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[Plady]

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[Plady]

Mommajb - Yeah, I'd be worried about mountain lions and not coyotes too.  And I don't think I'd worry about Mountain lions where you are, unless you're running much farther to the east than I think.  DH and I happened to catch a glimpse of one once up near Big Sur and it was enormous.  It makes me shudder a little when I think about how close it was to us.  Like Mel said, we hadn't noticed it but I'm sure it noticed us!

MelW - Do you carry anything to deter an attack?  Bears and cougars!  Oh My! - Hope that iud is soon history!

Jo - That soup does sound yummy.  I haven't done anything along those lines in too long!

JayGee - for continuing improvement.

Sparkle - Yay for fish oil!  And thanks for the reminder to take it!

Mel38 - Good luck with your decision about ds.  Over the weekend I read Ali G a story about a boy who repeats kindergarten that her teacher had sent home with me.  She seemed to really sympathize with the boy in the story.  Then she dug out her list of sight words and started studying!    These kids are no fools.

RR: I did a little dancing over the weekend with the girls.  We do work up a sweat so I'm counting it.  Last night I tweaked my knee though and had to ice it.  Then while we watched Biggest Loser the girls got all hyper and started running in place and doing push-ups.  It was very cute, and I've got to see where I can work in a slot for us to do more together.  DD1 wants to workout with me, how can I not make that happen?

[tjsmama]

I am SO. VERY. AGGRAVATED. I'm applying for a federal nursing loan repayment program, which could potentially be worth nearly $30,000 to me...and my stupid HR department won't fill out the online verification that is required because their policy doesn't allow them to disclose my licensing information. Information which I am freely willing to have them disclose AND is available to anyone who has access to the internet and knows my name. Without this verification, my application is incomplete, and according to the customer service for the program, there's no workaround on that end for this. I mean, seriously???? AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!

So, of course, I'm so fired up by this that I can't manage to get my brain to settle enough to take a nap, so work should be fun tonight...


In better news, we had a really good weekend. I got to ski with a good friend I hadn't seen for forever on Saturday while DS was in his lesson. I snuck away from her and her DS (age 7) long enough to ski a fantastic powder run through the trees and a couple of bump runs. The weather was gorgeous, and the snow was good. And then I slept 12+ hours Saturday night (!!!) and woke up feeling ski-hungover, so I skipped my plans to go to the Y to run on the hamster wheel (no nanny available and childcare doesn't open until after my fav spin class, boo) so we could run some errands instead and do some stuff around the house. Back to work tonight for the next two...

[Geofizz]

Gaye, that's the kind of issue that gets results in working up the chain.  If you strike out with the head of HR, call the VP of public relations. 

[tjsmama]

I'm waiting for a call back from the director of HR. If I don't hear back from her, or she won't bend, next step is my manager and the chief nursing officer and/or CEO. I mean, for pete's sake...they're willing to disclose my salary and how many hours I worked last year, but they won't disclose something that's public record?

rr~Worked off some of my displeasure with a 30 minute treadmill hill workout followed by spin class.

[loftmama]

Good for you, Gaye. Keep hounding them.

Since we're talking about coyotes, you might like this. Coyotes make loyal pets and reliable parents

No workout for me. I am sleeping an unbelievable amount. Apparently, I will be sleeping through February. But I am writing like a mutha!

We have been almost exclusively bread and grain free for the last several weeks. I can definitely see the difference in my boys that Plady was talking about. And both dh & I have felt great! Unfortunately I blew it the last 3 days with friends visiting, a birthday party and the Super Bowl party. Whoops. My gut is killing me now!

[bec]

I'm back from a wonderful long weekend in Arizona visiting my BFF!  It was her 40th birthday, so it was really a special time to spend with her.  Among other things, we ran 6 miles of  trail (I probably should not say run so much as hiked vigorously) up a mountain called (interestingly, given the conversation) Cougar Mountain, complete with a statue of a cougar.  We had a lively discussion about the possibility of cougars being right there, right then.  Thankfully, if there were any lurking mountain lions, they were scared off by my labored, sea level accustomed breathing.  It was a really tough "run", but felt good at the same time.  The 5000 feet elevation was definitely a change of pace!  A few days later, we went down into Phoenix to run the Desert Classic Half Marathon.  It was a glorious run.  For the second year in a row, we started late (they really need to get more port a potties!).  But, it is such a laid back race, and it is chip timed, after all, that our 10 minute late start didn't even raise an eyebrow.  We noted, this year, that it really is pretty much a steady uphill, heading out.  This made for a definite negative split coming back!  I believe we finished in under 3 hours, but results are not up yet.  This includes a good 5-10 minutes where we had to make a potty stop (at the one port a potty on the course).  Anyway, the weather was perfect, the road was nice, it was at sea level, and I was with my friend.  It was so nice running with her again, and I have really needed just a good run.  I had 14 miles on my schedule, so we warmed up before hand jogging to and from the car a couple of times with our t-shirts and the like.  It was most of a mile before the race started, and walking back to the car after took care of the last little bit.  So, 14 miles in the book. 

Now, I'm back to snow, cold and trying to survive the last of the oppressive winter in Chicago!

[Plady]

Lofty - I'm so glad you've seen some changes!  I wish I was seeing more, I think the girls have been undoing their progress at home as much as possible.  And this weekend we all kind of gave up a bit.  We had a birthday dinner for Wendy (I can't believe it's been 7 years, and yet that it's been only 7 years) and then dh had a fire department banquet, and then the Superbowl.  The girls and I had nothing to do with the superbowl actually having not been invited to go along with dh to watch it but C wanted to try her hand at making a fresh coconut cream pie and we ate the results even though they weren't exactly as expected.

Bec - That sounds like a wonderful weekend!  Loved the happy faces on FB too.

[mommajb]

Thanks for all the reassurances on the topic of coyotes. I am a bit testy when it comes to animals on the run. I admit I have altered my route on account of birds - vultures that were not flying away as I approached and a flock of turkey that took no notice of me but birds all the same.

bec, it sounds like you had a great trip and with no mention of any problems at home while you were gone. Woot!
Gaye, I hope your HR issue is all resolved. It doesn't seem like it should be required on the app if it is that easily verifiable nor should it have been a problem for them to provide it. Bureaucracy at work.
sparkle, It sounds like you are on the right track figuring out what you need to feel good more regularly.

I need to run yet today but I am not feeling it. I hope I come around by afternoon when I have the chance to get out. The brain fog is thick today and it matches the marine layer out my window.

[JayGee]

bec - what a wonderful winter getaway! Hope the return to Chicago isn't too horrible .

Gaye - any word from HR? That sounds so typical of large organizations....

mommajb - run.....!

lofty - good job getting the kids grain free. I've managed wheat free with mine (mostly), but we are still heavy on the rice, quinoa and corn. Still, no wheat has made a noticable difference.

Plady - the pie sounds delish, even it didn't turn out as expected.

RR - went to the Y this morning and walked/ran for 30 minutes, then did PT exercises and leg presses.

NRR - I had my follow-up at pain management today. The steroid injection did wonders to clear up my back pain, hip pain, calf pain and foot numbness/ tingling. Yet the lateral knee pain at the fibular head persists. On Thursday I am having a diagnostic ultrasound of the knee, so they can see what is going on as the knee moves. She thinks the MRIs may have all been negative because what is happening in there occurs in motion and the MRI is static. Fingers crossed for "something"! Preferably, something fixable.

DD1 is driving DH and me totally up a wall again. She has ZERO internal motivation to do anything. Piano practice, bed making, tying her own shoes, taking her backpack out of the car. All of it us done grudgingly and under duress. Now I know DH and I have contributed to this by doing things FOR her for the last 8 years and now that we want her to take responsibility for herself a little more, she's wondering why. And fighting back. Hard. And it doesn't help that DH gets fed up with her, and just does it himself while lecturing her about how she should be doing herself what he is doing for her. Another point for DD.

[sparkletruck]

JG - my dh does that too; bla bla bla, and I swear the kid stopped listening 5 minutes ago. Im always telling him "black and white consequences, then apply if needed" but he still has this illusion that they can be reasoned with

Bec - what a glorious trip. You deserve it after all that time w/out dh

mamajb - the weather is a real trigger for my motivation too, especially gloom (fog). Maybe you could tell yourself you're going for a walk but wear the right clothes in case you decide to pick up the pace, or tell yourself you'll go for "just" 20 minutes, and see what happens

Gaye - I hope everything got resolved. What a predictable pita!

RR: yeah, whatever

NRR: construction started today on the bathrooms. We have been gutting them slowly over the last 6 months, so they are ready for new stuff. The old was mauve tile and toilets, brass fixtures, silver streaked wallpaper, just to name a bit of the the gorgeousness that was happening. Not to mention the layer of ugly tile on top of wallpaper on top of CONCRETE. So that'll be nice but its a drag having people in my space

Presentation today in one of my classes that I have been stressing about for 2 weeks. I hate presentations...

[Runningmommy]

Hi ladies! I noticed Gaye and Lofty a bit behind too which helped me not feel so much of a slacker. there has just been so.much.school. With my homeschooler! Then school safety assistant (can't call her nurse?) called that ds1 (8yo, 2nd grade) was very pale and came to her room with trash can in hand. Poor kid! This happened to him in December. So he stayed home today. I've been super tired since Friday, taking naps where you feel like part of the bed/couch when you wake up.

SPARKLE- amen to the fish oil comment!! Fixes so many things for me. Mood swings, rage during PMS, sleep, night sweats, etc.

RR: been on track with runs and foot is really hurting me lately. JAYGEE-I so feel your frustration!! The friend I'm running the marathon with said her triathlon friend told her she doesn't have to start training until a couple of months before the marathon!!!! She's only running once a week now and she and her friend think she can just start busting out some mileage (friend suggested 20-30mpw) for a couple months?? Am I crazy for thinking that's not good physically??

[Runningmommy]

Hi ladies! I noticed Gaye and Lofty a bit behind too which helped me not feel so much of a slacker. there has just been so.much.school. With my homeschooler! Then school safety assistant (can't call her nurse?) called that ds1 (8yo, 2nd grade) was very pale and came to her room with trash can in hand. Poor kid! This happened to him in December. So he stayed home today. I've been super tired since Friday, taking naps where you feel like part of the bed/couch when you wake up.

SPARKLE- amen to the fish oil comment!! Fixes so many things for me. Mood swings, rage during PMS, sleep, night sweats, etc.

RR: been on track with runs and foot is really hurting me lately. JAYGEE-I so feel your frustration!! The friend I'm running the marathon with said her triathlon friend told her she doesn't have to start training until a couple of months before the marathon!!!! She's only running once a week now and she and her friend think she can just start busting out some mileage (friend suggested 20-30mpw) for a couple months?? Am I crazy for thinking that's not good physically??

[tjsmama]

lisa~I would download or send links to several 16-18 week marathon training programs, highlighting the fact that they're 16-18 weeks. You *can* train for a marathon in a couple of months, but only if your base is already in place enough to allow it...like when I jumped off from my half-ironman into marathon training. She's asking for injury if she jumps from running 1x/week to 20-30 miles/week.

No call back from the HR director yet. An email will be sent while I'm at work tonight, copying my manager on it. If I don't have a reply tomorrow, I'll go up the chain. I really, really, REALLY hate it when people do not call you back. One of my number one pet peeves. Pick up the freaking phone, people!

And just to make it even better, I got another letter from my HOA on the stupid satellite dish issue today, denying my request to approve its current placement. Oh, and also telling me not to bother submitting again, because they'll deny it again. So now, I get to spend my free time at the end of the week gathering evidence to send in for appeal (such as pictures of ALL the complexes near us that allow placements far worse than what I'm requesting, and pictures of people in our complex who have things hanging outside the boundaries of their balconies). Because I have all this free time right now.

And the topper on it all is that I had a horrible night at work last night and I have to go back tonight. It started off well enough, I was doing new baby admits, had a baby born to a super nice couple, and then I got switched to postpartum and had two babies that wouldn't eat, another that was on abstinence scoring because it was withdrawing and then had a crazy high bilirubin level that I had to start on phototherapy. Oh, and just for kicks, I had a fresh c-section and a postpartum hemorrhage. On the bright side, my charge nurse gave me props for keeping my hemorrhaging patient on the toilet and not letting her fall (falls are a BIG deal...)...so that's something, I guess.

[/whinefest]

[MelW]

Originally Posted by tjsmama 

And the topper on it all is that I had a horrible night at work last night and I have to go back tonight. It started off well enough, I was doing new baby admits, had a baby born to a super nice couple, and then I got switched to postpartum and had two babies that wouldn't eat, another that was on abstinence scoring because it was withdrawing and then had a crazy high bilirubin level that I had to start on phototherapy. Oh, and just for kicks, I had a fresh c-section and a postpartum hemorrhage. On the bright side, my charge nurse gave me props for keeping my hemorrhaging patient on the toilet and not letting her fall (falls are a BIG deal...)...so that's something, I guess.

[/whinefest]

I have so been there with the propping to stop a fall. Once with a woman half on and half off the bed, and the doc congratulating me for not letting her fall. Basically, when blood started pouring everywhere as she stood up, I threw her on the bed as well as I could. Not letting people fall usually saves paperwork, but when they bleed that much I have to fill out an incident report anyways. Good luck with the HR department. Red tape is so annoying!

RM, I think your friend is inviting an injury. I hope your ds feels better soon!

bec, your trip sounds wonderful!

NRR (because that's all there is!)- The IUD has been removed and the new one inserted. It wasn't an easy removal, but was managed in the office. It was only minorly uncomfortable. Yesterday also involved a pretty bad cold for my youngest, added trip to the chinese doctor, scrambling for childcare for today. Oh, and a job interview. Pending reference checks, I'm going to be teaching the health unit's prenatal-in-a-day class once a month I have not had the chance to deal with my neck/shoulder given the rest of the busy-ness, but had a video chat consult with my RMT sister with good suggestions for stretching and self-massage. I wish she could reach through the screen and massage me, though.

[1jooj]

So, MelW, you're still having good luck with the asthma situation?

Gaye, I cannot believe it took FS so long to get there. We have had packages arrive to my ILs in the High Atlas Mountains faster than that. Wow. I hope he was still in costume, and that the dirham came with him. I really hope people wake up and answer your queries about sending in your license info. That is not small potatoes.

RM, we aren't actually behind, but we are feeling the same pressure because we need to be ahead! I don't want anything hanging over our heads when we return for the summer, and I do NOT want to put off the return because we have exams and stuff. I want to be through everything, absolutely, by end of May. This is where I really like the calendar feature in K12, because I can play around with days off and check to see when the system predicts completion dates.

JayGee, I am just amazed how much relief I am getting from acupuncture. The last time the doc placed needles, they didn't hurt going in in all the spots, and I am getting good range of motion back. The shame is how little coverage there is in most insurance plans. For something so noninvasive and safe and low-cost. Sigh.

So ds is finishing up his paper today. Dd and I did some painting for art, copying Rembrandt sketches . I'd forgotten how much fun I have drawing and painting. Our big goals for the day are to get that paper turned in, and to get ready for our big day in Dubai tomorrow. Snacks, drinks, etc. This cold is kicking my butt, but I think I am almost finished. We walked on the beach yesterday, and will probably again today, to do the cyanotype art we have been waiting to do. As soon as my head and chest clear, I am SO back to daily walking running. I feel like a blob.

[Runningmommy]

Jo-i was commenting on those who wrote they were behind on the thread like me, lol, although what you wrote about schooling that all sounds fantastic. I love that same feature of our homeschool curriculum as I was just moving around some assignments yesterday.

Gaye-sorry about all the stress and hope it's smooth sailing now! Thanks for the input re:friend. I told her *my* body wouldn't be able to handle what her friend was suggesting without injury. I also shared that I'd like to run closer to four hours than 6 because that's a LONG time to be running (and kudos to those that can run for SIX straight hours as well as those that can run über fast for 26.2 miles as I can do neither).

MelW-thanks for well wishes on ds3 and for input on friend. Hope your pains are gone soon!! Yay on teaching the class once a month. That sounds fun!

Ds3 is home again, barfed last night while I was at bible study. Didn't tell his dad because dad was in a bad mood. ds3 was texting me (on dad's phone) the entire time I was in study saying he was crying & needed me, so I left early. Poor thing!

RR: soo....is it okay to run if you have the runs? This is a low mile week (what do you call that-step down week? ) so it would only be four miles today.

[JayGee]

February thread is here!  Keep on running :).