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

Ok, answer this:

It's your 40th birthday with your BFF, you have three nights at WDW and you both love MK and Epcot (woot! DRINKS!) which would you pick and why:
Beach Club or Poly???

Polynesian for sure. One, no other resort takes you away like it does in my opinion (And the BWV/BC area is my DVC love). And so easy to get to the Epcot monorail. So no buses are necessary to that drinkfest. You can walk to it. I love the Epcot monorail and the way it intoduces Epcot.

I also adore all the options via boat - meaning boat to boat if you want more than GF/MK by boat. FW/CR/WL all right there. I love me a boat. Yes there's the Friendship Molasses boat at BC but see how I renamed it. :goodvibes

tomorrow is the big day. Maybe she'll come out and play tonight :rolleyes1
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She better. I so need a pre-surgery TR. :3dglasses Is MCL out patient because I was kind of imagining the level of drugging that it would take to put her down. :rotfl2:
 
ARgh!!!!!!! I have over a year and a half to decide, but I just can't figure it out! It seems that I have to choose between transportation or alcohol...and I know what usually wins in that situation! :rotfl:
 
Chicago 2007 the heat was at 80* and climing by 8AM I think 1 or 2 people died and I know tons when to the hosptial. It was bad.

yikes! :eek:

Polynesian for sure. One, no other resort takes you away like it does in my opinion (And the BWV/BC area is my DVC love). And so easy to get to the Epcot monorail. So no buses are necessary to that drinkfest. You can walk to it. I love the Epcot monorail and the way it intoduces Epcot.

hmmm. Good point. But how late can you get from the BW area back thru Epcot to get the monorail? :confused3

She better. I so need a pre-surgery TR. :3dglasses Is MCL out patient because I was kind of imagining the level of drugging that it would take to put her down. :rotfl2:

:rotfl2::rotfl2: OMG Lisa. That made me snort. :rotfl2::rotfl2:


So, I tracked today. The good, the bad, the ugly. I'm within my calorie range, but just barely. Room for improvement that's for sure. :rolleyes1

AND! I killed 2 dang mosquitos tonight. MOSQUITOS! What the heck!
 

Ronda - glad you are recovering well from the race.

E - good luck tomorrow. I'll be thinking of you.

Nancy - so jealous of your first ride. My bike is ready and I just need to pick it up and go. Now - to find the time. :sad2:

Lisa - How is the house hunting going?

Kelly - stil running?

Jo - how are the girls?

Karen - I am a TNT alumni. What a great program! LOVE IT!

Liz - don't forget to come up for air this week.

Kat - How is this week going? Better I hope?

Ummm - hope I didn't miss anyone. So sorry if I did. Chalk it up to exhaustion. I think Jesse is trying to kill me with bear crawls, jump squats and other obstacle course fun. Whew - it is exhausting.

Bear crawls - I know someone asked about these. Basically, start in the upright part of a push up and then start crawling. For me, it is hard, but it is starting to get easier. He added backwards crawling today which I am not nearly coordinated enough for yet. Watching one 20 year old do the same thing with 110 pound dumb bells was more than a bit humbling. Of course the 20 year old was training to be a football player and was completely wiped out when he was done made me feel a bit better. I was just excited when I remembered being in fear of Jesse's obstacle courses when I first started training and never thought I would be able to do one. Now I am - :goodvibes Whoo to the hoo! Making progress - gotta like that.

Have a great night everyone!
 
Nancy - I did. I am down two pounds! Guess the butt kicking workouts are a good thing...
 
Behind Cliff Notes version of me: No wagon. Flipped it off and cursed it out of town. That's how far off the rails I am. sad. Took 3 girls prom dress shopping today. Fun. Pizza, wine and the worst movie EVER tonight. EVER. Seriously. An hour and a half of my life that I'll never get back. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" should be incinerated. Do not watch it. It is AWFUL. Did I mention worst movie ever?

When my husband is cranky, I call him "my liege" and it makes him laugh. I'm snarky. :lmao:

You know, I have caught that flick a few times on free TV and it was cute, watching it flipping in between commercials. But I didn't sit through the whole thing. Is it the same one? With Kristin Bell?


Been a busy couple of days for me so I haven't had much time to post. On track so that is good. Off to marshal a pro/am nine race tomorrow. It should be pretty exciting as I'll be a few miles away from the finish. I'll see if I can post some pics tomorrow night.

That is very cool Paula! How was it?

Ronda - smiling - I've been checking and checking - so excited for you - can't wait to hear. Hope it all went well!

Jo - I know you weren't talking to me about the Princess but STOP THAT. :flower3: I've been here since about six/seven months from the start - meaning that I *know* everyone well - and I'll tell you I would be all over the place meeting them all. :rotfl2: Super crazy. :lmao: It's tough for me to be relaxed in a group at times. And I won't have wee ones at home that I'm leaving. So please stop doing that to yourself. Really. :hug:


I agree wholeheartedly on Jo not beating herself up. Disagree on you, Miss Lisa. Honestly, it was like we'd known each other for years. Which we have! :goodvibes


Lisa, I had a good head clearing run on Saturday, and I just felt like I needed to say that, OMG I was a wreck. Did they tell you how I sobbed and wanted to go home because my DH told me my daughter was "a little sick" Liz said to me, "what can you do about it from here" I was like Umm Nothing, so then Liz said, don't let this moment go.
Liz, that has stuck with me, and I do realize I did miss allot because of my brand of crazy.

Acknowledgement is the first step to recovery :lmao: :lmao:

I am so proud of you for that, and I will remain proud of you for that!!! It was HUGE!

Well, that was a bust. They closed the marathon course between the 4:45 and 5:00 pace groups. I'd been hoping for 5:30. It was nasty hot. Here's the freaky thing... my chip time this year, exactly the same as this race last year... TO THE SECOND. 2:52:11. Wild. I knew it was close, but that's something. Went back to the 2010 results and kept hitting refresh thinking something was wonky with the site.

Oh, honey, that SUCKS! The heat kills when you are running! But you gotta think they were doing it for your safety. We had people die last year on a course. No race is worth that.

Crazy about the ship time! Nancy is right, play those numbers!

Monday. The day I blow the dust off my sparkpeople acct and start tracking again.

Also the day that I take my bike out for the first ride of the season :yay:

Woo hoo!!! What kind of bike do you have again?

Feeling pretty good. I'd scheduled a massage for this morning and it felt great. We scheduled some HVAC work today so I'm in and out, working from home and indulging myself all at the same time. Not bad.

Nothing hurts. :cheer2:

Ronda

That is EXCELLENT and such a testament to your training. Total Goddess!

stupid tracking. Stupid calorie counting. Stupid being accountable. :mad:

Word, sister.

Stupid Judy.

Bwahahaha. :rotfl2:

Ok, answer this:

It's your 40th birthday with your BFF, you have three nights at WDW and you both love MK and Epcot (woot! DRINKS!) which would you pick and why:
Beach Club or Poly???

I've done Poly and Boardwalk with my BFF. Same loves, same type of trip. Both were excellent. But honestly, Beach. From my personal boozy experience. Unless you get upgraded to concierge, which we did at Poly. Free booze!

Ronda, smart thing to turn and do the half instead.

Chicago 2007 the heat was at 80* and climing by 8AM I think 1 or 2 people died and I know tons when to the hosptial. It was bad.


Excellent point, Jo.


ARgh!!!!!!! I have over a year and a half to decide, but I just can't figure it out! It seems that I have to choose between transportation or alcohol...and I know what usually wins in that situation! :rotfl:

:lmao: Priorities!

Besides, you can't drink in MK.


Liz - don't forget to come up for air this week.

Ummm - hope I didn't miss anyone. So sorry if I did. Chalk it up to exhaustion. I think Jesse is trying to kill me with bear crawls, jump squats and other obstacle course fun. Whew - it is exhausting.

Bear crawls - I know someone asked about these. Basically, start in the upright part of a push up and then start crawling. For me, it is hard, but it is starting to get easier. He added backwards crawling today which I am not nearly coordinated enough for yet. Watching one 20 year old do the same thing with 110 pound dumb bells was more than a bit humbling. Of course the 20 year old was training to be a football player and was completely wiped out when he was done made me feel a bit better. I was just excited when I remembered being in fear of Jesse's obstacle courses when I first started training and never thought I would be able to do one. Now I am - :goodvibes Whoo to the hoo! Making progress - gotta like that.

Have a great night everyone!

Thanks for checking on me, Paula! :goodvibes I'm good. Tracking.

The training is going well. I am in the midst right now! I come home exhausted though, because I talk and teach all day. Wipes me out.. Busy nights at home this week, too...the Suzy Homemaker stuff is amusing me. I spend more time cooking and cleaning and yet my house still looks the same. Picture me with an apron and cocktail!

Nancy - I did. I am down two pounds! Guess the butt kicking workouts are a good thing...

WOO HOO! :cool1:
 
You know, I have caught that flick a few times on free TV and it was cute, watching it flipping in between commercials. But I didn't sit through the whole thing. Is it the same one? With Kristin Bell?

yes. Becca said she had seen "parts" on tv, here and there, so I blamed her for the movie choice. Of course, she said "when I said *parts* I meant I'd seen about 3 scenes. The only 3 GOOD scenes apparently" :rotfl: Yeah. Just a lot of unnecessary full nudity and gratuitous sex scenes that added absolutely no value to the movie.

I am so proud of you for that, and I will remain proud of you for that!!! It was HUGE!

word!:thumbsup2

Woo hoo!!! What kind of bike do you have again?

I have a Jamis Ventura Sport. It's a good introductory/non-competitive level road bike. 16 speeds which seems like it should be enough, but it's not *really* 16 different speeds. There is some redundancy in the gear ratios so there is some overlap. (hah. I sound so technical don't I :rotfl:) I have been super happy with it. Perfect for the fitness riding that I do. If I were to get serious into racing I think I'd upgrade, but I don't see that happening any time soon.

I spend more time cooking and cleaning and yet my house still looks the same. Picture me with an apron and cocktail!

the 21st century June Cleaver :rotfl2:
 
Question for you ladies.

I am very close to my godson, who is turning 18 and graduating in May. I've spent less time with him in the last year, as it often happens with 17 year olds. But, he calls me at 10pm freaking out after he's had a fight with his parents, who have been my friends since I was 8 and 15, respectively.

He's basically a good kid, has been a very good kid. Smart, kind, etc. Goes to a preppy, swanky, all boys school. Well, in the last year he has been hanging out with derelicts that he meets at his job at a local coffee shop. Kids with uncertain futures and absent parents. In short, not him. He's going to college, and honestly should have gotten into better ones than he did - we blame his slacking on his environment.

This Sunday I ran into him and his derelict friends outside of Costco, and he was smoking. He had the good sense to hide it from me, but even Emily was like, "ooh, you are in trouble!". He didn't introduce me, was so glad to ditch me, and of course I texted his mom on my way to my car.

I was going to give him cash for the big 18 and graduation, but now I am unsure about that. To be frank, I don't want to hand over a 1/4 of my weekly paycheck to a kid who is going to buy cigarettes with it, or worse, alcohol. My upstanding, sweet godson, sure. But not this kid who can't chose good friends or make good choices.

Any suggestions on what to do? Gifts to give instead?

I'll get the story on how they handled it on Friday. I really hope they came down hard. They are good parents but were both raised in very restrictive households and don't want to be like that with their kids...as opposed to me, who was raised more evenly and thus reveals in being strict! But there are always more lax and more strict parents out there, you know?
 
Oh my gosh! I couldn't agree more with no cash/gift cards. What about a deposit to his account at the bursar's office for text books??
 
#$&%(@#$(%*@&!^

tracking. Over my calories for the day :mad:

Me too... I am blaming the peanut butter cup ice cream that was 'forcing' its way down my throat at dinner. :rolleyes1

Liz - I like the textbook idea as well. The savings bond is a great idea as well.

The bike race was just incredible to watch. It was a long day of standing mostly alone but the rush of watching the pro peloton go by was worth it. The bikes actually hummed they were going so fast. I was amazed at how close the riders were to each other in the pack. One misstep and the whole pack would have toppled over like dominoes. I doubt I will ever become a racer but it was truly exciting to watch. I will likely volunteer again next year but I need to be a little smarter about my assignment selection.
 
Me too... I am blaming the peanut butter cup ice cream that was 'forcing' its way down my throat at dinner. :rolleyes1

I had peanut butter cup ice cream too :upsidedow Definitely put my calories over the top. And half way thru tomorrow to, I'm afraid :sad2:
 
LALALALALALALALALAAAAAAAAAA! I don't HEAR you talking about PB cup ice cream!!! LALALALALALALA!! :rolleyes1

Ok, I guess I'm just old now and always going to be in pain? I don't know what happen from Jan/Feb until now, but ever since I got sick for so long, everything hurts when I run now. I'm sore and uncomfortable, and not in the good way where you know you just worked out the day before and you feel better after a while. My hips hurt, that muscle or whatever hurts in my thigh STILL, everything hurts when I run and everything is stiff no matter how many days I wait in between. I can barely go 2 miles and then for a few days I can barely get in and out of my car. I don't get it and I'm so frustrated. :headache:

Ok, sorry, I just needed to rant, I'll get off my pity pot now.
 
Liz, I agree no cash, I really like EE's answer, of a gift card to best buy or even walmart if he is going away for school.

Ice Cream yummy... I want some!!

Great job on the 2lbs Paula. I am going to try that bear crawl thing.

Karen, how many days do you rest between your runs? Are you cross training? If you are only running once a week and you are running all out yes your are going to be sore. But if its your knees and just knees, you need to see a Doc. to make sure its just being sore.
 
I'm trying to get back to running every other day, but I haven't been able to. It's been every 2-4 days or so and I don't run all out at all. I'm doing intervals (mostly b/c it hurts) and I just feel...heavy? I feel like I'm pounding the ground or something, I have no idea what's going on. I would love to see a Dr. but it's not going to happen right now, we don't have insurance and I'm not sure what a Dr. would tell me other than to rest...which I did for a MONTH when I was sick. It's not just my knees, in fact, the knee issues I had when I started running are better (I'm guessing they just got stronger and the new shoes helped) but my hips and thighs just hurt all the time...I feel old, I grunt and hobble around most of the time.
 












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