Cindy, haven't heard anything else today, and have been too swamped with work to visit.
Well, if you haven't heard anything, she's likely coming along normally. I'm sorry you're so swamped. Are you working on something worth the swampage?
Kat is still coughing, but it's less than it has been.
Poor Kat. I'm glad it's a little less, but still, what a tenacious bitch that cough is.
Truth to tell, what I do most of all is put things off until I have juuuust enough time to finish them.
I do that a lot, too. I did pull all nighters sometimes, though. I couldn't do that, today.
I hatedhatedhated open ended exams (of which there were many) because they'd assign x consecutive hours to take the exam at some point in exam week and I'd usually finish in x/2. After much angsting, I learned to put it away once my brain was tapped and completely forget what I'd done in order to not lose my mind. I was the only person in the class to lobby for a shorter test interval. Actually, I was the only student my profs knew in 30+ years of teaching who requested such.
Heh. Did your classmates try to kill you?
Popping in to announce that it looks like my treadmill workout is on a faster (no pun intended!) track than I thought--I added two minutes instead of just one to tonight's workout since I hadn't been on the treadmill since Saturday afternoon, and in 26 minutes, I went .91 of a mile. My goal was to get up to a 30-minute mile by the 23rd (my 41st birthday), and it looks like I'll be at a 29-minute mile by this weekend! Now to see if I can add more minutes without worrying so much about the speed. My next goal is to walk 45 minutes without stopping, and then I'll worry about speeding it up so I can go 2-3 miles in those 45 minutes.
Two months ago today, I was unable to walk more than five minutes at any speed without stopping and catching my breath.
Awesome, Kathy!
A literal beaver, Cashmere? That's pretty funny.
Yay Kathy! That's some great progress. And the increased stamina will result in you wanting to do more active things now that you can.
Kathy, you are a rock star!
That's a huge difference, Kathy. You're doing so great.
Thanks, everyone! My goal for the next two weeks is to be really good on the diet and exercise, because a friend whose birthday is the day after mine just sent an evite for a celebratory get-together at a restaurant in Evanston, and she mentioned a few of the items on the menu, including lamb chops with couscous. I'm a sucker for good lamb, so that's going to be my birthday splurge (no booze, because that's just empty calories--I'd rather spend my calories on yummy food instead!).
And the increased stamina will result in you wanting to do more active things now that you can.
Actually, I'm definitely planning on going to next year's F2F, no matter where it is, and participating in all the events that I can. What with school, diet, and my sister's wedding this year, I can't swing Atlanta, but next year, I'll be in great shape and ready to party!! And, maybe if I can afford it, I'll see if I can take my first trip to Europe in 2009. I'm a big ole Anglophile and history geek and have always wanted to see Britain and Ireland (for a start!), but never felt fit enough physically or financially to go--I've never even had a passport.
