This, That and The Other Thing

Yesterday was day one for the marathon training.  Let's just agree right here and now that when I say "marathon", I'm doing HALF a marathon, but it seems so time consuming to write "half marathon" all the time.  Mmmm k?

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Well, now I feel all hoity toity.  Pretentious. 

Yesterday was day one for the 1/2 marathon training. 

3 min warm-up, 30 minutes semi-fast walking, 2 min cool down.  Done.  More like 40 minutes.  My sister can testify that I was out there in the blustery elements, keeping my commitment.  I already feel better.  Speaking of which ...

Me:  Muttin, you're fat.

Muttin:  Kettle black much?  Who gained 4 pounds last week, hmmm?

Me:  That would be me, but it was my last hurray before the training starts.  As you well know, since I TOLD you that. 

Muttin:  When did you tell me that?

Me:  Every time you stared at me as I walked into the kitchen, remember?

Muttin:  No, I didn't hear you.  You know you need to make eye contact with me when you say something.  Don't all the dog books tell you that?  Doesn't your good friend, Cesar Melan explain to you the importance of eye contact?

Me:  Well, actually, he says that any dog that makes sustained eye contact with their master is believing they're the top dog, Missy. 

Muttin:  I only do that cause you confuse me and I'm trying to figure you out.  I only WISH you would take charge so that I can rest for a change. 

Me:  Yea, right. 

Muttin:  Yea, right. 

Me:  Don't mock me.  Anyways, to get back to it, you're fat and you're going to work out with me. 

Muttin:  What about Jeffrey?

Me:  He goes too, but typically, he's not fat.  That's just the way of Mother Nature, sweetie.  We females eat the same thing the males do, and we get fat.

Muttin:  Why is that?

Me:  I dunno.  Something about making babies maybe.  I seem to remember reading something about that.

Muttin:  Well, I wouldn't know about that, now would I?  Seeing as how you took it upon yourself to make it so I couldn't have babies.

Me:  I'm a responsible pet owner - that's what I'm supposed to do.  Don't tell me you want puppies!?  You don't have a nurturing bone in you body!

Muttin:  Perhaps it was taken away from me along with my ovaries?  Have you ever wondered why I have attitude, hmmm?

Me:  . . .

Muttin:  There ya go. 

Me:  Lordy.  I don't know why I even try.  It always seems like I'm on a sinking ship and you're the only one with a life jacket when we have these little talks.

M:uttin:  (Snorts)

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Today's training is 30 minutes of cross training, which means either weight-lifting or Pilate's, or yoga.  I haven't decided what I'll be doing, but it'll be reported on tomorrow.  You have to help me be accountable, Internet.  And readers.

Ben invited me to come visit him in San Diego again, and said something about going to a wild animal park.  So I have to figure out the dog situation again - Cowinky is having surgery, and the lady that helped last time too, is moving out. 

SFM was supposed to come home to San Francisco yesterday, but missed his plane.  I was wide awake all night last nite, so we talked half the night away, while he waited the 16 or so hours at the JFK airport for the next flight.  I guess this not being able to sleep is good for something once in awhile. 

I came up with this BRILLIANT idea on how to focus myself to one task at a time, rather than flitting from one to another as if I were a beautiful butterfly with no time on my hands, and all the time in the world to get things done. 

Well, to be truthful, I DO have time on my hands, and all the time in the world.  Which translates into me seeming to believe I can always "do it tomorrow".  Therefore, never getting anything done.  Or during the times of no pain, I get overwhelmed with what to do first and become stuck with doing nothing cause it's too confusing.

In an effort to solve this problem, I wrote the projects I want to do on little pieces of paper, and put them in a bowl on the coffee table.  Pink slips of paper mean that task needs to be done right away.  I cut up strips of paper, so that it's easy to grab when I remember things I want to do.  So far, this has been working really well, mostly for my focusing problem.  I'm not allowed to pick up an new piece of paper out of the bowl till the one in my hand is done.  And I keep the current project/slip of paper on the refrigerator.  Of all the methods I've tried to do to help me remember and be organized, this one has worked.  Partly because I LOVE the green bowl. 

So the current task is writing my training schedule down on the calendar, so I don't have to check out the website every day.  Cause once I get on line, I'm done for in productivity terms.  Damn Internet. 

One of the projects that I'm so excited about is putting my things for sale using Etsey.  I've got denim purses that I make out of a pair of jeans, the fuzzy quilts, Christmas bread ornaments, and Spider Doorway Blockers.  I think the Etsey project will be tomorrow's project.

Must go now. 

Comments

[mdmhvonpa]

Heh ... don't bother yourself with weight ...worry about the heart.

[TC]

I'm going to be walking more and more, too. High colesterol, and sugar problems. Yuk. Anyway. When are you going to be walking? After 5:30 p.m.? In the summer, the evenings would be GREAT! Wouldn't it?

[Gosling]

Poor, poor Muttin...

[Friday]

Love the conversation and the bowl of tasks idea. I think I'm going to steal that one. :)

Have a good day! <3 <-- for you since you like hearts. :)