Baked and breaded cod, homemade tartar sauce, sauteed veggies, and a big ol' pile of quinoa.
I made dinner
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For Alan
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Hey Mardi and Kyle
Did you know you share a birthday with Babs?
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I made dinner
Grilled veggie and hummus sandwich, red curry coconut chicken bisque.
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Walkin'
One of my goals each morning is to avoid everyone else. 4:50am is just a weird time to be around other people. And I especially want to avoid cars. You know, so I don't get run over. I wear reflectors and walk and cross safely, but one stretch of road has no sidewalk and I have to be very aware of my surroundings.
It's usually fine, but newspaper delivery drivers are my biggest problem. One day I came across the same one about five times, but this week on Monday was the worst. The guy kept getting out of his car right by me, throwing a paper right in front of me, and catching up to me right in time to do it at his next stop. Over and over. So I crossed the street and he did it on the other side, too. Finally I just stood still and waited for him to get further ahead, since he obviously wasn't going to do it.
Today, I saw him coming and knew he was about to turn onto 17th, so I was smart and kept going to 18th. I walked a couple blocks in peace and felt so smart, when all of a sudden I heard something huge coming. A big loud truck pulled up right next to me. It was a milkman. Milkmen are still around. At least one, that exists just to mock me.
About a mile later, I came to the area where I feel I'm least likely to see any vehicles and that's good, because it's the worst place for it. Windy road, no sidewalk, the road doubles back on itself, etc. The speed limit is 5mph, for good reason. And just as I was thinking I surely wouldn't see any more dumb delivery vehicles this morning, a giant truck with some huge payload on a trailer pulled up on the other side of that spot where the road bends around. I could see it and I wasn't sure if it was parked, because it kept going backing up and pulling forward.
My choices were to come around the road and end up in the truck's headlights, or take a well-worn shortcut that I normally don't take because I figure someday I'll slide on some mud and regret it. I took the shortcut and emerged at the back of the truck, which was full of port-a-potties.
What a stupid morning.
It's usually fine, but newspaper delivery drivers are my biggest problem. One day I came across the same one about five times, but this week on Monday was the worst. The guy kept getting out of his car right by me, throwing a paper right in front of me, and catching up to me right in time to do it at his next stop. Over and over. So I crossed the street and he did it on the other side, too. Finally I just stood still and waited for him to get further ahead, since he obviously wasn't going to do it.
Today, I saw him coming and knew he was about to turn onto 17th, so I was smart and kept going to 18th. I walked a couple blocks in peace and felt so smart, when all of a sudden I heard something huge coming. A big loud truck pulled up right next to me. It was a milkman. Milkmen are still around. At least one, that exists just to mock me.
About a mile later, I came to the area where I feel I'm least likely to see any vehicles and that's good, because it's the worst place for it. Windy road, no sidewalk, the road doubles back on itself, etc. The speed limit is 5mph, for good reason. And just as I was thinking I surely wouldn't see any more dumb delivery vehicles this morning, a giant truck with some huge payload on a trailer pulled up on the other side of that spot where the road bends around. I could see it and I wasn't sure if it was parked, because it kept going backing up and pulling forward.
My choices were to come around the road and end up in the truck's headlights, or take a well-worn shortcut that I normally don't take because I figure someday I'll slide on some mud and regret it. I took the shortcut and emerged at the back of the truck, which was full of port-a-potties.
What a stupid morning.
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Sometimes lunch at work is the bomb
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Article 1
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LJ is rejecting flickr posts
I went out for a bonus evening walk.
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And came home to a bunch of flowers!
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Garrett's the best. Never let him tell you otherwise.
And came home to a bunch of flowers!
Garrett's the best. Never let him tell you otherwise.
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Yawn
Been awake since about 3:15 or so, so I got up at 4:00 and walked. The nice part was that I didn't see any newspaper flingers, milk slingers, or portapotty bringers, but I also ended up at the bus stop over 20 minutes early and am now totally tired. It happens to be the one day every couple of weeks that I have to be in the office, because we have our meeting. The one that keeps me here half an hour later than normal. zzz.
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SchadenFriday
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R2D2 and C3PO
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CATURDAY
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Dammit
I walk in the dark Monday-Thursday, getting up at 4:40 because I have to. I really enjoy Fridays and Saturdays because I can go later and see stuff and it's less creepy. Which is especially important today, because I'd like to check out the Arboretum and go further. So after feeding the cats and laying back down and realizing I wasn't going to fall back asleep I got up. It was 4:40.
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Imagine the personality behind these hedges
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KITTY
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Today's awesome walk, 6.52 miles in 2 hours and 12 minutes
The hardest part was Mercer between 26th and 24th. Those two blocks
are crazy steep.
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Bonus KITTY angle for Leona
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April so far
Figured I'd update today since it's showing four full weeks. The
calendar only shows 3 items per day in this view if you're wondering
why it doesn't add up. Wednesday this week, for example, has six.
Because I did so many on Wednesday and went so far today, I was able
to continue with the trend of going farther each week. Not sure I can
keep that up unless maybe I start walking part of the way home. But
hey, I won't mind much if I just manage to maintain at this point.
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