bad as it was last time, but it is pretty sore...I am pretty sure that it was brought on by having to wear my super un-comfy rubber work boots---the last 3 days I was in the carnivore section, which, unless I WANT to walk around in wet pants, I need to wear the icky boots. Sadly, it means pain...lots of pain. Once I put on normal shoes with some support, the pain recedes--I bet that after a full day in normal shoes, I will be fine. It does worry me a bit though. 

Superfeet for your books!  Love the idea!

Well that sucks!

Places like Swimoutlet use MyUS.com for international shipping.  It looks like that would cost about $50 for 5 pounds.  Pfft.  I wonder if Wiggle will work for you?  Nevermind, it doesn't look like they carry either brand.

Surely we can solve this problem!

Heh, I love forum and text cross-posting ... Stace Face, we WILL get you sorted for shoes!

By the way, c h a i n rxn (spell reaction out) cycles . com ships selected runnies to Oz cheaply, Amazon most of them for about $20-$30 (expedited, there's no standard shipping to here).

Racing Manatees

February 8-9
Ann-Marie - Orlando Xtreme Half Marathon  on Saturday
Erin - CGRMC 5K on Sunday

Disabled list:
Melanie - strained hamstring (improving!)
Darren - shin splits and calf pain
Tom - right knee
Jen- shin splints and thyroid wackiness
Ashley - under the weather plus ice jumped up and grabbed her.
Kate - ankle

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