blatherings

blatherings
the shallow side

maybe later...

You know, spring just isn't
blogging season for me.  I'm busy and there is stuff I want to talk
about, but I don't actually want to sit in front of the computer and do
so.   And then I was ill yesterday, and now even though I don't feel great it occured to me I should maybe finish my research and, oh, maybe write something for this damn confrence....  So I wrote a little at work yesterday which you can read on the other page, but right now I think I'm going to go read more about Buffy.
11.5.06 22:11


and so it begins... again

Started kick boxing again as
of Monday.  I stopped last term - I was ill and missed a few classes
and just felt lame going back.  I tried to work out and keep up with
yoga, but really, I haven't been consistent with anything since late
November.  In some ways that has been good - I've been doing a little
of everything so I'm not bored and I am active, but I've been hard on
myself for the lack of consistency.  I've been losing weight (or at
least size) but my cardio is WAY down.  The class was fun and it felt
good to be getting back into it, but by the end of the night I could
already feel my legs tightening up.  Tuesday was brutal - my arms hurt,
my abs ache, my back is in agony... We went to yoga and there were a
few things I just couldn't do.  This morning was pretty gross as well -
thank the gods for Advil - and I'm a little concerned about how well
I'll be able to do in tonight's class.



But one really cool thing
happened.... When I started this last year, I hated doing the punching
drills because I could feel the excess fat on my arms swinging when I
extended my arm quickly.  It would sway.  The word gross doesn't do the
feeling justice.  Monday night, there was no sway.  At all.  It felt
great and I was so proud.



Still, when I went clothes
shopping Tuesday I couldn't find much that fit - not because I'm too
fat, but just because my body type isn't the type most clothes are made
for.  I have an hourglass figure so I can find lots of bar clothes and
things that show off my cleavage, but there isn't a lot that is
suitable for the office.  It's frustrating and I can see this becoming
a huge deal in the future.  But to be honest, as I was taking off
clothes that either didn't fit because I'm not a stick or things that
made it look as though I was just wearing a sack, instead of thinking
about how awful the clothes looked on me, I just looked at how good I
look naked.
11.5.06 22:12


Being a working girl sucks

I’ve just finished work for the weekend and frankly, I’m pooped.  It’s early enough that had I planed anything or rented a movie, I’d be fine were I not so beat.  I’ve worked a lot this last week, plus getting ready for my trip next week.  I still have more work on my paper that I wanted to accomplish tonight but right now I can’t even imagine doing it.  I could clean the house, but I’m so tired that I don’t know that I’d be able to get much done.


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Blah. I’m going to go watch zombie movies till I feel better.
21.5.06 05:06


It never ceases to amaze me…

… how salad, zombie movies and watching my kitty hunt and kill a bottle cap just puts everything into perspective.
21.5.06 07:40


I am such a crackwhore

so, I've been thinking all this time that leaving at 0.30 Thursday would somehow mean that I would have Thursday during the day to clean the house, do the last touches on whatever and see a movie before leaving for the airport.

sigh.

S just managed to convince me that we have to leave at 10pm Wednesday to make our flight. He's been trying - kind of half heartedly - to make me believe this since, oh, I don't know, when I booked the tickets MONTHS ago. I say half heartedly because he would start, I would explain my "logic" and he'd look perplexed and walk away...


now I know why.
21.5.06 09:17


Oh! The guilt!

While many of the trip planning details are s-l-o-w-l-y coming together, one large problem we’ve faced is what to do with Bella Sook.  The person responsible for bringing her into our lives offered to drop by to feed her, but that doesn’t feel right.  We feed her small servings throughout the day because as a stray when she found food she would hork it all down.  Now that she can eat regularly – and canned cat food is richer than scraps – she will inhale what we feed her and then puke it up a few minutes later. The vet said it was normal for former strays to have trouble adapting to a regular feeding pattern, but it does mean that someone stopping by once or twice a day to feed and water her won’t cut it.  We thought about a couple of people who might take her in, but there were problems with each – other cats, open doors, windows with no screens and S doesn’t want to impose on anyone.  So I called a place our vet recommended which is called a kitty ranch, although we’ve been calling it a kitty concentration camp.

It is VERY NICE.  I can’t stress this enough, if you need to board a cat in the Edmonton area, go to Calico Hills Kitty Lodge.  When I called today, she answered all of my questions and when I asked if we could come look around, she said it was a good idea because some places sound good on the phone but aren’t.  This is.  There are two outside areas for the cats, a fish tank, a fireplace (for watching, not roasting), a TV where she plays ‘kitty videos’ (I didn’t ask), a huge number of toys and perches and little walkways only large enough for a cat.  We got there just as she was discharging two cats, so we roamed around and looked in the “rooms” and watched how calm the cats were and listened to the woman who was picking her cats up – she uses the place regularly and also booked another visit.  Not all of the rooms have windows (which will be hard on Bella) but she takes all the cats out for individualized playtime, and if they are social and calm with other cats, she lets them play together.  There were about four cats roaming around when we were there.  The litter boxes were clean, except for those clearly freshly used, the cats were all brushed and happy and none of the cats looked agitated.  She asked us a lot of questions about Bella and her habits and really, it helped a lot

We both feel pretty awful about leaving Bella behind, but short of one of us dropping out of the conference, this is the only way. 

24.5.06 04:29


Pearls Before Swine

24.5.06 07:44


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