Mornin' everyone.
Congratulations on the raise, Leslie. your wisdom, patience and good work have paid off.
I'm glad you're getting some cooler weather, Tet.
Tammy, I hope Liz landed OK. Your dream about the VW and the bullfrog is the strangest and scariest think I've read about in a while. Yikes!
Have fun with the new travel trailer, Tselbes!
I like the idea of a "Workout and Wine Down," Starr. Keep up the good work with your DD - I'm so glad that you are making progress, but it seems that you still have a ways to go. You and Mr. Starr have to take good care of each other too.
Congrats on the cooler weather, Enke, and also on your son's history project. It must be fascinating to research a relative.
Holly, I've had some scary dreams in the past, but have conveniently forgotten about them. When I was a young kid, i used to sleepwalk all over the house, which was scary for everyone but me. When DW and I were dating, she called one night, and we apparently had an interesting conversation about a rope. At least, that is what she told me the next day, after I woke up. I don't think I talk in my sleep anymore, but how would I know?
8.2 RW miles along the coast this morning in 62F temps with a refreshing westerly breeze. I went down to Hampton Beach where the annual sand sculpture contest got started yesterday. I'll try to remember take my phone and take pics later in the week. I saw the sun climb up over the horizon on my way back, which put a smile on my face. I hope you all have as nice a start to your day!
Have a greta Wednesday!
Jay
Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.
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I have a lot of dreams where I am only wearing underwear...then, at some point, I start feeling really uncomfortable about it. I also have been having a lot of dreams about my ex-workmates. I'm always at their new office and I am not welcomed at all. I just walk around and nobody talks to me.
Oh--congratulations on your raise, Leslie! Hopefully everybody talks to you at your office.
Marathon Maniac #957
I have had a recurring dream (5 or 6 times) where I am out of town at a work-related conference, and when the conference is coming to a close, I realize I haven't purchased my plane tickets to go home, or can't get to the airport. Sounds pretty tame, but the dreams themselves get a bit frantic.
No run (yet again), but about 45 minutes of weights and core.
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
Yesterday was heads down working in a cube all day. I have thought about submitting my resignation to generate appreciation for my work as they "beg" me not to leave. But there is always the risk that they just say "Goodbye, its been nice to know you." So I don't think I'll ever actually do that.
I ran 5 this morning. Very humid out there. I have to quit peeking at the dew points in Midland Michigan because it depresses me on how good I used to have it.
The one dream I had many times, although not recently as far as I know, is where I am with a number of people and I can see numerous tornadoes coming towards us but no one else seems to notice or care. Usually this occurs in the house my in-laws had when Cindy & I were married. It is up high on a hill and has a mostly glass room that hangs out over the hill so the view is great.
Oh my goodness Dave,
Tornados approaching is my recurring anxiety dream! I am usually hiding in a house somewhere, and they come menacingly within feet of the house. It's bizarre as I have never lived anywhere with a high probability of tornados.
The other one would be being at work in a lab, or out shopping, I look down and I have no shoes on. I'm embarrassed and don't know what to do and am worried about cutting my feet. I don't suppose Tet has this kind of dream, probably the opposite.
Tammy's childhood nightmare takes the prize though!
Well tomorrow night I will get to meet some new people! I'm excited!
"During a marathon, I run about two-thirds of the time. That's plenty." - Margaret Davis, 85 Ed Whitlock regarding his 2:54:48 marathon at age 73, "That was a good day. It was never a struggle."
Dreams are weird. A couple of months ago, I started taking a different medication to try and help my sleep issue. About a week into taking it, I started having horrific, brutal nightmares from which I would wake up scared to death to go back to sleep 'cause I didn't want the dream to start again. I asked my doc about it, she'd never heard of that side affect but looked it up, and sure enough, nightmares are a side affect for a very small portion of the patients. I now cut the pills in half - no problems.
I still remember a couple of dreams I had as a kid that terrified me. When things were bad with Shorty and me, I had a lot of dreams about going in, guns blazing, trying to rescue people. And then there's the ever popular showing up at work in your underwear or naked.
Starr - I am a firm believer in counseling. If for some reason you don't gel with this first therapist, keep trying. I will also have a deep affection for my therapist. She may not have literally saved my life, but she saved my life.
Last night it was 8 steady miles at the McKay, this morning is was 6 miles on somewhat pooped legs. I'm hoping they regain some spark for this relay I'm participating in this weekend . . . somewhere in the wilds of Oregon.
I saw this quote and loved it: "Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations."
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I think I had a nightmare that jay had no meetings today..Glad zigalina’s raise wasn’t a dream.
ps - nice quote .Five chilly morning cycle miles (490) but no wind so seemed warmer that last evening’s return at 630..Flags at half mast. They should staythat way for the full fifty days
"Enjoy yourself. Your younger days never come again." 100yo T. Igarashi to me in geta at top of Mt. Fuji (8/2/87)
Why don't we ever dream about OTHER people showing up to work in their underwear...of course...I work with all men, so that would be a nightmare.
So--looking ahead--to get all the states done before I turn 61, it looks like I will need to do another multiple marathons in a week thing. Mainly Marathons Independence is May 1st through May 5th. It includes DE, MD, NJ, PA, and NY. I don't need NY, but I need the first 4. I'm thinking very seriously about doing it. Anybody want to join me for 1..or 2...or whatever?
mrrun with the za'atar cole slaw you have to go real easy on the za'atar. I would add some. Taste and add more a little at a time. The za'atar can easily overpower the slaw and give it a very odd taste. I know the recipe says 2 teaspoons and that looks like nothing in a chopped up half head of cabbage, but in this case it really is a lot.
My recurring nightmare is that I have to pass a language test to remain in the PhD program. Of course, I havent a clue how to speak or write or understand whatever it is. The test is like tomorrow and I am in a total panic! Glad there were no language tests by the time I got to my graduate program.
This is my last conference day. Tomorrow my DW and I go back to touring. Between the last paper and the conference dinner I managed to get in a run just a tad under 8 miles. Weather wise this has been the best day of the trip. Cloudy, occasional drizzle and a patch of blue sky every now and then. This is the cloudiest and rainiest place I have ever visited! Well there is Ireland to be fair.
Live like you are dying not like you are afraid to die.
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fatozzig, congratulations on the well deserved raise. Starr, thinking of you, mrStarr, and your daughter and wishing you all the best.
This morning, it was about 60° and there was a light breeze. I got in 5 miles at an 11:22 pace.
A good day and good runs for all.
TomS
That is just crazy!
Does it count if I run/walked them?
Could I even do it?
Hmmm...
Yes! You can do them! Yes it is crazy...what's your point?
I did 6 tonight. It's a sad day, though...the 5 tall bars on my running graph are going away.
I have weird dreams sometimes, but usually after a day or so I can't remember them. The one recurring dream I used to have (years ago) was walking behind a group of horses tied to a fence, and then one would kick me hard... and I'd wake up with a start! Would happen every few months, and hasn't happened in awhile so not sure what that's all about. Don't walk behind horses you don't know, right?
Mike, I have no interest in those runs. They aren't necessarily scenic, they're multiple loops of the same (short) course and usually in some park or something. What's the push to be done by the time you're 61? I figure I'll get most of my states after retirement, but I'll always make an effort to do a "destination" run that has redeeming value or RA folks I want to meet nearby. I don't even have the time goals some folks have. A woman here is pushing for all 50 states in sub-4 hour times. Well, that's great, but that means my New Mexico run around the caldera would need to go, and my Wyoming run up a big hill and back down would have to be redone. Both were 4:30'ish times but stunningly beautiful courses. I guess I could go back and run a road race to get sub-4, but I don't want to.
Congrats on the raise, Leslie, very well deserved. You're doing the Rogue River Relay too? Can't wait to hear about that one.
Tammy, has Liz made it yet?
I ran home from work today. 10.1 miles on totally tired, fatigued and sore legs. I don't know what's going on with my legs. I'm just not recovering like I usually do. And I'll smack the first person to point out that I'm getting older....