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frustration
Last August I took Gus camping. While up in the woods I was running gleefully along the trail when I stepped on a root hidden in the grass and violently twisted my foot. It hurt for a few days, then felt better, so I went out and ran a 5k race on Labor Day. That hurt a lot, so I didn't run for another two weeks, then I did a couple miles. More pain ( Read more... ) -
ok so that is not going to work!
The whole raw fruit only thing I mean. Yeah, I did one day and felt pretty good about it but then today even though I ate a giant fruit smoothie for breakfast I was STARVING within 2 hours, and also craving bread. Now I've read that cravings are a sign of food addiction, but I'm not too sure I believe that. Maybe 'man shall not live on bread alone ( Read more... ) -
back again?
So yeah, I canceled the spartan stub journal. After a bit of it I decided the Spartan Race was way too cult-like for me. Much like Cross-fit. The cultist camps each believe that their way is the ONLY way, the BEST way, to get in shape ever. I'm not down with elitism so I quit that idea. I kept running though, until I stupidly hurt my foot running/ ( Read more... ) -
uh, hi!
Yeah, two years since I posted here. Just came by to say if anyone still has me on RSS or anything that I am posting again, only this time it is (so far) ONLY about working out, over at http://spartan-stub.livejournal.com/. Anyway I've been posting for a month so it seems like I might actually ( Read more... ) -
quick update
I have not forgotten about finishing Toby's story. That first part took me six hours to write/scan photos/upload....I haven't had the time to sit down and do it again. Well, to be honest I have had TIME, but when it's warm and sunny out and I'm not walking dogs I've been out digging in the dirt, mowing the grass, digging stumps, cleaning the garage ( Read more... ) -
Toby's Story, part I
In September 1994 I was living in Alameda, California. Right on the beach, in an apartment with my boyfriend and some other people. I had a job as a diesel mechanic at UPS in Oakland, I was only months from completing a 4-year apprenticeship there and in December would have become a journeyman mechanic with REALLY good pay. I had lots of friends, I ( Read more... ) -
Homer love
I don’t really have time for updating this week, but I don’t want to forget this ( Read more... ) -
Toby
I apologize for the maudlin last post. Everyone has lost someone they love, I am not special just because I loved Toby beyond reason. I never wanted to write a death story when he died, I wanted to write a life story. I was going to do that tonight and scanned a bunch of pictures, but I kind of ended up writing it as captions to the pictures. So it ( Read more... ) -
the end of an era
Toby died while I was at work yesterday morning. It was raining, and I buried him under the apple tree. The rain brought apple blossoms down in and on his grave as I filled it. It was a bit of poetry in nature that helped me ( Read more... ) -
Wherein Toby gets better
You probably know that last summer Toby had liver failure. The vet said it might have been caused by him taking aspirin, which I had been giving him for a year or so, for his arthritis. Therefore, we switched him to Deramaxx, a NSAID for dogs. He was able to do four or five months on just 25mg/day, ¼ of a pill ( Read more... )