Not much to report, my health continues to make my life difficult.
Weirdly I also forgot to practice Duolingo, so it’s a good thing I had a Streak Freeze available.
Wordle: six, my starter was CHASE
Connections: perfect, Yellow > Green > Blue > Purple (wouldn’t have guessed the Purple)
Wordle in 4. That could have been ugly.
A busy day in the orifice yesterday. I can always find things to do when on site and that makes the day go quickly. Even when it involves idiots who don’t want to make my firewall rule changes!
Looks like Sunday would be a better day for a bike ride, Barb, but I’d be game for late Saturday as well. Comet?
50 minutes hard on the trainer last night. Maybe a little basketball later today- I watch very little during the season, but always manage to get sucked in to March Madness TM.
-FP
It was ugly for me, I entered a dreaded Wordle Battle ™.
either day if fine – so Sunday it is.
What time would you like to meet?
and which parking lot do you like on Silver Comet?
I’m really frustrated about this pain which has taken away my confidence to go out for a long bike ride, especially since I convinced myself to bring the bike on this trip.
When it warms up a bit I’ll hobble around on a walk just to get some sort of exercise, and stretch when I return to the house.
Have you tried biking at all? Who knows…it might feel better.
Wordle: I had the first 3 letters and the last. Do you know how many words that could have been. Way too many. Nothing but a guessing game. I fared better at Connections: blue, yellow, green, purple. Strands was a piece of cake.
Was going to run this morning but had no motivation. A friend called late so I didn’t get to sleep til late. Getting caught up on Ghosts. Finished a book and started a new one. Finished my NCAA bracket. That’s also a guessing game. Otherwise not much to report.
No, I am nervous to go out by myself because I don’t know how my body will react. This pain has never happened to me before, so I have no point of reference. I do know that it hurts a lot to walk when I first start, but then the pain subsides, so I feel more confident walking. Plus, I am much closer to the house if tragedy strikes.
I find my back warms up as I ride, so the pain subsides.
Stay close to home while you get warmed up and see how it goes.
Did y’all know my favorite Talking Heads album is called “Stop Making Sense”?
As should everyone’s.
I hope you are not taking a shot at me for being cautious. It is likely that my body, once warmed, would be fine. It is also possible that at mile twenty my body will be in such pain, and I will be alone, and thus I will need to be rescued. I cannot afford to take such a risk.
There’s cautious and there’s paralyzed. Cautious was me hiking 7.6 miles on Saturday while taking lots of breaks and enduring one ugly moment where I slipped on a downhill. Cautious was also attempting 3 miles of the Gahuti trail and getting to the main road and realizing the other 6 were unsustainable that day and to be accomplished when I’m feeling better. We found a mountain bike path we could take back to the cars that much much easier on me. Paralyzed would have been skipping the hike because my knees hurt like hell. I figured fuck it, my knees hurt at home, they might as well hurt on the trail too.
It was a jab at your binary mindset. “I can either go for a long ride, or no ride at all.” Why wouldn’t a test ride around the neighborhood make sense? Motion is very much lotion.
It is indeed your body and your decision. It is also your choice to disregard meaningful and caring gestures of support. You truly get to choose your adventure.
FYI, AAA offers roadside assistance for cyclists: https://living.acg.aaa.com/auto/bicycle-roadside-assistance/
Pain is a motherfucker and it doesn’t have to be a dealbreaker. I choose to see it as a constraint that I have to work within. Cautiously. Fuck paralysis. Been there, done that. I’m beyond over it.
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You all have a good day.
For the record, I learned the phrase “motion is lotion” from my physical therapist. Damn it, she’s right.
^That sounds so dirty.
Ooh-la-la!
Bike ride last night – its been way too long since I’ve ridden – the assist on the hills was awesome though.
Was planning to go again tonight, but then Allan remembered (this morning) that he was supposed to be working an OT day today (ooops – he’s a little late for the 0700am start time). I may go out by myself – or maybe I’ll just go for a walk after work. We will see. I do need to go get 1 lottery ticket….. I’d be ok winning all that money.
Both tickets for Tuesday and Wednesday’s drawings were busts.
so I need to buy 2 tickets – 1 of each.
And 1 Cash for Life – that would be my ideal winner – not a lump sum, just money coming in all the time
Wordle in 3 after moving a single partial match around twice. I’ll take that. Clean Connections. Purple was idiotic but less so than yesterday. I finally untangled Strands last night, and went back for a Wordle fail because I couldn’t see LINGO to save my life and I was tired to care. Strands was a lot easier today.
There is definitely something to chasing down and resolving one’s lifelong emotional challenges, no matter how long it takes. Yesterday I had a breakthrough that is going give one of my businesses a competitive advantage. I’ve been trying to crack this particular nut for several years now. Recently I figured out how to solve the problem in Excel, yesterday I nailed it down in MySQL which means it’s out of my head and the web development team can now start implementing it. Glory hallelujah!
You are such a nerd.
Jenka, you say that like it’s not a badge of honor. I, for one, embrace my nerdiness, which is why a carry 2 cell phones on my belt!!
Au contraire, my friend! I say it with admiration!
Well, I’ll take that! Thank you!
NERDS UNITE!!
It pays the bills! I’m racing the clock here as I get older, but if I can pull off my vision I’ll have a pretty epic retirement.
Which is 100% the goal. I want to retire with plenty of time to live my actual life.
Preach it, sister!
Happy Thursday, although really it’s my Friday! Tomorrow we’re off to Ft Myers to watch the Red Sox and Braves at spring training. Originally I had thought we’d come back Monday but I have an important meeting first thing Monday morning so we’ll come back Sunday after the game.
I did an auto-fill March Madness bracket which has UConn winning it all.
auto fill march madness bracket?
I like that idea. where did you find that?
Did you do the women’s tournament too?
I heard the women’s final 4 seats are selling for way more money than the men’s.
Gotta love it!
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket/
Click “Auto-Fill Bracket” at the top of the bracket.
Auto fill gave me UConn too – so I bet we’d have hte exact same teams all through out ???
I’ll pick Iowa State to win it all- just because.
Um, auto-filling a bracket feels like doing Wordle again on a second device just to get an ace.
I don’t know enough about the teams to actually fill it out, but I do know enough to be really dumb about my choices. So it’s either auto-fill or do no bracket at all.
I would totally be one of the thousand monkeys eventually typing out Shakespeare’s works, so I do feel you on that.
David, I just laughed OUT LOUD!!!
Nice!
Happy Thursday! Been a busy week.
Tennis practice last night and I played like shit, hopefully that means I’ll play much better in my match on Saturday. Praying to the rain gods for the storm to come through Friday night so it will be dry enough Saturday morning. Planning make up matches is a pain in the ass.
HOA meeting tonight so no ramble, I’ll get a ride in after work though.
Bowling tomorrow night, shooting for another 200+ game.
Tennis match Saturday and supporting Laura running a Yeti race Sunday.
Been wanting a motorcycle ride lately, maybe next weekend I can fit it in. Although we are leaving for Florida on Sunday so maybe not.
Why do I pack my schedule so full? Oh well, at least it’s fun
Paulie I hope you can get out for at least a short ride to see if you have any pain. Also hope you get it sorted before STU
busy, busy, busy!!!
Finally got a call about the Emory Brain study I’m in – they said we’d do it again in 2 years & I was thinking – should I call them? But- I looked it up, & it was May 2022 when I did all the tests.
The next available appt for the cognitive tests is July 22!
They are a busy bunch. I think mine retest is in June.
looking forward to that zoom test that makes me feel STOOPID
So it’s not just me! I feel better already.