Thursday, June 30, 2011

It Don't Take Long

So on Tuesday I was having this marvelous day.  I worked, and sandwiched around work were 2-3.5 mile runs.  I also cut the grass.  All I wanted to get done I got done.  After this Lisa and I were sitting outside enjoying a real nice weather day.  Her reading, and me having a beer.  I guess our little dog has been having a problem with the much bigger puppy.  Starting fights with the puppy.  This is a mismatch unheard in the realms of history.  This type of aggression of the little dog will only lead to one thing.  So called little dog's neck severed from the body by bigger puppy.  This has happened a few times.  Well several actually.

On this occasion I had to take Hope out of the area, once I first got his jaws to ungrip from Cammies head.  Yeah, it was fucking ugly.  First time I have seen this, Lisa is usually the one around when this happens.  When I grabbed Hope, Cammie lunged for her and clamped down on Lisa's wrist.  It was a pretty shitty bite.  Deep, and swelling, and worst of all it hurt Lisa a lot.  To the point where she was sitting on the kitchen floor crying from the pain.  Trust me, I have seen Lisa cry like 5 times in her life.  Doesn't happen.  As a husband last fucking thing you want to see.  So we took her to the hospital.  She saw 87 people in 18 hours to get a vicodin, clean her up, and send her on her way.  Pretty good system they got going.  :)

That ended that night, so I got to bed later than normal.  booooooo.  We have tough decisions.  Well, the decision has been made.  We think Cammie is old, senile??  stupid???  unhappy???  She has some health issues, and itches 95% of the time.  She weighs like 25 lbs, and 50 of the pounds is hair.  Allergies???  Who knows.  There is only one road this leads to though, and it is a come home to a dead fucking dog road.  On Friday we will do the more humane thing.  We'll put her down.  Who knows the thoughts of a dog??

Cammie is a barking dog.  Barks at every damn thing under the sun.  It is a loud annoying bark too, so he was never my favorite dog, but didn't mean I didn't like him.  Problem is Lisa likes him a lot, so that part of the situation has me worried.  I didn't like seeing her face after we put Milo the cute rabbit down.

So that sucks.  I missed speed work last night.  I pretty much planned not going anyway after work.  Good thing too, because I went to bed at 4:30 last night.  :)  I'll double up on my run to and from work again today. 

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  Maybe a lesson there huh??  You can have a perfectly planned day, but still life can throw a curve ball at you huh??  Oh well, the Yankees still suck.  :)

Love You All!!   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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Extras for Lisa...  my wife.  Not sure if I know any other Lisa's anyway.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Not that she would ever see it.  :)  Just so you know though.  :)

Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D 

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Rainy Days And Mondays...

Good Morning.  Best intentions all for nothing.  That is what a rainy day, and a Monday will get you no less.  Someone should make a song having something to do with rainy days and Mondays.  I bet it'd be a good one.  :)

Not that I had much planned, but I wanted to cut the grass, and I was just biking to and from work.  Lisa and I planned on cooking something on the grill too. Seemed like a nice day, and then the rain came.  Lisa was still at the store at 1:10, and it was still raining, so I decided to drive home with her, and throw my bike in the car.  I could tell on Lisa's face it was a nap day for her, and I had absolutely nothing I wanted to do.  Nothing.  So I wouldn't say I was down or anything, but just didn't want to do nothing.  It was a crappy day, and there was nothing to do.  That is what we did.  :)   Glam life club baby!!!   :)

Plan today is double up on the run.  Run to work, and run back from work.  I haven't tried the double in a few years.  I have been thinking about it though as a way to increase mileage, and I am a trial by error kinda guy, so we will try that.  It is a way for me to get a 7 miler in, without running 7 consecutive miles.  With a nice walking cool down for 8 hours or so on concrete.  Might be something to it, and it will mean I do speed work on slightly fatigued legs, which should just make me stronger.  In theory anyway.  We'll see.  I'll try and do the lawn and cookout tonight. 

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  Thanks Tia, and Tammy S.  :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D

Monday, June 27, 2011

Good Morning all. :)

Hi, I hope we all are well.  I am going to gets me a bit of coffee, cuz I likes it first thing in the morning.   :)

Okay where to start where to start.  Well most important thing is I feel bad for my friend Tia.  She is one of the Kminek's and you know I think the world of them, and they have been through a lot etc...   I found out yesterday one of her friends who died, did so at his own hands.  Some people are like that.  Where it is too much.  Let's face it on any given day life can be boring at times.  She said he always always commented on her motivational quotes she likes to use.  I think life is many times hard.  If you aren't the type to be open and honest than you keep a lot of stuff to yourself.  Remember I used to always feel a bit under pressure to be the life of the party kinda guy, but still underneath that facade was sadness, that really no one knew me.  I think I just realized now that maybe, and actually probably you know what???  I didn't know myself.  Over my years and years and years, I have a pretty good idea of who I am.  A good idea of who I am capable of being.  I think the long and short of it is we have to come to terms with all our shortcomings.  Realize we as people are really pretty weak.  We can walk on the moon and split an atom, but there are still things inside us we'd like to hide from people.  Really the only reason to hide stuff is afraid of being judged.  There really is no reason to judge, cuz like I said we all are just as fucked up as you, and ya know.  We'd be a good support staff, cuz we ain't perfect either. 

I think this can be a long train.  A lot of bloggers out there, and I surely ain't going to read them all, but like I said if you see someone open up, or a bit down help support.  We all are weak in many ways, and we can try it going alone, but it would be a lot easier with help.  We have enough examples of that. 

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!    :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  I ran a little 3 miler, and probably low 9:00 pace.  I didn't log it, and I threw a 1/4 mile tempo I believe in the middle.  For the heck of it.  :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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Giving extras for Tia  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo   she needs 'em. 

I am adding Tia to Steve R's thing too, and to xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo  She like everyone else needs support, and I'd like to do my little share every day I blog.  :)

Now for really really cya cya cya   :D    :D 

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Busy Day...

First off, I ran long yesterday.  I haven't been getting many long runs in, but I felt confident.  I ran to the school to meet up with the group.  We have less people than normal, but a lot of the mainstays.  Bob, Kevin and Matt were the fast people.  Amanda and Christa went out with their group.   Let it be known I used to be fast enough to hang with those two, but they have since passed me.  I'll try and catch up again.   I went out with Mike H. and Carol and Nancy W. went out together.  Mike is training for Ironman Louisville.  It will be his first, and ay ay ay!!  How people want to do those is beyond me.  I mean the day is going to be over 12 hours long.  He had to run 17 miles that day too,  #YIKES  I am so not ready for a 17 miler. 

Anyhoo after the first stop, John Emil caught up to us.  You remember him the 67 year old who was really 66, and my guess now turned 65 just recently.  :)  He recovered from an aneurism a few years back, and had open heart surgery.  He did the Disney trifecta this past winter, and is now training for a  50 mile race somewhere.  He is running around 70 miles/week, and you know he has been known to get up to 90 miles, but I think he says he stays more healthy doing 70 or so.  Even if I could stay healthy, I don't know if I would ever want to run 70 miles.  I like running, and I like improving, but I don't think I like running that much.  :)

Anyway John, and I let Mike go his way, and we took off back home at our turnaround.  Like I said I was not sure how far I would go.  I had mapped out close to 13 miles, but at our last stop, I decided to just run home instead of back to the school and back home.  Playing it safe.  My run was over 90 minutes, and it was 10.4 miles @ 9:15 pace.  A good start.  We'll see if I get my running volume up to run the G.R. marathon, or if I will focus on a 1/2 marathon, and build speed.  We will see. 

It felt good to be back to my normal'ish self again.  :)  I also rode my bike to work and back, and worked 4 hours.  I had a couple drinks, some pizza, and an early bed, as I guess long days of running, working, and drinks make you tired.  :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!    :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  As I mention Doreen and Jules everyday, I also add Brandy  *the girl*  She seems like a crazy fun girl, and she reminds me of Boston Kim.  So there.   :)

Love You All   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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My legs feel pretty good, so going to get another run in.   :)

Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D 

Saturday, June 25, 2011

This Boring Old Blog...

Well here is what I have been thinking.  I was thinking lately that my blog gets boring.  Writing day after day after day, and people don't read every day.  Oh well.  Anyway I just read Nancy O'Toole's blog, and it was a good one as usual.  Obviously some things on her mind, and maybe she is a bit annoyed at someone or something.  Anyway due to age difference, and her parents thinking I am an internet creeper dude, my comments are not allowed on her site, but here is my comment: 

Great little update.  It seems you are a bit annoyed at someone.  Hopefully not me.  :)  You are right though, we all are different.  We are not our parents, and we are not the movie stars, heck the movie stars are actually different than who they play on TV.

I don't know if you ever watched Weeds, but the intro is kinda how society tries to lead people.  Everyone get a house in the suburbs, all the kids being the same, houses are the same.  People wear the same clothes, and etc...  Underneath all the facade is sex, and drugs, and murder,  etc...  Real life stuff.  Not the fake exterior people put on.

As Always great blog Nancy.  :)

I swear I think Nancy always gets the best comments.   :)  I know the last one was a doozy, about becoming smarter and brighter, and better, than how the world and society would lead you.  Anyhoo, let me get some coffee. 

Okay I am back.  Now this blog gets weird folks, and I apologize for that.  Do you think there may be two avenues??  One the weird unique beautiful flower path, and the weed path.  The weed path leads to anger, and unhappiness, and a WOAH,  I am 70 years old, I can barely walk, but I am still shopping for a freaking hammer for some damn reason, and some Free after rebate hand cleaner, and pumpkin seeds, and 2 for $3 air freshener at the local lumberyard??  :)  The weirder people are the weed people, they just don't fucking know it.  :)

I'll give you something about me.  When I feel insecure, and like people don't like me, etc...  Wanna know what I do??  I shrink back into a position of strength.  My position of strength is Lisa.  It is Olga,  "I trust you... trust me"  BTW I trust Nancy as much as Olga too.  I also shrink back to my promise, and that really is as strong of a position that anyone can be in, although not all believe me on that.  It is those things that make this blog weird though huh??

One other thing, on the Iz night???  I had absolutely no control of what I was doing.  I get very very low if I have to take stuff like that... that kind of sadness.  It is when we are honest with ourselves and our lives where I would not have to do that for people.  It is when we continually lie to ourselves, where we will not deal with stuff.  We have to look at it.  This is for bloggers too, if someone opens up, and sheds layers the comment rate better be way above 10%.  Support people support.   Remember Kim Kim Kim's post a few ago.  She was down down down, and all the big guns came to her support, and it helped her a lot. 

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  Runnin with the group today!!!

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D 

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Hitting The Track

First track workout for a while.  I assumed we were running hills, so I was pretty happy.  I figured I'd run to meet the group, and run to the hills, which are right by my house.  Run the hills, and walk home, while everyone else had to run back to the H.S.  :)   Nope We were on the track.  That means it would have been a 4 mile wu/cd.  Never did make the run home though.  Tell you about it later. 

As you can imagine, I had no idea how fast I was... at all.  I haven't fixed my watch.  I should find it, I think it is in the kitchen somewhere.  :)   My plan???   No idea.   I decided to follow Nancy Wooley who usually isn't too far from running 8:00 min. pace for 800's, usually a bit quicker.  I only know a couple of mine, so I ended 7:30-7:40 pace for the 800's from what I know.  After a while my active recovery was getting less and less active.  As a matter of fact, I did not know how I was going to go on after 4.  I walked the 200 there, and felt fine to finish.  I have no idea the times, but assume it was close to the same.  I felt pretty good the last 2.  How that happens I don't know.  :)   I felt like death after the 4th. 

Anyway there was a going away party for MWMFN.  He has a PHD in Genetic Farming or something like that, so he is moving to Hawaii to turn sand, and volcano ash into Green Peppers.... or something like that.  So Bob hijacked me to go.  I planned on running home.  I didn't bring my wallet or change of clothes or anything.  He bought the beer, and Alan bought us a car bomb.  :)   Yayyyyyyy Thursday!!!!   :)

Legs aren't trashed, and good to be doing speed again... I guess.  Already worried for next Wednesday.  :)

Plan on running 12 on Saturday.  YIPPPPEEEEEEEE!!!   :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  I may need to find a place to hide today, so I can sleep a few hours on the clock.   Don't tell anyone at work.  :)))

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Life Is Not A Spectator Sport!!

I don't think.  You know what made me think of that??  There was no announcement of running group starting, and I was like hmmmm.  What does that mean??/  No announcement for me???  None for anyone.  No Running group???  So I woke up this morning, and there was an announcement.  So I guess there will be running group. 

Here are some things about me.  At 10:00 am, I have all these ideas of things I want to do around the house when I get home.  By 1:30-2:00  I don't want to do them.  That is the time when I leave work.  Yesterday I got home and plopped down on my bed, and just rested for a bit.  Lisa and I picked up some stuff for the grill, so all I did yesterday was ride the bike to work. 

Here is something about running group.  I have been liking my work on Saturday checks.  They have been pretty nice.  :)  So I need to find more hours.  Either a long day during the week, or pick up Sunday.  We don't open til 8:00 am on Sundays.  Who starts work that late????   ;)   So I need to pick up extra hours during the week.  I need to be disciplined somewhere along the way.  YIKES!!!  :)   Perhaps just an extra half hour every day, but even that is hard for me believe it or not.  Oh well, life's little dilemmas huh?? 

You know what??  I think we are all bad communicators.  Don't you think that adds to insecurities??  Say someone opens up, and this is for bloggers, it ain't easy.  I mean it is for me every morning to do this, but sometimes during the day I worry... even still.  I hate that.  Sometimes I worry so much I get home, and I am crushed.  So that turns into a plop down and look out the window day. 

I sometimes wonder if I am the only one like that.  Oh well...  I don't really have much to write today, just thinking out loud so to speak.  :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  I almost didn't blog today, because I sometimes wake up with a why bother mentality.  :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D