Friday, November 30, 2007

Dis 'n Dat

oof! What a couple 'a weeks!! I've just felt absolutely exhausted. Not sure if it's because it's cooled down here or what. And it's pouring rain today - LOVELY! First rainy day we've had in months. My marathon training has been suffering from having taken a couple weeks off and never really getting back into it. A run here. A run there. I did 18 miles once in early October. Since then, nothing more than 10 miles, and that only once. I've got to really hit it for all of December! Even when I'm on vacation in the NW for the last two weeks of the month.

Have also decided that for at least ONE WEEK, I will go to bed at 9 (oops, already 9:45), get up at 5 (tomorrow's Saturday, so I'll sleep in until 6), run 4-5 days/week, and NOT go back to bed after my run. Yeah. I've been doing that a lot. Get up, run, take a nap. I think that's part of the reason I'm exhausted all the time. So I'm going to make a concerted effort to get 8 hours sleep and not nap after my runs.

I bought myself a bike for my birthday -- actually, I asked my parents if they would buy me a bike for my birthday, they said yes, so I ordered it and it came fedex today. (My b-day's not until January.) I put it together, but I need a couple of different tools. Like spanners. Until then, my seat will not be tight. Once I get it all finished, I'll post a pic. It's a sweet cruiser that looks just like this, except I added fenders!

Bad news this week on the Nut*risys*tem front... they decided to add fish paste to all of their lunches! Calling it Omega*Sol without the asterisk. Which means their otherwise meatfree vegetarian meal plan is no longer vegetarian. So, I'm going to send back all of my Omega-enhanced lunches and cancel my membership. Good news, I've lost 30 pounds. I still have 15 to go, but I should be fine. My diet was kick-started, and I can handle it from here.

I don't know anything else right now except it's almost 10 and I'm an hour late for bed... I really enjoyed spending this evening reading my friends' blogs and catching up on their lives. I'm keeping you all in my thoughts, even when I'm "absent."

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Glam

I'm back from Hollywood! My good friend R & I drove out Saturday morning and returned Monday. We took our dogs and made quite a weekend of it - although it was mostly devoted to the film festival. The event was pretty great. And I did get to meet Ted Danson! (my back is to the camera...)
I elicited a total "Sam Malone" moment from him when I told him about some f*ish r*estoration work I'd done recently (he narrated the film about the creek the f*ish went into). "Wow..." accompanied by a slight bend backwards. :)

Also found myself standing about two feet from Angelina Jolie's brother at one point... Didn't get the best picture of him (James Haven), but it's something (of course I didn't take a picture when I was right next to him).

And here's what I looked like -
Yep - did it up as best I could... And it really was a lot of fun.

Other, more important update - my grandma is doing okay after her hip surgery. She's been pretty out of it, but she should be able to start doing physical therapy in a week or so and will very hopefully be able to walk again.

I haven't heard any more about the brothers in Oregon, but the caseworker should have my home study by now!

Thursday, November 08, 2007

More jazz

What an up and down week I've had!! The bad news: my 98-year-old grandma fell and broke her hip 3 days after her birthday; my neighbor lady had a heart attack; and I had a really frantic, f*d up day on Tuesday (same day Grandma fell) that I've still barely recovered from. Good news: grandma's surgery went fine (once Mom went down and talked her into it); neighbor lady will be going through some additional testing, but hopes to be home tomorrow--it was a mild heart attack; I got to help reintroduce some end*angered f*ish last Friday into a special creek we've worked to restore; and on Saturday I am going to a Hollywood screening of a documentary about that same creek, participating in the Q&A panel following the screening and then attending a red carpet and awards event Sunday!! I had to shop for just the right accessories today (including sp*anx)... Here's to hoping it's wonderful!

On the kiddo front, I found a couple of troubled cuties in Oregon that might be a good match for me, so had my adoption worker send my home study yesterday. We'll see what their caseworker thinks. They're younger - 2-1/2 & 4-1/2. But they've been through hell and really need a permanent, stable, serene, loving home. Of course I'll keep y'all posted.

I haven't caught up on my dear blogger buddies' blogs yet. Hopefully I can do that soon!! In the meantime, ladies, hope you're taking good care of yourselves and gearing up for the holidays. (The clothing store I shopped at today was playing Christmas tunes. 'Tis the season...) *mwah!*

Thursday, November 01, 2007

And all that jazz

Oh dearest goodness... I have so lapsed! Whatever it is, it's getting worse.

I had traveled - to D.C., then to a staff retreat. Followed by a week long visit from my momma. She left Saturday, and I missed her the moment I said goodbye. Moped around all weekend. Still moping, in fact!

While she was here, we went to Ikea and I bought bunkbeds for my yet to be identified little ones! Aren't they cute? A friend did ask, "and what if you need a crib?" Answer: My sister will send me hers. Problem solved. But I don't think it's very likely. I'll be surprised and happy if the kids are under 10. (Still hoping for two.)


I was in Super Target--I know! I refuse to go to Walmart of any size, but I'll go to Target? I'm such a hypocrit!-- yesterday and while I was familiarizing myself with the rows of Archer Farms offerings, saw a gal riding around on one of those electric chairs. I glanced and thought, she's not THAT old... Hmmm, what's up? She answered my silent question while rubbing her rounded belly, "They're really upset with me right now.... but only three weeks to go, if I can make it that far." "Twins? Congratulations!" I said, all the time focusing on her age--I think she's older than me! Well, something worked for her. And my congrats were sincere.

I'd better get back to work, but will try to catch up on my "reading" and blogging soon!!