This Thursday my class starts again. Yeah. I'm so excited! Yes it's mainly social hour, but I have projects to work on! Many thoughts going through my head.

So I didn't blog about the 2x5K. I only did 1 since, yes, I'm injured. Sucks and I'm tired of blogging it. I'm sure you're tired of reading it. So on the 3rd, I did a 5K around the park. I kept thinking my Pasadena Half Marathonn time is going to suck. Then just after mile 2, I could feel that hamstring giving me problems. Kinda weird, sorta a pins-and-needles feeling. Hey-this new feeling took my mind off of other things. Is that sick when these new sensations are kinda interesting? Even if it is injury related? Hey it's new and different.

So Sunday a few of us decided to do a "leisurely" 48 mile bike ride from Duarte to Seal Beach. It was a great day for this ride. It was a bit humid, but other than that, it was great weather. Not too hot or sunny. And I loved the sites. I've lived here all my life and I couldnt' believe the number of houses with horses along this trail. Not just in South El Monte, but even further on. And Pico Rivera had a nice park that looks inviting. Hmm might have to find out which park that was and check it out. And the number of herons, many egrets, a huge flock of pelicans! And there's this section where they have a ramp down into the wash (I guess this is technically the San Gabriel River)! They encourage playing in the wash! I'm amazed! Wow the sites! I'm soooooo glad I did this.

Now for the kudos. Thanks Jane for getting this organized. And for those who hadn't been on a bike for a long time, you did great! Somehow sitting on the saddle for that many miles is a great feat in itself, let along peddling along for that distance. No complaining, no whining, no bitching. You are all great troopers! But what I would like to know is, with all the new technology available, can't someone make a saddle that is comfortable after mile 15? What do these Tour-de-France riders do? Can their butts be that calloused or numb? Oh what a thought. Mental note to self-work on biker butt before doing 48 miles again.

So I was asleep on the couch by 6 after this ride, barely awake to eat dinner. Must stay awake......Ok in bed by 7:15 and I was out!

OMG its been a month

It has been pointed out to me that it's been a while since I've blogged.  HMMM Why is that?  Let me think....maybe because I've been too consumed with other things like enjoying the life of a slacker, kinda.  I tapered working out because it was too stressful between D and me for me to be living a separate life while he was home dealing with his boys.  So back to "being there" which I am willing to do for us.  Now I'm stuck in this slacker mode.  No D it's not your fault.  I know these are my decisions.

Only working out 1 night a week (Friday night crossfit) seems to cause more harm than good.  Last Friday, doing handstands (without the pushups) caused me to pull something.  God knows what...hamstring...glut...something.  So for those of you sick people, my friends, out there who get a good laugh at another's expense, here's the visual the next morning.  I wake up, we all know the first thing we all do, and I have to lean because I can't put pressure on one side.  OK STOP LAUGHING!!!  Ok you can laugh a little.  Well OK a lot because I would be if it weren't me.

So that was my excuse for not doing anything last week.  So this Friday we go to crossfit.  I decide Barbara sounded doable.  And it is.  Or it would have been if I were working out on a regular basis.  I can normally pump out sit-ups, but not this time.  Each sit-up was hard.  And squats?  Normally I can pump those out, quick, 10 at a time, great.  Well  it serves me right for not working out regularly and getting cocky.  I completed Barbara, dead last, but I did it (Thanks Brad & Tracey), but I haven't felt that sick after a workout in a long time.  It took a long time afterwards for me not to think I was going to puke.  Now you know the one main reason I like to work out Fridays is for the Nosh afterwards.  That wasn't sounding at all appealing after this workout.  Good thing we drove to Zelos.  I needed all that time, and more, to feel better.

So the best part about Nosh is the company.  Love spending time with friends, Kel, Hope, and even John :)~  That is, and always will be for me, the best part of anything.

I've been glued to the TV watching the DNC.  I missed Kennedy's speech but heard it on NPR.  Gotta love listening to him.  And Clinton...well I always loved his speeches.  Barack, may I call him Barack, is the new hope for this country.  After all, he's so down to earth we must be on a first name basis, right.  You're one of us and we're one of you.  He says things that most politicians won't.  He points out that this journey will be hard and that it's not all the government's fault.  You, me, we all have to take responsibility for ourselves and our actions.  Parents must participate in raising their kids, not rely on the government to raise them, or blame others, the economic situation or the government for their misbehaviors.  But the government must help provide the opportunities or the tools for citizens to better their situations.  Yes I ramble.  But he makes me hopeful.  Something I haven't been about our government in a long time.  I hope he can do it.

OK last rambling.  In the paper today, on the same page, there was a caption that said "Incomes Drop, Spending Slow in July."  Yet another caption reads "Nintendo raises profit forecast."  Hmmm, people don't have as much money, but games are still selling.  D and I don't have cable because if we had it I would be glued to all the different programs instead of doing something else, something more productive, something healthier.  And no we don't have video games.   Yes they are just PROJECTIONS, but seriously, we all know there's a reason why a company states they are raising sales projections!   Is it just me or does something just not seem right.  People are complaining about how much everything is costing but still are spending money on toys.  I just don't get it.