Happy birthday, ND!
I had mentally prepared myself to not go running this morning, but it's so sunny out now I have to reassess.
But that might just be the Onerous Task Avoidance talking.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Apr 16, 2024 7:55:48 am PDT #29794 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Tom Scola - Apr 16, 2024 8:13:30 am PDT #29795 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Speaking of onerous tasks, I just got my colonoscopy scheduled for May 6!
meara - Apr 16, 2024 8:32:08 am PDT #29796 of 30000
Go Tom! I did manage to finally do an send in the at home test a few days ago, so should know in a couple weeks if I also have to do one.
David, go run! Then when there’s a bad weather day you can say “well I did that run on the nice day so I can sit this out”
juliana - Apr 16, 2024 8:45:46 am PDT #29797 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Yes, go run! I did strength-training & cardio this morning, because I have appointments after Peanut's dropoff (when I would usually run).
EpicTangent - Apr 16, 2024 9:27:34 am PDT #29798 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Glad to hear the positive (or not-positive) results, dcp!
Happiest of Birthdays to ND!
I need to make sure I get in a walk or two today. The other night traipsing around the theatre & then making our way to the Stage Door really re-emphasized how much strength & stamina I've lost. I think in the back of my head I've been telling myself, "When I get better I'll get strong again," and I've allowed myself to be rather a slacker. Well, if I'm not going to actually get all-the-way well again, then I guess there's no time like the present to work on getting as much strength and endurance back as I can.
Steph L. - Apr 16, 2024 9:38:40 am PDT #29799 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I guess there's no time like the present to work on getting as much strength and endurance back as I can.
Don't push yourself, though. It's better to start with a small amount of exercise and add very small increments gradually. (I'm only saying that because I am famously *terrible* at treating my body with any kind of respect. And in the back of my mind I secretly believe things like "If I was able to do this workout when I was 32 and healthy, surely I can do it now when I'm 52 and long Covid-y!" [SPOILER: I could not, and then it wiped me out for days.] Tim would say stuff like "Add 1 minute per day! Or even 30 seconds!" And I would be like, "Bitch, I am adding 10 minutes!" [Narrator: She learned that she was not still 32 and healthy.])
Steph L. - Apr 16, 2024 9:38:57 am PDT #29800 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Oh! Also: Happy Birthday, ND!!!
JenP - Apr 16, 2024 9:54:49 am PDT #29801 of 30000
Aw, man, I would like a little Tim avatar cheering me on with those increments! Does he hire out? Someone get on creating that app...
When I was struggling in the hospital/rehab with walking, I glommed on to the image of Megan Rapinoe walking beside me, kindly and firmly encouraging me step-by-step. I am not especially into soccer, but something about the couple of articles I had read about her stuck with me, and there she was, my own personal invisible friend. She took me from walker to unassisted. Aw. I should write her a non-weird letter.
Amy - Apr 16, 2024 9:55:19 am PDT #29802 of 30000
Because books.
Happy birthday, ND!
Good news, dcp!
-t - Apr 16, 2024 10:02:40 am PDT #29803 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy birthday, NoiseDesign!
That's sweet, JenP, I bet she would love getting that letter. And 1 minute per day is a perfectly cromulent increment. It's even a fine baseline to start with! A lot of how-to-meditate advice starts with times like that and why not also walking or whatever? "No pain no gain" is bullshit.