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| I'm FREAKING out!!! -- Jax |
Tuesday – Halloween, I got home just in time to sneak in the house with the Monday groceries, I THOUGHT I avoided the trick or treaters, they start early around here and I don’t get home until 6 p.m. A few of the munchkins got on the porch and peeked in the door but the light was off, if they knocked no one heard them. I didn’t have any candy, the only thing I have a surplus of is ‘fun size’ toothpaste, clearly, that was NOT going to cut it.
With all the people out, no dog walks, people everywhere, wanting to pet the sweet/handsome/beautiful Gus. He loves to see and watch people but not so much to let them touch him; everyone wants to pat a dog on its head. Think about it, would you like to be towered over and have someone smack your head? He’s good with a gentle ear scratch and he may lean into it but that’s about it.
Ro and I had our last hill workout until she gets back from Martinique in December. Since she was my last running partner before my three-week break she’ll be my first running partner on Monday. Unless the weather is decent and I attempt the 5.5 mile Tarzan Brown race on Sunday.
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| ZZZZ -- Gus |
Wednesday – Last shot! No exercise while the Euflexx does its thing. Beer meet up with some gals, good time, too cold in the brewery for my achy joints.
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| The first day of HEAT!! |
Thursday – First spin class since April 5th. No standing in the pedals for me, so I had to figure out something to do for the standing and hovering parts. Working on my climbing muscles seemed like a good idea. I could crank up the tension sit a little back in the seat and focus. I think I can make this work. It was the spin class Ro teaches and she does 10 minutes of arm weights while we spin at a medium cadence. Those always kill my arms, even with 3 lb. weights!!! I’ll be happy to get back to this and get out on one of the bikes for the weekends.
Gus was happy to get out for a walk and we went very far at an extremely peppy pace, good for him. I was exhausted!
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| My turn! |
Friday - With the temps nearing 70 this is perfect biking weather, unfortunately, work is heating up, performance review time, the only time of year people are productive and think I'm all for the "lack of planning on your part constitutes an emergency on my part" and jumping. Um, no, however, if you've done me a solid, I'll do you one.
Another Gus walk, in the daylight, that was nice. I wanted to get some special release beers from Beer'd and they opened at 5 and I didn't want to go too late, so I took Gus to Stonington Borough for a walk so after the walk I could get the beer I wanted to get. It all worked out well. The only hurdle was going to be the train bridge. It is a wire bridge over the railroad tracks, you can see right through. How would Gus handle this? He gave me a WTF look and tentatively took a step up after a bit of urging. Once he determined, that yes he could see the ground but we were going up and he wasn't falling he carefully picked his way up the stairs. We got over the tracks, this part is cement, clearly not a problem. Then the down. Oh, my... how was THIS going to go. He was even more tentative, however, trusted me enough to walk down the stairs. His preferred method of descending stairs is hopping, landing on his two front feet and only his back right foot keeping the left bent. It's his thing, the three foot down the stair hop. We will know when he is really having stair trouble when he uses all four feet. He was happy with some new scenery and we went over the car bridge for the return trip to Beer'd.
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| Sunset from our walk in the Borough |
Saturday - I agreed to meet Faith at 11 a.m. at Clyde's Cider Mill, Relive here. The big elevation drop after restarting the Garmin at Clyde's was weird. She was going to run there and back and I'd bike. She wasn't ready for 30 miles on the bike. OK. I rode to Clyde's on the route I rode last week and happened upon Faith running. It was chilly and slowing down to a running pace was really welcome so my body could warm up a bit. We had some delicious hot cider with caramel and a cider donut. She ran back to where she started and I biked back home. It was really nice!
This was my first experience with bib shorts. Oh wow. I loved them. No binding at the waist of a waistband, just not super easy to go to the bathroom.... hmmm...
Both the boyz got a walk. Jax has figured out the put on the harness process! I was really impressed. It goes something like this:
- He thinks he is going for a walk.
- I get his harness he spins wildly and punches things.
- I say firmly "STOP" he continues to spin about wildly and punch things. He is a boxer they punch things.
- I sing "collaborate and listen" and he slows down a bit.
- He stops. I hover over him attempting to get his feet in the right parts of the harness, left foot first.
- He explodes in another fit of spinning and punching.
- Repeat from STOP two more times and finally, he gets into the harness and we are off. Tonight he didn't explode into the second round of spinning, he pulled up his left foot (the one I put in the harness hole first) and it took a few tries but we got it where it needed to be. I was stunned by the surprise and more bracing myself to quickly back away as I don't want to get my head bonked by the spinning and punching. He really is something. I was pretty impressed and proud of him!
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| Caramel Cider and Cider Donuts |
Sunday - I had a list, the list is all checked off. A partial day and a full day of housewifery and I'm set for a while!
The dogs were not so happy with either the art project I had them involved in or the delayed dinner time.
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| This sucks, for ALL of us. |
Reading:
Finished "The Penderwicks at Point Mouet" by Jeanne Birdsall, so cute, albeit a little predictable, however what a charming story.
Started: "The Penderwicks in Spring " by Jeanne Birdsall, I am nearly done. Oh, my heart broke for Batty, her dog died of a heart problem and then all the rest that piled on top of that. As I am nearing the end it seems to be all working out for a very happy ending. I'm glad I read Sheila's review and these piqued my interest. It has been a lovely journey.
Up next: "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman or "The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett" by Chelsea Sedoti. Depends on if I want to listen to the radio after the last Penderwick saga ends.
Knitting:
Nearly finished with the tan baby sweater. I should start sewing up the arms and putting on buttons on the ones to be finished bag. And finding homes for them! I know a wee one that may need one for her outside adventures with her mum and dad...
Mileage:
Another low week. Funny how my weight hasn't skyrocketed and I haven't been that careful with my diet... weird.
Feet: 18
Saddle: 46
All in all, not a bad week, finally feel settled in the house we moved into 18 years ago.
Sincerely,
Beth, looking forward to running on Monday!!
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