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Lise - oh my! That's too bad that Mr. Faraway is so, well, far away. Maybe something will click on the next date. And Mr. Crappyexcuse needs to ... well... tell him he can kiss some other part of your anatomy! Good luck with Mr. Cutie Guy. :)
I'm running around the house trying make sure the house will pass the city inspection. For some wierd reason they focus on light globes and light bulbs. Very odd. So - I'm taking inventory.
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I had a doc appt today with the gastroenterologist. Long story short, after spending some time up my butt he declared that I am not allowed to ride my bike for 6 weeks. A fight I've had in the past with him and won, I did not win today. :mad: :mad: :mad:
Now, I really like my GI and he understands what cycling means to me etc. I've been seeing him for 4 years. But right now, I severely dislike him. Even if I know he's right.
I plan on taking up a drinking habit in the interim.
/rant over
Oh Beta. How miserable. I'll pout with you for awhile. :mad: :mad: :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by betagirl
Did that help any?
Take care and do what you know is best.
Aw, beta. :( That's gonna be hard! :eek: We're here for ya though - vent to your heart's content. :)
awww, beta, NO WAY! What's the reasoning? I'm sure it's solid, but that just sucks. And all you have to go through for the evals, etc, sucks too. So sorry. Are you glad you got in that last century for the year?
Fish--good luck with the inspection. Now I can feel reassured that my gov't's using my tax dollars well, supporting you and CWR in your good work.
Yeah, how about that "I got hit by a drunk driver this summer...my life has been spent healing up...I feel terrible about not reaching out to you..." Oh? When were you hit? Really? Two months after you stood me up? Hmmm. Well, you should feel terrible. Sorry he got hit. That's awful. But it does suggest he was seeing someone--got hit by a car--is now single--trolling around to see what action he might scare up with me. Sheesh.
Driving home tonight, two people running, side by side, in the street. We have great sidewalks around here. And the guy was dressed all in navy blue, nearly invisible in the dark. :confused: Why?
Oh, Beta, that soooooooo sucks!
I can recommend Shaker's Rose Vodka and Grapefruit juice....:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by betagirl
I used to love vodka and grapefruit juice. I had totally forgotten about that. What a funny little memory snippet!Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
When I got home from work tonight, I checked TD before I looked at my email. Sick.
Go Roux!
Congrats on a close escape, Lise.
I've spent the last eight nights in a hotel by a Boeing airfield, which has its entertaining moments. Lots of small planes, but twice HUGE aircraft have gone right by the window. Tomorrow night the new roof will be mostly on the house and we get to move back into the basement for the next few months, while the crew comes inside to tear down walls, make new ones, do plumbing, wiring, heating. Eeeewwwww. (After they're done, I expect we'll be in debtor's prison and you can email me there). My mom is struggling along in the rehab place but at least doesn't seem to be in critical shape, this week, anyway. In the last 8 days I have bought an orange Shebeest jersey (looked so cool but arms too long, so going back), a new sports bra like Brandi Chastain's (I still don't look like her, though. How come?), and that damn Steep and Cheap jersey because it was so slick-looking. And some shoes. Huh. Wonder if there's any correlation between buying and stress right now? Hmm. Will have to think deeply about this.
Thanks ladies.
Snap - thanks for the drink suggestion.
Lise - I've seen that too. I'm really not sure what they're thinking, especially with the cabs/drunks/drunk cabs.
Tonight we had our kickball league, so I had a few beers and a magner's cider once we migrated to the bar (we lost).
The reasoning? Well, I'll try not to be TMI here. I have what they call "fistulizing" crohn's. My colon thinks it's a fun idea to grow tunnels to various parts of my body. I liken it to termites. These tunnels originate near the end of my colon :D I have disease activity in my rectum right now, basically. This stuff is a major PITA to treat, literally and figuratively. It's quite stubborn. The GI seems to think that sitting on a bike seat doesn't do me much good when this gets active. It really doesn't bother me on the bike, but he wants me to give my butt a rest. The threat is if I can't get this to calm down with drugs/rest, then we talk surgery. The only real way they do it is a temporary ileostomy (aka bag) so nothing passes through there and it can heal. Takes on average 6 months from what I gather.
So that's what it is. My contention is not cycling will make me stressed and/or depressed on some level. It really is my outlet to get through the day to day nonsense of life. I feel so much better after a ride. So hopefully this is temporary. I can't imagine 6 weeks off right now. But that's only because it's forced :)
I'll try not to get too pouty :D I am trying to figure out how I'm going to keep up my endurance for the Miami man aquabike in 6 weeks....He did say it was ok to swim at least!
beta, I am so sorry. This disease rots. Sucks. Stinks. Is stupid. :mad: If staying off the bike for 6 weeks keeps you out of the OR, though, it will be worth it. ((((beta)))) L.
Geez Beta - that totally sucks! We'll help try to keep you happy for the six weeks. A little vodka and grapefruit juice might help, too. I'm going to have to try that. Snap - you're always there with a good drink suggestion ;)
Salsa - good to hear you mom is fighting her way through. The planes sounds interesting. They'll make living in the basement seem all that much better!
Roux got another good report this AM and will definitely be coming home tomorrow! Yippee!
How on Earth am I ever going to get all of my work done and clean out my office in 2 weeks? Perhaps not posting on TE while I'm at work??? Nah - what's the fun in that? :p
Awesome news on Roux Fish!
I have a bag of hurricaine mix left over from a party I had that I was looking at mixing up. You should come up. We'll sit on the front porch and get sloshed :D
Sounds like fun Beta!
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Originally Posted by betagirl
Nooooooo! :( Beta, you and I have been neck and neck in mileage over at BJ! It has been a morning ritual of mine to check where you are at, then where we are at and how much farther we have to go to catch Corsair. *Sniff* I guess I'll have to catch her for both of us now.
beta sorry to hear about the not feeling so good thing. i remember when my dr told me i couldn't have chocolate or milk for two weeks. favorite dr too. i just looked at him and asked him if he was crazy.
glad to hear about roux!Quote:
Originally Posted by fishdr
i'm trying to finish with end of FY06 budget stuff and start on FY07 and i just want to strangle people! argh!!!!! though i always have time to check on TD even if i don't have time to say anything.
This morning shortly after arriving at work I get a call from the division manager saying he needs to talk to me. I'm still in my bike clothes, but he says we need to talk now. So I go to his office (bike clothes, no shoes) and find out that 7 people are getting layed off today, including a guy who is working on one of my projects. I must say this is an improvement. Last time they layed off someone working on my project I had NO advance notice and was in FRANCE on business and the person was a good FRIEND. And I only got the news after-the-fact accidentally. I almost blew a gasket that time. This time I got 2 hours notice. Is this an improvement in company policy? Actually, losing this programmer isn't a big deal since he doesn't know modeling or chemistry and wasn't making fast progress. I wanted to rehire my previous programmer just for the summer to do this project (because she was good) but the company wouldn't let me. Ever since the current CEO took over this company, $$ has meant more than science.
My vent for the day. The steam clouds are subsiding. Back to other subjects, like sick pets :( , banding eiders :), and Beta's intestines :mad:.
photo up in the pet thread!Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
We decided on a kitten since we have a resident cat and adding a kitten to the household is usually easier than adding an adult cat. Koji is really, really bonded to me, so I wanted to avoid having him think he was being replaced, but he is also used to having cat company so I didn't want him to be lonely either.
Surprising enough there aren't a huge number of kittens available for adopting right now - at least not at the shelters that I visited. We went to the Seattle Animal Control shelter and all of theirs were fostered out. I did try to contact several of the foster homes, but those kittens (from PetFinder) were already adopted. I had my eye on a beautiful little Siamese mix boy, but he was so pretty and his foster mom made him sound so nice that there were many people interested in him and I was not first in line. At the Humane Society there were only a few as well, 5 or 6 really little ones and 5 around 2 months. Shio caught my eye at first because she is really beautiful - her fur is grey and so shiny so she looks almost silver, but of course there is personality to take into account as well. He sheet said she got along with other cats OK and I got to take her out of her cage and spend some time with her. She wasn't timid at all (which I though was a necessary quality if she was going to be companion to a 3 y/o who is basically still a kitten in a full grown cat's body) and very curious even when there was a whole lot of noise going on out in the lobby. After spending time with her it really would have been hard to leave her at the shelter :rolleyes: .
It's taken a few days for her personality to really emerge (she was only a day or so post spay when I picked her up so she was still a bit quiet), but she really does seem to be a good match for Koji. She's tough enough and big enough to hold her own with him, but she doesn't get snippy with him either. He gave her quite the bath yesterday without a murmur from her (in fact I think she liked it). My elderly cat would freak out when Koji tried to lick him.
Mae, my mutt sped out the patio door at something and threw herself at the fence. I went out to see what's up. She was backing an oppossum into a corner and the tiny opposum (they can get big so this one may have been young) had its jaws open and was hissing at her.
I grabbed Mae and brought her inside and the 'possum ran out under the gate.
'Possum saved. :cool:
'possums are pretty freaky looking when they hiss. We had one on our patio once. It was raining, so a wet hissing 'possum is not a good look. Ya know?
I had one of those frustrating days at work where my boss and other people drove me nuts. Only 2 more weeks. Only 2 more weeks. I just keep telling myself that!
ahhh the short-timer bug. i see you caught it.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishdr
i have it right now because for the next three months i'm doing some serious traveling. can't wait to get out of here for a while. can't really think at all.
Great news for Roux! I hope all continues to go well!
Beta- so sorry.... I'll see if I can contribute some recipes to your new hobby...
CWR- Nooo! does that mean I won't be seeing you for a while? ;)
So I got a call back from the financial planners, they want me back for a 2ndary interview, because they were "very impressed" with my first. Woohoo!
My interview with the newbie software company went equally well; I should find out more late next week.
My trunk arrived, so I made the 10 mile bike to the nearest New Seasons (FM was no challenge) given the directions I got at bycycle.org. Nice trip, but a learning experience:
My little shell jacket from this summer- NOT a rain jacket. BRRRRR- WET. Happy I bit the bullet and ordered the good rain jacket...
Found out the worst part of the whole ride is the 3ish miles on my side of the highway, which was a comfort. Who knows- I may soon be commuting that way every day!
na i'll make sure to peak my head in and say hi once in a while.
just call me grace. walked out of the front door at work to go down to the post office and rolled my ankle on a rock. d@mn the bad luck. its a bit swollen and bruised. i guess i'm going home and putting it up with ice on it. thankfully boss is out of town and not much to do anyhow. got caught up on budget finially! woo hoo!
Sorry about your ankle, but thanks for reminding me--I'm supposed to be icing my elbow off and on throughout the day, and I always forget! :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by chickwhorips
Unfortunately, they've been driving me crazy for a while. I do have a bit of the short-timer bug though - my susceptibility to the frustration seems a bit higher these days. For sure! But - I just keep telling myself...only 2 more weeks...only 2 more weeks!
Good luck with the ankle!
I really wanted to ride today. I haven't been on my bike since before my trip to SF! There's been too much defoliant and smoke in the air (burning the fields after harvest). It's not that bad today, but unfortunately I'm not in the mood for being blown off of my bike. The winds are 25-30 with gusts over 35. Nah - not too much fun there.
oh my gosh getting caught up on this thread is work. We went away for labor day and I just didn't get back into reading it. I am now 20 pages behind and making a little progress each day. another 2 or 3 I should be all up to date.
We just had the freakiest weather come through. I was taking my little swimmer to practice and it was raining. Suddenly, it was coming down so hard i had to pull over cause the wipers were useless; then the hail started. I have heard the phrase "golf ball sized hail" and always thought it was an exageration - it is not. the hail was pounding so hard on the roof of the car it sounded like an angry mob was punching the car over and over. The hail stopped and I continued driving towards the pool and stopped at the drive-thru starbucks for a latte (cause swim practice gets dull quick when you are not actually swimming). the girl at the window told me that a tornado had been spotted about 10 minutes away and was supposedly heading in our direction. I headed home. Trees were down all over and I had to back down more than one street to find an alternate route to my house. Wowser.
Yeah, I hear ya, Brina.
I set out for a little ride Wednesday, and sure it was sprinkly here and there, but no *real* biggie, right?
Wrong.
Cue hard, fast, angled rain. I throw on my rain jacket and pants and tough it out. Then the wind kicks up, and I'm getting *cold*. I look at my arms; Instead of beading like it did the first five minutes the raindrops are now soaking right through the shell. Great.
I get home, over hills etc etc, put the bike up on the futon frame for a cleaning before locking her up, and lo and behold, the sun comes out, it's all shiny and warm and nice.
Great.:rolleyes:
Brina, you've confirmed what I heard. I was in a car with friends, driving south to the Mexican Fine Arts Museum, for the opening of the Day of the Dead exhibit. My sister called me on my cell to tell me that a tornado had been spotted on the north side. My friends and I kind of laughed, "Oh, you'll never see a tornado in the city!" It sprinkled a bit of rain, got a little chilly, but by the time we came out of the the museum, nothing. We laughed again about the dire weather predictions. Then I come home and read your post! Amazing! Scary. I'm glad you got home OK. And you, too, Kitsune.
I had a great time at the Dia de Muertos exhibit. http://www.mfacmchicago.org/
I've adopted some Mexican customs, and this is one of them. It's nice to build an altar every year to honor the beloved ones who've gone on ahead. The exhibit this year was the best they've had in at least 5 years. I'll go back a couple of times before it comes down in December. Check it out if you can. I am sure that the SW and CA gals see some amazing Dia de Muertos altars and ofrendas.
Playing "compare the bikes" before I've even been able to ride Flossie. The seat is 4 cm higher than the Kona (gotta cut the seat post, can't lower any farther) and the bars are 10 cm lower.
The seat feels too high, but the drop bars feel fine. Reach feels fine, too. (this is without riding, mind you)
I'll go for a ride tomorrow, stop at LBS to get seat post trimmed, and see how things go.
The beautiful lavender tape Trek sent will wait until I'm sure what I'm doing with the bars and stem.
It's so much fun to have an obsession....:D
Edit: SKnot is at church camp for the weekend, and I miss him already. (Mind you, this is Unitarian church camp, so clear your mind of any preconcieved notions of "church" camp...)
Beta - Well, crud!!! Let's have a non-cyclists' drinking binge party. It'll be great. Really. I'm 2 1/2 months into my 6 months off the bike. I am REALLY not a fun person to be with, and I don't see it improving. However, I am on vacation in hawaii so I can't complain that much. :D
(However, I just read a post from my PE support whatever group where the guy had to be off the dugs for a week before he could ride - so that's an extra week, there - but YES SK if that flat 200k is my first ride ever I will still do it).
Yay Roux - I hope you're home.
I can't catch up on everything. You guys are great.
Hey kids,
I've tried to keep up with TD this week but have had no luck.
Kiwi_in_ OZ & I went for a short ride this morning as I had errands to run afterwards etc. I invited another friend of mine but dunno what happened to her :( . It was nice to catch up with Anna (kiwi in oz) and will see her again at the tour de pink in October
My running partner & I are doing a 10km fun run tomorrow in Freo. All the proceeds go to the Royal Flying DR Service :)
I'm tired of headwinds but it's probably good training.
We're getting ready for my dad's arrival on thursday. We had the car professionally cleaned inside and out today :) We have a new mattress coming on thursday (the hassles to get items delivered-Western Australia caters well for the unemployed, shopping hours are backwards & service can be crap if you can't be home during the day for a product to be delivered )
I'm sending out an imaginary search party for cyclists on the bike routes here in Perth. I don't know where everyone is but it seems quite quiet out there.
Even on my commute home I might see around 4-5 cyclists in a certain 10km area.
I'm not sure if you are into theatre sports but there's an Australian show called "Thank God You're Here" that's worth a look. They have a website www.tgyh.com.au. I've heard there's a pilot on one of the channels in US/Uk/Europe. It's one of the only shows I make a point to watch.
Have a good day kids
:)
c
Isn't this inspiring?! From a story about the landing of the space shuttle:
I love that! A "cosmic electrician". :DQuote:
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, a 43-year-old from St. Paul, Minn., is a commander in the Navy and was a mission specialist and cosmic electrician aboard the shuttle. She carried out two of the spacewalks, joining an elite club of only six other U.S. women and a single Russian woman who have made spacewalks.
MP: dang that's right, you're off for a long time. I guess I can't b*tch about 6 weeks :) I think I need to go to Hawaii to feel better. Thanks for the tip, I'll suggest it to the BF. :D
Let's all go to Hawaii to feel better!!!
I have to go into cleaning frenzy mode; my brother and sis-in-law arrive tonight for a week+ visit. We're going to throw a party for Dad's 80th birthday next weekend.:cool:
I feel that both MP and beta require prolonged Hawaii time, with a licensed health care professional available at all times to monitor their well-being. ie: me. And I'll need a team of support people. ie: TE/TD gals. Let's go! MP, you just stay where you are. beta, get packed, I'll pick you up on the way to O'Hare. At the rate y'all are going to be drinking, somebody will need to apply cool cloths to your foreheads! :p
Oh, you'll need me to be on the health care team! It's very important to keep those muscles loose and limber during the off-bike time!
... You"ll need comic relief :rolleyes:
I like the way you all are thinking. :D
We can have these
http://www.mauibeverages.com/images/coconut-drink.jpg
Hey Lise
I was at Lalos on LaSalle with some friends getting liquored (you know, my new habit) when the sirens went off. We were like "are those the weather sirens?" It didn't look all that windy, but was pouring. Resume drinking. :) It's obviously an effective system because nobody in the restaurant moved.
Here's what they had in the trib today:
"Thundery deluge delivers record rain, 70 mph gusts
With a 140 mph jet stream directly overhead, a strong influx of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, and a warm front just to the west and south of Chicago, all the ingredients were set for a severe storm outbreak late Friday afternoon. Heavy downpours hit in eastern Kane, northern DuPage, and northern Cook counties. St. Charles and Mount Prospect reported over 3 inches of rain in an hour and a half. Those areas and many others reported flooded streets and paralyzed traffic. O'Hare's 1.73 inch total far exceeded the previous record (1.09 inches in 1965) for Sept. 22. Aided by instability created by the diverging jet stream flow aloft and the converging winds at the warm frontal boundary below, towering storms built to 58,000 feet tall. Downdrafts resulted in widespread hail and wind damage (70 mph reported at Hanover Park and 60 mph near West Chicago). Funnel cloud reports and Doppler radar signatures prompted at least seven tornado warnings."
Bi-zarre! I can tell you that the Mexican Fine Arts Museum is a very solid building. We neither felt nor heard anything. It's at Damen and 19th, perhaps south of the big weather. Out on my run this morning, I saw lots of big puddles and small branches down. Sounds like N of us really caught it.
Yeah, KN, I forgot about your crucial skills in the Hawaii team! And we could all go over to Kona for the Big Triathlon. :D Anybody find a pile of money lying around recently? :p :rolleyes: