Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 84)

What's even better is that I texted you in the middle of it, whining.

FWIW I'm 3/3 for gettin' the jogo on. I don't really know how to log stuff like meditation but in any case I also did 35min of yoga.

Originally posted by amd723 I feel so left out not being part of the Jogo challenge , so I'm pretending like I am. 8 mile run this morning.

Do what you can! It's not like 29/30 will be all for naught.

Originally posted by rrrunner

Originally posted by brigby1

Originally posted by amd723 I feel so left out not being part of the Jogo challenge , so I'm pretending like I am. 8 mile run this morning.

Do what you can! It's not like 29/30 will be all for naught.

Clearly you underestimate the level of OCD in this group

I think I'm the offset ...

Originally posted by rrrunner

Originally posted by brigby1

Originally posted by amd723 I feel so left out not being part of the Jogo challenge , so I'm pretending like I am. 8 mile run this morning.

Do what you can! It's not like 29/30 will be all for naught.

Clearly you underestimate the level of OCD in this group

Perhaps, but you clearly do not comprehend mine yet.  Take a look at December & January entries and then realize I'm actually rather disappointed in myself there.

Race done. And since I was already sweaty, I did heavy yard work for three hours. I definitely over did it. I am burnt and exhausted.

Race went well. I was hoping for better, but my goal was unrealistic for me, considering the course. The good news is that it was tougher than the 10k trail I did last fall, and I improved my pace by about 30 seconds a mile. 3/6 in my age group, which was nice.

Oh, and I was pace booty for some guy! lol So funny. I guess I need to start wearing my wedding ring to races. He wasn't exactly hitting on me, but he sure chased me down and then he was all "Can I run with you for a while?" Is that a new pick up line?? (I colored my hair again, so I do look younger again, I guess.)

I dropped him after chatting for about five minutes. On a hill. I'm too fast for him.

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by brigby1Hate it when the swim suit hasn't dried out from the previous workout ...

As long as you didn't put them in the freezer....

No, but it didn't seem that far off!

S, B & R today. Getting more effective use of bike time. Other two were just putting more time in. Still have a lot of energy, but learning more and more that this is just fine.

Well, maybe if we were in Canada, but these are good ol' WA state dogs :-).

Originally posted by StaceyK So race done and I'm happy with how it went. It was a 4k (very strange distance) between it and the 12km there was 29,500 people entered and the place was packed. I ran the whole way so goal 1 achieved. I did it in under 30minutes (Salty stop laughing ) so goal 2 achieved too. So with the run and the 4-5km I walked getting there and home - Jogo done. Oh also we had coffee after and I nearly ordered a chocolate and strawberry muffin then I remembered day 1 of no chocolate so had orange and poppyseed instead and felt really good about it, enjoyed it and didn't miss the chocolate even though the other lady with me had some. So YAY for me on that one.

I hear ya on goal 1 and 2!  And as for chocolate, yep I hear ya on that too!

So bloomin well done love!

CONGRATULATIONS STACE FACE!

and those are some nice shiny new hooves!

OOOHHHH, pretty new Brooks shoes too

Nuttin' too special to report today. Mostly quiet Sunday at home. Helluva thunderstorm in the afternoon, but then it just settled down to driving rain. So, I drove myself out in it ... with my legs. For a couple hours.

The first hour was unbearably hot--steamy, foggy, soaked, supersaturated tropical deluge--then after the sun went down it felt chilly. Came home and had me TWO hot chocolates, which warmed me heart and soul.

Also, running with soaked shoes and socks feels like two cement bricks at the end of your legs.

Not that I've ever had two cement bricks at the end of my legs, although I'm quite sure some people would have liked to see that. While I was in a pond.

Aw poor pookie.

Great to hear about the rest of your visits--and you know while my heart/stalking belongs to DS 2 I am happy to accept pictures of anyone

Oh sigh. I am down.

I should probably rant more--and the deepest appreciation to those who let me --I just don't. And honestly, for the most part I'm happy, from the inside out. Whatever happens around or to me doesn't change that.

Anyway as most of you know I have a lot on my plate right now (understatement city!). I'm also looking at being primary caretaker for Mutti for a week--it's only a week, I know--but she's really taken a downturn lately and so we'll be doing Tour de Idiot Specialists to try and figure out why and if/what to do.

I do spend a fair amount of time on BT, far less than usual, but it's part of letting off steam so I don't explode and my poor siblings will have to scrape me off the ceiling with spatulas.

Things (externally) have actually gotten worse--I'm just too tired to keep up with the dental floss list, so to speak.

I'm also doing my level best to try to keep some semblance of my important friendships, but the truth is that right now I have to prioritize family and those employees that have become like family--I'm not going to have their livelihoods ruined if I can help it because of the bad apples.

What pushed me over the edge tonight is that I called one of my closest friends, we hadn't spoken in a few days, to see how he was doing, to let him know I'd been thinking of him and praying for him. Not to rant--and I didn't--but really just for him. He ranted to me ... ABOUT ME. First by being sarcastic about my calling; "I'm shocked," he said (I call every week no matter how much my life is in the shytter. The last time he called me was right after my dad died). And little things ... that I haven't "liked" his new business on Facebook yet (REALLY?!?!?) and that I discouraged him from contacting my sister for business reasons.

I'm extremely protective of my sister under the best of circumstances--she's a celebrity, carries a great deal of weight, is super busy, and everybody always wants something from her. Right now every major area of her life is extremely challenging (to put it mildly) even more so than mine.

I realize that his outburst was about him and where he is at and that he clearly is in some pain. Like I said to Jo about her trainer--it ain't you, it's him. Nevertheless, I'm really, really hurt. This is a person in the very closest circle of friends.

That said, I'm this hurt because it is unusual (obviously if it were usual the friendship would not have happened/lasted/be close). So we'll see what happens. The way I see it the ball is in his court--after tonight, I am really not inclined to reach out to him for any reason, so if anything is to happen it'll have to come from him. I hope it does; I believe it will. We've both seen each other make some pretty bad mistakes, as human beings, and we're quick to try and earnestly set things straight.

Still, it just effing hurts. I was ready to be a friend, I could really use a friend, and this was uncalled for in any circumstance.