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Summer in Portland

We are leaving for New Orleans in a week and a day. I have been constantly trying on outfits and rethinking my wardrobe. I have picked up a few essential items over the past couple of weeks.

1. Slip shorts. My grandma had a pair of these and I loved them! I bought a pair in white and one in black. I foresee these being extremely useful. I don’t do hot weather well and these work well under skirts.

2. White pants. They match everything! I am actually borrowing the from the lovely Heather and depending on how things go I may need to procure my own.

3. Awesome swimsuit and cover up. Nuff said!

We shall see what happens once I get to the land of humidity.

Not much else has been happening. Much day dreaming about the yard but not really wanting to work to get it accomplished. I was sick for a bit, now I am back in the gym and trying to be active everyday. I am having varying success in that matter.

I did go to Seattle again last weekend and had a lovely time at the solstice parade and at my dear friends house. I didn’t get any good pictures of the parade so instead I will leave you with a photo of a very sad little dog. She always is very worried by packing. Sad moo.

And so it begins…

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I started training for the Portland marathon today. It seems like such a gigantic feat but really it just starts with a 3 mile run in 45 minutes or less. Today I chose my route based on one thing, to see whether or not The little Red Bike Cafe was open or not. I don’t recommend basing a run on this all the time, but I needed to know the answer and I needed to run. I am happy to say it was business as usual there!

It was hard to start running this morning. I had doubts, but I am glad I pushed through them. My body remembered the rhythm. I had forgotten how much I loved running outside. It is beautiful in Portland right now. There are so many interesting gardens and blooming trees to look at.

This morning while on the wii my ankle was twinging a bit but no instability or pain while running. Silly as it sounds I feel that the wii has really improved my balance and posture. I don’t know what is helping me the wii or the regular gym time but I am still at about 11 1/2 minute miles. It is my goal to get down to 10 minute miles and to be able to run 12 miles with my sister by the time she gets here in July.

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Did I mention I have been riding my bike instead of driving lately? Partially because I want to be in better shape and partially because I don’t want to get gas. Not because of the expense (ok maybe a little because of the expense) but because I hate going to the gas station. I like it alot, except for the mass amounts of sweating. I always feel like I get somewhere and it looks like I am going to pass out and die. My goal is to be able to bike and look like I am not going to fall over. My seat keeps sliding down and I was right by the bike store and didn’t think to go in. OOps.

I am thinking about going to the midnight showing of hellboy tonight. I haven’t been so excited by a movie in a while.

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Yesterday B made me a new computer and today I am marveling at my giant screen and quick processor. It makes me want to use it to make things!  I worked 12 hours yesterday but I did manage to get to the gym for spin class. I haven’t been able to get back on my skates which is worrisome. My sister will be here in two days!!! I can’t wait. I am sure her visit will be punctuated by physical activity so I am not to worried about that aspect.

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I am still going fairly strong. I did take a little break for a day or two but yesterday I went to spin class and it had gotten a little easier! Tomorrow I am going to try Mat Pilates. I bet it is going to be a killer!

First injury! Day Three real skating.

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Ok, I feel better I did pretty good at the roller rink. I didn’t wear my knee pads for the first bit and you can see what happened! Major road rash. Knee pads are your friends. I am also looking into new wrist guards because the three dollar ones gave me a big fat bruise on my thumb. I met another girl who is trying out and she gave me some good tips and I am hoping she will email me and we can hang out, especially when I get better. There is a derby girl who teaches a class on Mondays so I am going to try and get a co worker to switch with me a few days a month because that will give me a better idea of what I need to do. I am a little discouraged at this point because it seems like you need to get your face out there before try outs to really have a chance but you know what if I don’t make it this time, there will be another try out in three months and I will be even buffer and better by then. Oh and I fell down really hard and knocked my head. I guess I will be getting a helmet and wearing it at the rink until I get better. There weren’t that many people there on Thursday afternoon so I am going to try and go then, The gal also said Friday nights are fun because there are more people. I think I am going to give myself a break today and just work out at the gym and keep up with the cardio. I am going to start going to pilates twice a week to increase my core strength so that I can get low. Spinning is totally going to help build my legs and endurance. I just have to keep going and not give up. Everyone starts at the beginning right?

Day One and Two! The deets.

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So Tuesday’s training didn’t go so well. I had a mental image of me putting on my skates and rolling off to the park to skate around the path or something. The reality is I barely could go a couple feet. I am going to say that it is because I was on cracked and bumpy sidewalk and road. I feel down a bunch of times and I am proud to say my kneepads and wrist guards really work well! I then decided to sit down and take of my skates and walk down to the church parking lot to see if that was easier, but I was a dork and managed to hit myself in the face with my skate. I now have a scratch on my nose and my glasses to match. I didn’t give up yet, I then started walking down to the parking lot in my socks. It was a bad idea since the ground in the parking lot was pretty wet and my socks got soaked. I decided to give up until Wed. and hoofed it back to the house in the drizzle. I did go in to talk to my practice manager about the possibility of me getting on the team may necessitate a schedule change and he was very excited for me and told me we would work it out when it gets to that point. Everyone at work is pretty excited for me and the fact that the word has gotten out there has just upped my motivation because I can’t back out and I don’t want to let myself down by not trying my hardest and doing my best! Wed went a bit better since I have decided to take up spin class again. I was only mildly annoyed by the fact my stomach didn’t used to get in the way so much last time I was doing this! I am going to make going to spin class Monday and Wednesday a priority since it is excellent for calorie burning and endurance. Plus I love it and it is the whole reason I started to go to the new gym in the first place. I am really sore but pleased to be getting back in the swing of things. Today I am going to the rink to see how I do on a real smooth floor. I am nervous about it, last time I tried to go I got lost I think I have a better grasp of the city now though. I am also worried it will be overrun by kids and I will not be able to maneuver around them. I will let you know how it goes later!

Derby

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I am going to tryout this July. I am going to talk to my boss about it today. I started training. It’s not pretty but you have to start somewhere. I totally biffed it and fell on my ass. I am going to go to spin class to start upping my endurance tomorrow. Thursday during the day I am going to the rink to practice on some real floor and maybe talk to the skate guy about getting some outdoor wheels and learning how to change them. I think having a goal will help me focus on exercising and making it fun and have a point. I think part of my issue is most exercise doesn’t have a point to me. You would think weight loss would be enough but it isn’t!

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So I am going to california in june. I will take the dogs and hopefully!!! I can convince someone (C, H, K?) to keep an eye on the birds, cats and house. I can tell it has been long enough since I have driven down there because I am excited for the road trip. I hopefully can convince Blair to go with me and listen to Torchwood audio books!!! I will finally be able to get all my stuff out of my grandparents house and bring it back up here. Not like I have anywhere to put it, oh well.

On the gym front, I have been going regularly for a week. Today I don’t really want to go but I am going to go before I will let myself go to the library. I also think I will take the dogs for a quick walk. It doesn’t decrease the Elsa crazy but I like to pretend it does. I think I have lost about three pounds so far. That is without changing my eating habits much. I did stop drinking this week and so far it isn’t too bad. It will get harder as the weather gets warmer and I will start wanting mucho beer. I think I will have to brew a lot of iced tea to get through. I am going to try and cut back on my soda/energy intake as well. It is like crack so we shall see how that goes.

Tonight I am going to go see Larissa at Twisted. She will be talking about her new book and I am excited because I very rarely get to go to these things. They are generally on Sat or Tues evening when I have to work.