It was really nice here yesterday, in the mid-50's, so I took the bike out for a spin. Haven't fired it up in a while, and it was good to get back out the road. I went downtown & bought a new pair of running shoes to help keep me motivated. I ran in them for the first time this morning, and I can't believe how much better I felt afterward, compared with the old shoes. The guy at the store told me I could probably still get a hundred or so more miles out of the old ones, so I'm going to hang onto them for a bit, maybe split my runs between the two pair, at least until I break in the new ones. After that, I'll probably only wear the old ones on slushy days where my shoes might get really messed up.
So, as far as the running goes, I hit 8 days in a row this morning; started off with 2 mile runs, and about 0.35 mi. warmups/cool-downs. Saturday (and this morning) I went for 2.7, and hope that within the next week or two, I'll be back up to 3-4 daily. I've never run every day before, so I'm curious how I'll react to it long-term. I'm going to give this 3 weeks before I try to start any other workouts. Even though I'm not really eating well right now (butter pecan ice cream, anyone!?) I'm losing a bit of weight, and looking a little thinner. Over the next couple weeks, I'm going to try to dial in my eating, keeping my calories at a certain level, but eating much healthier foods. Another good thing I did is pretty much drop the diet mountain dew. I'd been buying two 2-litres every few days or so, which didn't hurt me at all on calories, but the carbonation & Ph levels are really bad, both for my teeth, and for my overall body Ph. I'm drinking peppermint tea, coffee, the occasional 'powerade zero', and a lot of generic-type crystal-lite-ish low-cal mix. Oh, and a lot more water.
Also, I've not had a drink since... hmm... maybe 10-12 days ago? I'll have to check my journal. I've been struggling with the desire to go out most evenings, and last night was a tough one. I really wanted to go, since I was going to take the bike, but I dragged my feet, kept watching tv & eventually, it was too late for me to go & get home at a reasonable time, so I just went to bed. It's really lonely doing this, but I know it'll be better for me in the long run. I just hope I can keep that in mind for a few months. My friend Mo is going to be coming back to town next month & she said she'd call me so I can join her for a yoga class or two. I've been wanting to do this forever, so it should be fun. It'll also be a good chance to expand my social circle (if I keep going & actually talk to people!) I'm really looking forward to it, but i think I'd better start practicing some of the basic poses now. I've done some before, but my flexibility leaves much to be desired! I don't want to totally embarrass myself in the class, ya know! :-P
Oh, and I managed to come up with another instrumental song on the guitar a couple nights ago - fairly simple song (four chords, well, three really, with a variation on one of them), but should be pretty easy to put words/singing to (I hope). I can't wait until I can get one finished to the point that I'm actually satisfied with it! Once I get over that "block", I think things will start coming together a lot faster.
I slacked on working on the car this weekend. One of the first things I do tonight when I get home is going to be working on finishing the spark plug change! After that, it's just a matter of swapping out old hoses & waiting for the fuel rails/injectors to come back. Once that happens, I should be able to get it back together in a week or so (unless, of course, by that time I've forgotten where everything goes! I hope I still have the pictures I took!).
Lastly, I'm seriously considering writing to CC sometime this week to see what her plans are for the holiday. I'm sure she'll be spending it with the new guy, but the idea that she might possibly end up spending it alone will nag at me if I don't at least ask. If she doesn't have plans, I'm thinking of asking if she'd like to join my family for dinner. Does that seem out of line at all? I mean, on one hand, it seems like a "b/f" thing to do, but on the other, it seems like a nice thing to do for someone who might otherwise not have anyone with whom to enjoy the holiday.
(Oh, and I'm still crushing pretty hard on the work-girl. I'm going to have to come up with a nickname for her sometime...)
11:48 a.m. - 2010-11-22
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