I am so very sorry guys!
Life has just been crazy busy the last MONTH (!) and the blog has
suffered as a result. That is not to say
that I haven’t been writing, because I have!
I just haven’t posted any of it. I
have a few race recaps almost ready to go, just need to type them up and add
pictures as they are currently handwritten.
What has been going on with me? I’m sure you’re curious. Haha. So,
let me do my best to get you all caught up on the last month of my life and all
the happenings. When I was handwriting
this post, I wasn’t sure of the date of my last post, but after logging onto my
blog today, I discovered it’s been almost an entire month. Eek!
Like 3 Thursdays ago, I had gone for a run in the spirit of multitasking, I threw my
laundry in the washer with plans to toss it in the dryer when I was done with
my so that it would be finished by the time I went to work. Well, I got home from my run to find that my
washer was still full of water and was refusing to drain or spin cycle. Great.
I thought I remembered someone had once told me that so long as the lid
stayed shut it would be fine. So I left
it as it was and went to work.
After my regular shift that night, I was making my way to my
overtime assignment. I was in the left
lane and there was a car in the lane to my right. All of a sudden he signaled and cut me
off. I had no time to react to avoid
colliding with him. Thankfully, 1) he
pulled over, 2) he had insurance, and 3) both him and his passenger were really
nice. So, that was a fantastic day…not. At least my car was drivable. However I couldn’t open the passenger door
and if I went over a bump my finder would rub on my tire.
That night, I made my claim with insurance and scheduled my estimate
for the following Monday. I arrived Monday
and they went ahead and kept my car, siting that there could be damage to the
suspension system making it very unsafe to drive. Not sure if that was BS or not, but
whatever. I went to Enterprise and got
my rental. A 2016 Chevy Impala. If you own this make, model and year, I apologize,
but I absolutely hated it. HATED
it. Seriously, the only things I liked
about it were the giant trunk and that the power plugs stayed on when the car
was turned off. Not kidding, I totally
hated it.
Okay, back pedal to that Saturday. Bootcamp.
We did something called “wall walks.”
If you’re a crossfitter, then you’re already familiar with them. If not, here’s the low down. You start in the pushup position with your
feet against the wall. You lift your
feet up and place them on the wall (this is called an inverted plank, in case
you were wondering). Then you walk your
hands toward the wall and your feet slide up the wall until you’re doing a
handstand against the wall. You touch
your nose to the wall and then walk your hands back out until you’re back in
the pushup position. I am in love with
them. I thought about them the entire
week following our first doing them and was VERY happy when the following Saturday
they were part of our workout again! I even
tried to do one at work, but it didn’t work out, sadly…because my work boots
had no grip to the sole so I couldn’t get my feet to stay up against the wall
in the inverted plank position. I’ll
have to figure out a way to do them at home.
I don’t have any free wall space, but maybe I can use my front
door? Maybe not, I don’t think the
ceiling in my entry way is tall enough. I
might be able to close my bedroom door and do them there, the ceiling in there
is way taller. Or, I can go to the
fitness room in my apts. Options…I have
them…maybe. Haha.
Karaoke last Sunday went quite well with the exception of
one song that I totally bombed. One of
the regulars, a guy named Casey, told me that he loved my voice. YAY!
then, another guy had me sing with him, but I didn’t know it until the
KJ called him up on stage…with me to assist!
It was Summer Lovin’ from Grease.
I sang 3 new-to-me songs so I’m happy with that.
My car was originally schedule to be complete last Friday afternoon,
but Tuesday I woke up to a text from the body shop that my car was ready! OMG! So
I happily dropped off the hated rental only to be told that if I wasn’t happy I
could have come in at any time and they would have swapped me out for a car I liked
better. Well wouldn’t that have been
nice to know. the to go get my car. They washed her and did a basic detail on the
interior. They replaced the front
bumper, right front fender, wheel, tire, some brackets and supports, heat light
and some other things. She looks
beautiful again! I was so happy to have
her back that I literally cried as I was driving away from the body shop.
I’m all over the place here.
Thursday before last, I had a great 4 mile run. Completed 4 miles in under 39 minutes. Not bad for someone that hadn’t run in 8
days! (of course, right now, it’s been
over 1.5 weeks since I ran…ugh)I was going to run or hit the gym last Sunday,
but that didn’t happen. Then I was going
to run last Monday but was so tired that I slept straight thru my alarms!
Last weekend, I went ahead and bought a new printer. It’s not the one I was originally looking at,
but it’s its little brother…basically. It
is missing some features that the other one has, but they are nothing that I need. Also it prints just 2-4 pages slower per
minute. Whoop-de-do. Big deal.
It was $65 less, so I went ahead and got it. I love it but am still figuring it out, of
course. In fact this past weekend I had
my first paper jam because I didn’t realize I needed to change the paper type
when using photo paper instead of regular paper because I didn’t have to do
that with the Canon. OH! So this new printer is an HP something 8710
(but the box says 8715…who knows). Anyway,
I love it.
I might have found someone to be an occasional running
buddy! We’ll see how our schedules work
out.
I decided that after my road trip, that I will 1) go ahead
and buy a new washing machine and 2) sign up for the Gold’s Studio package so I
can do the Gold’s Fit classes. I just
have to decide if I want to do 1 or 2 classes per week (4 or 8 classes a
month). I’ll have to look up the pricing
and then decide. I’d love to do twice a
week, but really, it just depends on the price.
I bought more dresses…surprise, surprise. But, I only took a picture of 1 of them. It's white with sketch-style roses is
my absolute favorite.
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