In Search of My Body vol. 10 - taking it one paper towel at at time

[lisaviolet]

I'm fine.

Just drained. Saw two more condos tonight and saw them in let me see 10 seconds flat.

And get this - in one the guy/owner was in the shower. OMG, can you believe that? I'm finding this more and more - people at home during showings. But in the shower? So we can't even see the bathroom. My SIL (Jean's) said you should have went right in and said, "everything is too small".

I can't even explain how close we are getting to being shut out. You would die to see these spaces.

I am at Jean's brothers. Why? I'm like a little vagrant. Where we are staying - his new GF is coming from Montreal. I couldn't think of anything more traumatic than being in someone's else's house all weekend that wants to have sex.

And I forgot to tell you the BS Dr. Snatch and Grab had on his screen about me. Jean sneaked a peek. It said Lisa wanted laparascopic but when I explained and she fully understood my method of transplant (the cave man style ) she decided on it. OMG, what is with this world? Is everyone crazy? It should have read "lLisa spent a year avoiding my assinine ways but fate that our laparoscopic doctor Mr. Jack of all trades had to do a liver - well she was mine"

OMG, I am so crazy tonight!!!!!! And I love it.

Oh my life.

 

[lisaviolet]

Come on it's Friday night - where are the drunken posts? And Rose - we never ever got a full explanation people.

 

[lisaviolet]

Snow day! Yes, really. Yes, it's April! OMG. Heavy, wet, awful, messy stuff. And a lot of it. *sigh*

Yuck.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

And no, I have never set off metal detectors, so ????

wierd. This whole thing is just wierd. It should be interesting to hear what the ortho had to say!

Just saying hi. Hi!!!

Having one of those crappy crappy days....

Oh well - this too shall pass.

And get this - in one the guy/owner was in the shower. OMG, can you believe that? I'm finding this more and more - people at home during showings. But in the shower? So we can't even see the bathroom. My SIL (Jean's) said you should have went right in and said, "everything is too small".





And I forgot to tell you the BS Dr. Snatch and Grab had on his screen about me. Jean sneaked a peek. It said Lisa wanted laparascopic but when I explained and she fully understood my method of transplant (the cave man style ) she decided on it. OMG, what is with this world? Is everyone crazy? It should have read "lLisa spent a year avoiding my assinine ways but fate that our laparoscopic doctor Mr. Jack of all trades had to do a liver - well she was mine"

wow. What a jerkwad. I think "She decided on it" must be short for "she decided the surgery wasn't going to be delayed another 6 months".

 

[3DisneyKids]

wierd. This whole thing is just wierd. It should be interesting to hear what the ortho had to say!

I know. I really have no clue what could be going on. I see the ortho on Monday morning at 8:30, so at least I don't have much longer to wait.

The boys are gone, phew. I had a whole houseful sleep here last night. And I love these boys. Adore them. And they are always good. But last night, I don't know. They were just wild and actually did some damage to the house and some of Riley's stuff. So I think it will be a while before I have the whole lot of them here again. Ugh. And I may have to call one of the other mothers. Not looking forward to that and being "that" mom. But I KNOW these boys never act at her house the way her son acted at mine.

Have a great day! I'm already back from gymnastics and my workout. Then soccer games this afternoon. Gymnastics meet tomorrow.

 

[adsrtw]

EE, your lunch sounds yummy, did you make that and bring it with you?

Yep! I made it. Had some left-over chicken and decided to get creative. It was yummy. Next time, I am going to try it with a pile of grilled onions.

20+ miles on the bike today while chatting and studying. Best multi-task ever.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Oh HELL No. We never go this long without posting.

Week-end? How was everyone's?

Suckfest here, but better now. Nothing major, just...ugh...gym politics, nasty mothers, stuff like that. And Kelly has States next week-end and is in a BAD head space and I can't help her out of it and, well, yeah.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Watching basketball. UConn men's team won their final 4 game last night and play in the championship tomorrow night. UConn women are currently playing Notre Dame in their final 4 game. Crossing fingers that they win too!

We went to see "Next to Normal" tonight. yikes. Tony award winning musical. But yikes. It is SO not the happy, happy, joy, joy kind of show. Heavy. Emotionally draining.

I spent the afternoon raking out gardens that didn't get cleaned up properly last fall. Holy muscle awareness! and a blister. boo.

 

[HockeyKat]

Sorry! Okay, I will ramble for you for a while.

My day was actually busier than I had thought it would be. We were essentially stalled as far as work goes, as they can't get into the ORs until tonight (Monday).

However, a coworker and I were able to go over yesesterday morning and finish up a few things between 10 and 1PM, then hit Whataburger for lunch - I had the grilled chicken salad, which was quite yummy. They publish their nutritional info, thankfully.

The afternoon was an hour or so of downtime, then boss, coworker and I hit the gym again. I did 5 miles and then my coworker talked me into doing some weights.

Shower, then dinner at Texas Roadhouse. I splurged a little and had 2 jalapeno bite thingies (fried), and mashed potatoes with my sirloin. No beer, though, since no-one else was drinking, so I probably did okay if not great.

Since my alarm went off this morning at 4:30 eek I pretty much packed up and went to bed at 9:30 last night.

Currently sitting in the airport in Killeen, TX, which has free wi-fi!! Currently flight is on-time, so I should least make it as far as Atlanta. I get into NC around 1PM and then head to work for a while....

Btw, Jo, I am in your time zone right now!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Since my alarm went off this morning at 4:30 eek I pretty much packed up and went to bed at 9:30 last night.

oh my word Kat! 4:30 wake up call is just cruel.

dreary, rainy day here. I'm exhausted. Too much activity and not enough sleep this weekend!

E - good luck with the ortho today!

Ronda - one week from now you'll be waking up thinking "I did it! I really did it!"

Lisa- any luck house hunting this weekend?

Kelly - when is your race?

Paula is Monday still your usual JC day? I was thinking of you the other day. Erin is training my friend (Jack's mom, at her own home) and made her do inchworms

Meg - where are you? Did we lose you to the boy in Vermont?

Jo, EE, Liz, Amy, (who am I missing? it's early. I'm not quite awake yet!) Hope you all have a great Monday!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Nancy, I was raking up my ignored fall yard as well this weekend! We have these annoying gumball trees that drop pokie gumballs ALL OVER, it drives me up the wall!

So it was 85 degrees here yesterday?!?!? I turned on the AC, I couldn't believe it. Some freak spring thing, and then a storm came through and it's only going to be in the 50s today. Works for me as long as there's no snow! I'm going to try and run this morning. I think I'll walk a mile and then maybe do 1/1 intervals and see how my leg reacts. I'm getting pissed that my body is holding me back all the time.

Oh and I am making ADRs all this week! Since we're staying offsite in October, I get to get up every morning for the next week and make them. This normally wouldn't be a problem, but I slept an hour later than usual this morning and jumped out of bed when I realized I was supposed to have gotten up to make my Ohana breakfast and Boma dinner ADRs today!!! No problem though, got them both! WOOT!

 

[Ronda93]

Ronda - one week from now you'll be waking up thinking "I did it! I really did it!"

Thanks! I am strangely confident. Biggest thing now is watching the forecast. If I'm reading the 10 day correctly, race start is mid-60s. That is bad. A chance of rain. I can hope for overcast.

Off to earn my keep.

Ronda

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Hi!!! Just read the last few pages!

Ronda! So excited for you!!!

We went to see "Next to Normal" tonight. yikes. Tony award winning musical. But yikes. It is SO not the happy, happy, joy, joy kind of show. Heavy. Emotionally draining.

Yeah, I have read about that one. Seems super heavy. Did you like it, though?


You know what the difference is between athletes and non-athletes? The use of the term "muscle awareness". I LOVE that. Not, "I'm sore" but "holy muscle awareness".

So my week/weekend. Kept tracking for 90% of the time. Total victory. Lost a pound, which is great. I have so not stayed on program - ate over my points, so any loss is good.

Thank you all for the great lunch suggestions! So many simple things I didn't think about in my hunger starved mode. I am having a WW bagel in the morning and that helps a lot. My office is well stocked with snacks, which helps in the morning rush. Less to bring. If you think of other brilliant things, please share!

Lisa, I am so remiss in NOT drunk posting. My bad! Friday was a mom gathering with the school moms. Nice but uneventful. Saturday the garden got planted, while I watched Real Housewives of OC on TV. Then we went to see my parents who just got back from FL. They begged to take Em overnight, so Nick and I went to this swanky drinks place Saturday and there were three types of people; 1. Those auditioning for Real Housewives of NJ/or possibly Staten Island. 2. Couples like us, out for date night, of either gender/orientation 3.Gorgeous trannies.

I felt sorry that the trannies had to be in the same space as the scary women who somehow wandered into my county. I know, I am SUCH a snob. This group of ladies was truly gorgeous and I wish I had taken their pictures. They did a few posed ones by the fireplace. This is one of those indoor-outdoor places on the beach, a level up overlooking the boardwalk. All couches and chairs and fireplaces, like a big oversized living room. Excellent drinks. It's a craft bar, so they make good drinks really well.

We planned on checking out this doo-wop night at the famous Wonder Bar, because the rumor was Bruce was going to show. Of course we didn't go - looked like people were heading out when we left drinks - and OF COURSE Bruce DID show. I have NEVER been anywhere when he just hops on stage. Not once. Yet he is so bored he's been hopping on stage all over town for the last few weeks. Constant Bruce sightings. And there we were, like idiots, getting into our car and going home. Eh, what can you do?

Sunday we did a two mile walk to the grocery store and back. So here's the funny part. Besides Nick not ever exercising with me EVER. I say, i am going for a walk, want to come? He says yes. We get dressed. He has nothing to wear. Like, "honey, what do I wear?" Me: "tech pants". Him: "what?"

So we get dressed and I am in tech gear head to toe. Nike plus on my wrist, all of it. And he is like, do you think I should change my Rutgers tshirt?

Of course he has top of the line running shoes because I went with him and made him get fitted! Man needs some tech gear, stat!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Oh and I am making ADRs all this week! Since we're staying offsite in October, I get to get up every morning for the next week and make them. This normally wouldn't be a problem, but I slept an hour later than usual this morning and jumped out of bed when I realized I was supposed to have gotten up to make my Ohana breakfast and Boma dinner ADRs today!!! No problem though, got them both! WOOT!

I am SO super excited for you!

In other exciting WDW news....Becca has informed me that her chorus teacher has confirmed that they will be participating in the Magic Music Days next April! Family trip, here we come!

Thanks! I am strangely confident. Biggest thing now is watching the forecast. If I'm reading the 10 day correctly, race start is mid-60s. That is bad. A chance of rain. I can hope for overcast.

Confident is ok. You are properly prepared. Training done. 60*s and overcast would be ideal for me.

Yeah, I have read about that one. Seems super heavy. Did you like it, though?

long explanation. I'll give it separately

You know what the difference is between athletes and non-athletes? The use of the term "muscle awareness". I LOVE that. Not, "I'm sore" but "holy muscle awareness".



So my week/weekend. Kept tracking for 90% of the time. Total victory. Lost a pound, which is great. I have so not stayed on program - ate over my points, so any loss is good.

ah. My friend's a loser Great job Liz!

We planned on checking out this doo-wop night at the famous Wonder Bar, because the rumor was Bruce was going to show. Of course we didn't go - looked like people were heading out when we left drinks - and OF COURSE Bruce DID show. I have NEVER been anywhere when he just hops on stage. Not once. Yet he is so bored he's been hopping on stage all over town for the last few weeks. Constant Bruce sightings. And there we were, like idiots, getting into our car and going home. Eh, what can you do?

so close. so, so very close. Didn't you once see him in a parking lot? Am I remembering that right?

Like, "honey, what do I wear?" Me: "tech pants". Him: "what?"

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Next to Normal.

Yes. The subject matter is quite heavy. For those of you who are not familiar with the show, it's about a woman who is dealing with some serious psychiatric issues after a major trauma in her life.

Cast is small. 6 people. Husband, wife, teenage daughter & her boyfriend, teenage son & the mom's psychiatrist. The set is brilliantly simplistic. Loved it. And the lighting was amazing. There are relatively few spoken words - it's mostly music and song. And I adored 5 of the 6 actors. Thought they did an outstanding job. One, I did not adore.

The woman who portrayed "Diane" (the mom) won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this very role on Broadway. Awesome, yes? Not so much. Seriously - left us wondering if there were no other actresses in a musical in 2009

Her "acting" was fine. Her singing? well. Her voice was low (as in pitch, not volume), gravelly and tortured sounding. Like what I thought her character SHOULD be really, based on the torment in her brain. But it was so, so very hard to understand what she was saying. And her singing just didn't "mesh" with the other 5. Sounded odd, but again. She's a tormented, tortured soul. Perhaps it's to be expected.

At intermission, Becca says "eh. It's an alright show. It would be better if they had a different person playing the mom. She sucks"

Ok. I'm not totally on board with that. She won a Tony award. Her songs are low (low alto/contralto range) Her inner self is tormented and tortured. Don't you get that?

Wrong. I am 100% wrong. Becca explains to me that this woman is awful and here's why:

"The audience shouldn't need to expend so much mental energy trying to focus on understanding what this woman is saying. There is no reason why her words should not be clear even if she is trying to get across the point of all the angst and trauma of her life.

The woman sang basically without vowels. Consanants with a few "bad" vowel sounds thrown in here and there. When she did sing a vowel, it was dark and heavy. Like you would expect to hear her speak in a thick French accent. But clearly she is not French.

And the songs are NOT low. It's her diction. I've been humming along and the notes are right in the middle of the vocal range. She just sounds low because she's not using vowels.

The problem is, when you have group song and one person isn't singing the same vowel sounds as the rest they totally stick out and it sounds horrible. I don't know whose idea it was for her to not use vowels, but it's a bad choice."

So, Act II we pay more attention to the "flaws" that Becca has schooled us on, and what do you know, the kid is RIGHT! My little Broadway Critic.


Whether it was the directors choice for her to sing that way, or ?? I don't know. But her vocal performance did nothing for me.

Your question was, did I like it. I'm glad I saw it, but I certainly don't feel the need to see it again. Once was enough for me.

 

[adsrtw]

Hey everyone! I'm in the 3rd round of storms for the day. Go me! I decided to courage up and wore a skirt to work. Loving it. Lunch for me is a huge salad of spring mix with grilled chicken with whatever herbs I threw on it tomato, peppers, and pea pods. Dressing is balsamic vinegar (not the dressing ).

 

[adsrtw]

<==Thread killer. I was going to post what I'm having for dinner, but it is a campus night tonight and their selections sound awful.

 

[lisaviolet]

First, I can't wait to see Becca's FUTURE. Can not wailt. I still haven't got over the youtube. Isn't it exciting Mama Nancy?

And Nancy - thank you for the shout out to Paula. Paula, you've been on my nind endlessly. And I was about to post. I miss you.

Amiee - thought of you with the storms. Wild weather. Early sixties here today and will go down to the forties tomorrow. Something must have touched down somewhere in the night. It sounds like a transport slamming. Keep safe.

Ronda and Karen - weather there?

Oh Jean's Liz I LOVE YOUR LIFE. And adore hearing about it.

Erika - hope things are better. Was stalking some of your FB pictures this weekend - I caught Riley Beiber and went from there and my God there is one picture of you that is pure Cammie. Totally Cammie. Just change the hair colour and there she is. I have no idea why you can't see it. And some from college where you can see Riley.

to all.

 

[lisaviolet]

Oh and Liz - I caught on FB that you love Who Do You Think You Are too. I am transfixed and was very excited that they came back with another season.

For me - the past is so fascinating. The adventure/the bravery/the strength/the secrets/the lives in general. And for me -it is a constant reminder that people are often not how they really seem in that those who can seem "nasty" or "miserable" often have a story. And it brings comfort and compassion for those who struggled to "love" or even "like" them. So interesting.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

I am a bad thread friend, I have not read all the post, am very behind

sorry

Happy Monday All.