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Sunday October 1st - Strained (Happy October!)
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2000 I ran a mile. At least a mile. I'm not exactly sure how far it is, but this is the distance I used to try and run/walk last spring and I never could make it for very far running. But I decided to see if the elliptical machine has any practical benefits, so I ran the whole way out before turning around to walk back. I've never been able to run a mile easily, and this was still pretty hard, but I made it. I didn't let myself stop, and I even started to hit a stride.
Too bad as soon as I dropped into a walk, I felt a pulled mucles in my hip/groin region.
So, this whole weekend has been an exercise is making myself use these muscles gently. I went to the Lumin show Friday night and I sat on a hard floor for awhile before dancing, neither of which are good for me. I did talk to Laura for awhile, who told me about the production of Alice in Wonderland her troupe is performing for Dickens Faire. Laura is very sweet, and she made me feel like I actually have some good connections in this area (which I do; I just don't have the confidence to pull any strings). Anyway, she made me want to do theatre again, and maybe I will.
I actually got a lot of stuff done on Saturday. Aron left to play ultimate frisbee, so when I came out of my room, Jen was alone putting up our new kitchen shelving (Sharon, who just moved out after subletting to Jen for a year, took all her old furniture; it looks like we've been robbed!). I offered her help, but she declined saying she had only one wrench/plier thing. "I have one of those, or something like it." I said, and went to fetch my bike wrench. Together we bolted the thing together, and drilled on the supports. I think of Jen as very butch, but I had better luck with the screw pusher that Elle loaned me than Jen did; I think it's just because I had recent practice with the bookcase/L brackets. Anyhow, we cleaned out the kitchen corner and carried them over and it just looks so open! The old setup made poor use of the space, and the new arrangement makes the kitchen much less claustrophobic feeling. Yay!
Inspired by Jen's industriousness (and in a rhythm from putting away my food stores) I proceeded to make a dutch apple pie, clean out my closet (a huge undertaking I only half undertook, making it merely very large), and cleaned up around my room. I was covered in sweat when David came over around 5:30 for gardening. We futzed with computer stuff first (I think I lost my old IIsi, which means my submission log is gone forever. Sigh). Anyhow, we gardened, then made a tasty dinner of white bean quesadillas, garden fresh salsa and chips. With hot apple pie for dessert (David said it was one of my best, mainly because the inside was not runny, but a perfect gooey consistency).
My neighbors/landlord were having a party on their deck, which is literally 5 feet from my bedroom wall (the wall the headboard of my bed rests against). It got louder as the night grew later, and I finally convinced David to allow me crash space at his place for the night. I slept there much, much better than I expected (I was pretty beat), and was all cheery and well-rested by the time I got home this morning.
So, for today I'm thinking I'll put up some shelving I have sitting around. I still have the stud-finder and screw pusher (no, not a drill; it has no bits; I suppose I should say "electric screwdriver", huh?), but I need to return them later today. Yeah, I think it's time for some more girl-power.
Chat with ya'll tomorrow.
Exercise log:
Ran about a mile, nonstop, in Aquatic Park at lunch on Friday. Could barely walk by that evening; I think I pulled muscles in: my shins, my quads and my groin/hip. Argh!
Writing log:
May this little void be the source of all Heather's depression?
I'm currently reading:
Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier
Knight of Ghosts and Shadows by Mercedes Lackey and Ellen Guon

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