Saturday, September 7
Mobility and stretching/yoga, 10 minutes on the TM attempting to speed up and walk like a normal person (as I used to tell my kids when we were holding hands and they were doing goofy shit: “walk like a person”), 5 on rower.
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Good to have you back on course! I mean that in as, glad your life is settling a bit and you are getting back to fun things and some regular-scheduled programming.
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Still here to talk if you want to throw around some ideas to help maybe take the edge off the suck - or just vent frustrations. Either way - you know how to get a hold of me!
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I have weird guy that doesn’t talk much until he warms up, then talks ways too much covered.
Sunday, September 8
I agree! I’m not where I want to be training-wise, but I’m starting to feel like myself again.
That fell completely off the radar for me, but yes! My husband is gone next weekend if that might work for team Quit Our Day Jobs.
I suspect we’ll be very well covered in talks to much. In fact, even my elementary school report cards noted it over and over again. “Emily is a delight, though can be a distraction to her neighbors.”
I just have really good stuff to say. I’m wicked fun at a meeting. Really. 
Today’s workout, such as it was, mobility work and yoga and a short hike.
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I’m really glad we don’t have those in my field. They would probably be a lot more fun and productive with people from other professions though. Like, I could be a stand in. 
Thats good though!
I have a long history of therapy and it has helped me tremendously.
I’m a fan, It’s frustrating that we are wired differently.
I feel like I drop a nugget on you and it clangs - you are different.
All good,
I will, of course, still follow and wish you the best.
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You’d like my meetings, I’m sure. Well, not all of them. The annual fire safety and other such meetings are a drag, and the annual whole-hospital “town meeting” one suuuuuucks (but for the last two we’ve have someone willing to go instead of see patients, so the rest of us don’t have to) (I can’t imagine being willing to give up patient time to sit in a giant yawn of a meeting, honestly, and I question any therapist who would make the other choice) (which is to say that I question my coworker, Steph, who is also out sick a great deal - what’s up with her?).
I think when I grouse or grumble, it feels more core or essential to you in reading. But it’s interesting to me nonetheless - because I rarely feel head-tilty when communicating with others. You’re an exception.
I was surprised by the anger that bubbled up - in many directions - through my ex-husband’s final month. Resentment and bitterness well beyond him, to include my kids and current husband and having to do with the ease with which people express negative feelings to or toward me vs. the giant come-undone that seems to result when I do it. I’ll probably have more come-undones of my own as a result, because I believe I may be tired of being easier-going than everyone else. I think a main difference between you and me may be that acceptance is easy for me and reaction/anger difficult, and for you it’s the opposite.
And I you!
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She…
I’m not saying she drinks at her desk because her desk would have to be with her at all times. Im just saying that they coincide.
I don’t trust anybody that uses potpourri in a can as body spray either. So thats strike 2.
And I don’t care if she’s a “country girl”. You can’t park in the flower beds. Strike 3.
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Monday, September 16
Husband distracted me and I forgot to weigh - it’s bad, though. Really bad! BUT, I did my first weights workout since maybe August 2nd. Very happy about that.
CG Ultimate Beginner Day 1. I decided to restart the program because I felt that I needed to go back down in weights to baby my back, and figure more talk about form won’t hurt me. I was almost done with the program (finished 14/20 workouts) and I want to move on to Iron in a good place in terms of weights and preparedness, which I don’t think I’d be doing if I moved on from where I left off. I’m trying to be okay with it - intellectually I know it’s not actually a setback, but it still feels that way. Anyway, I should be done with it by Halloween, and in a good place.
I also DEFINITELY have some recovery to do in terms of my weight. This weekend included a fair, a festival, a parade, cider making, and a kid’s birthday party. I look and feel pregnant. Husband left this morning and will only be home for a few hours on Thursday before leaving again, so I’ll have some time to organize my eating and workouts without the temptation and distraction he brings.
Feeling really pleased to be back at it.
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LOVE this!! 
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Good! I know how frustrating interruptions can be.
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Thanks, guys! I really am happy. The sciatica still twinges, but I think it’s stable now. Hopefully, anyway.
After the workout Buttons and I went for a short hike. She’s off the bench as well. We’d probably be out there still, but I didn’t bring enough water. We went to my current favorite rock:
Buttons likes it, too:
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Thats a beautiful spot!
Tuesday, September 17
Weight (ugh) 154.7
10 minutes treadmill, 10 minutes yoga/mobility work.
It really is! It’s only a half mile in, so we don’t stop there much, but yesterday’s plan was to read a book since husband wasn’t along. I’m taking the pics above from a nice, flat rock, which would have been an outstanding reading spot, but was also an excellent looking-up-at-the-leaves and Buttons-watching spot. Leaves were twirling down occasionally. I considered calling in sick to work today to go back, but decided it can wait three days.
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I can smell the late summer woods in that picture!
I’d be with Buttons, snooping around looking for shrooms. I can pack a lot of walking into a half mile. 
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Such a beautiful reading/watching Buttons spot.
Operation Quit our Day Jobs protocol should have required you to call in sick for more woods and dog time.
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I’m sure that’s the sort of thing @QuadQueen meant when she said “QUIT YOUR DAY JOBS AND ONLY EAT ONE CUP OF GRAPES OR YOU’LL STAY FAT FOREVER!”
I actually might have, but covid is going around at my clinic, and my boss is really neurotic (in a good, dedicated way) about there being some sort of mental health emergency for one of our collective patients and there be, like, NO ONE TO SEE THEM. Because we’re all out sick with covid at the same time.
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Thursday, September 19
Combination of light cardio and mobility/yoga, 30 minutes or so. I had miserable quad DOMS after Monday’s workout, which had become pretty unusual for me, as I’m rarely not pounding on my legs in one way or another. But six weeks of nothing = misery, I guess.
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But it’s a “good hurt”, right? lol
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