HILDEKQ'S Magnificently Motivational Mentor Group - CLOSED!! (Page 55)

Clearly, my survival instinct is malfuntioning.  Or malformed.  After today's earthquake (I am about 50 miles from the epicenter), during which I was watching the construction crane outside my bedroom window sway, my first thought was 'I wish I had been outside so I could see the ground rolling, and the buildings swaying."  

My second thought was "I wonder what that would have felt like if I was riding my bike?"

This weekend we have fun with Irene....

Here's another weird one for ya... I fly into SFO a lot, and I wonder what it would look like from the air when the big one hits. and have run various scenarios through my mind about landing when it happened... I wonder what it WOULD feel like on a bike? You'd probably think you had a flat!

Scarily similar, from almost exactly one year ago:

Anyone else have a bruised @$$ pic they'd like to share?

(Edited because they bleeped out the A word!)

Tammy and I have more we could share!!!  I have different views too....The love of sharing - ahhhhh I feel so warm now!

Guys, I need cyber hugs, this has been the day from H3LL... started off with a fall when I was running in the dark this morning, banged up the outside of my knee pretty good.  Got to school and FREAK OCD PE teacher wants to change our schedule and in spite of the fact that both the other music teacher and I told her we didn't like it, of course the principal did and it went through and we start on Monday.  Now I "get" to teach 28 PreKers for 45 minutes, 4 days a week... fun, so much fun.  AND our lunch went from a nice leisurely 45 minutes to 30 only we NEVER get 30, we're lucky to get 25.  The actual teaching part of the school day went pretty well and then I came home to find the kitchen ceiling had fallen in because the upstairs a/c overflow pan had gotten stopped up or something.

So Ron and I go upstairs to clean out the closet where the a/c unit is... the carpet is soaked, luckily only 2 cardboard boxes on it, but one is our 12 foot Xmas tree, prelit, so probably ruined.  We get that cleaned out and I go downstairs to go to the garage to get the wet vac, and my dog has died by the back door.  What the F**K, are you kidding???  So we stop everything, drop her off at the vet to get her cremated, and I'm just numb.  I can't even cry yet...  we stop at the grocery store and hubby asks what I want for dinner... um yeah, I'm really thinking about food right now. We come home, he starts working on the water upstairs while I clean the downstairs.  For now, everything is cleaned up, Ron's cooking dinner and I just want to forget everything and watch some trash TV before bed... thanks for listening my peeps, I love you all!!

Oh no! Big hugs!! 

I have not yet had to bury my pet, but I can't imagine the sadness. 

And WTF about your ceiling falling in!

And your crazy gym teacher! And...everything else. 

You definitely had a BAD day! I hope this is it. Hopefully the rest of the year will be smooth ceiling, because you met your quota!

Mindless, trashy TV is a good choice. Thinking of you!

Hilde, I'm sorry but you win the day from hell - I think we could have even have spread all that out and you would have won week from hell!!!!  That so sucks that your dog passed away - very sorry to hear about that!!!!  You'll have to post pics of the knee - add to our rough and tough MMMer library!!  Your kitchen looks horrible...ugh...having a historic house even makes that type of repair more difficult - ugh....But glad you didn't lose any pictures or irreplaceable stuff.  If you drank - I'd say you should have a Gin-n-tonic!! haha.......Hey, big hugs from me!!!!  Hang in there my friend, tomorrow will be better!!!

lmao!!?!?!  Wow apparently I've missed a lot in the forums!!!  Nothing like checking the forum only to find a half naked picture of wilson...while I'm holding back the vomit I'm sure you ladies are loving it!!!!!  Turtle perhaps you could give our photographer friend Wilson a lesson or two on how to take appropriate battle scar pictures

Brizzadd

Mom, I know you had a rough day...the kitchen looks like H3ll for sure....Just wanted to tell you I love you crazy lady, and I hope you're hanging in there.  The good news is this:  TOMORROW is girly night, and we've got nothing but room in the freezer for lots of Chocolate Ice Cream, and we can watch as many trashy movies as you want.  Daughter loves you!!!  Let me know if you need anything.

Wilson......NO you di-int!  LMAO; although I'd be pretty proud of those markings too. Tammy, yours looks insane as well.  And I'm getting involved in this mess why?!?! 

So clearly I should not demand anything from the cosmos.  Out for my bike ride this morning, got two miles down the road (against a wicked headwind) and realized my left pedal was feeling a little odd, like my cleat was loose.  I went to unclip, and the pedal came right off with my shoe!  Luckily, I was already moving pretty slowly, so it wasn't a big deal to coast on over to the grassy part and hop off.  Unfortunately, my tool kit does not include a pedal wrench.  Fortunately, I was about a half mile from my firehouse, so I walked down the road.  Unfortunately, none of the wrenches we have will help tighten the pedal, and I'm unwilling to ride the few miles home on a loose pedal. 

BUT!  We have utility vehicles at the station.  I can grab the keys and run home, grab my pedal wrench, bring the utility back, fix my bike and be on my way.  Again, bad luck struck and the keys are locked up in the chief's mailbox.  I do have a key for the mailboxes, but it is....at home.  And now, it's downpouring and storming.  Home is just a bit too far to walk in bike shoes, and my chief won't be around town for another hour. 

At least the wind has died down.  If I can get my bike fixed, I can ride without feeling like I'm being pushed backwards...

That was my other thought.  It could have been much much worse.  Yes, today has been very much a comedy of errors kind of day.  CLearly the cosmos does not like to be challenged, but when taking it's revenge, has a sense of humor.  

Hope everyone who's week has been hellish is having a better day!  Are any of the MMM'ers in the path of Irene (we are, potentially, but we are far enough inland that it shouldn't be too bad...)? If so, stay safe and hunker down!

Wilson - I am in the opposite position as you.. I am starting to feel little to no motivation.  The race I asked you all about the other day has been officially cancelled.  They are offering refunds, or I could transfer the race fee to a local race at the end of September, but I would have to ware a wet suit.  Which I really don't want to do. I think earlier in the summer I would have been eager to do another race, but with the weather changing I feel more like hiking outside, than swimming.

As for your eagerness to do another race this year... I guess my only caution for you is that with all that your body has been through, it might be wise to start working with your trainer on some of you longer term bigger goals and forsake the short term stuff.  I know you are missing the thrill of racing, but the payoff might be much greater for you if you kick on something really big a little further down the road.

Jen- glad you didn't crash.  I think that was the least scary "bike incident" I've read about from the MMMers lately.  And glad you were able to fix it fairly easily too.

Wilson - I agree with the other ladies. There's no point in punishing yourself in another race. The results could be more injuries that would take longer to heal or even put you out permanently. I learned when I injured myself to train smart. If you aren't ready, there will be another race. There always is. And I think we saw what happens when you challenge the universe. It bites you in the a@#!  Just think of how strong and healthy you will be next year. You will kick the seasons and finish that Oly strong knowing you did your best. 

Either way, good luck with your decision. You are definitely tough. You even have the bruises to prove it!

Wilson, speaking as someone who has ignored minor injuries, only to have them bite me in the later, you might want to give yourself some time to heal.  Then again, you seem a bit nutty anyway, so....

TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope everyone has a GREAT relaxing weekend.  No injuries, no bad luck with the weather those of you facing the hurricane, and no heat stroke for some of us!!!  Today I have internet at school so I plugged in the kids so I could print at school and not waste MY ink and paper, and that means I'll go home with nothing to do schoolwise, yippee!

Hubby and I have adjusted well to just having 3 dogs now, kind of relief not to have to clean up pee and poo from the sick doggie.  Ron is getting estimates from homeowner's about fixing the kitchen ceiling, and then we will call AHS to find out about the a/c.  It's not supposed to be a secret to find the place you clean out the tube so it doesn't back up and overflow the drip pan!  The folks that remodeled our house from its 1896 state with modern wiring/plumbing/central air and heat/ drywall were cheapos, you can just tell.  God knows WHAT we'd find if we starting looking in the walls!!  Crap work all over the place!  But he has a plan to rip down the ceiling drywall, cover the rafters with plywood and then put up a tin ceiling, which would look AWESOME!!!  So maybe a blessing in disguise!

Girlie nite with Kati tonight... trash TV/movies and junk food.... Booyah!