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The Journey: Day 2

Heeeeeey there! Welcome back. When we last left our heroine, she was setting about her day of doing IT stuff and stuff. As we’ve returned today, she’s doing the same thing! Imagine that. It isn’t always interesting, but it pays the bills and the people are nicer than Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers put together.

Let’s jump right into it. Today’s workout is done. Truthfully, something has to be really wrong where I don’t work out. Like an extreme amount of physical pain. I will work out through headaches and cramps and usually feel much better after in both cases, so a little bit of pain doesn’t stop the train. It wasn’t as sweaty as yesterday, but I know I still put in work. This is a whole new concept in working out, for me, anyway. It’s the way I wish I had always known or been taught to work out. Functional fitness is just everything that I need.

One of the things (a pair of things) that I am using to determine how my flexibility, strength, and mobility are changing is squats. The other is side lunges. Neither of these things is a strong point for me, however, I am certainly seeing some progress. Where I never could before, I can now sit all the way down in malasana AND I can stand back up without having to tip forward and use my arms. My squats have been shit for a long time, but I’m finally getting to a point of getting parallel to the floor without issue. Baby steps, ya know? Those side lunges? Hated them. Still do, but now a little less. Glute meds are opening up and I’ve gotta be breaking up some scar tissue around my hip.

I know you’ve been dying to hear about today’s shake. Well, wait no longer! It was, dare I say, tasty? First off, even though the instructions say use 8 to 12 ounces of water/milk, I didn’t do that yesterday. Then my shake was thick and gross and so whey forward that I scooped it like melted ice cream (but it wasn’t quite that satisfying). Today, I wised up and actually followed the instructions and whaddya know, not too bad. Now, truly, can you ever go wrong with the combination of peaches and crystallized ginger? I think not. Calling the shake a win today. The right amount of liquid plus fruit plus spice equals a tasty drink.

As I mentioned yesterday, mood and cravings are on the tracker. Again, not feeling really any different as far as mood. I have thought of something to be consciously aware of as far as mood goes, though, so I’ll keep an eye on that. No, I’m not telling you here because you don’t need to know every damn thing about my life. I mean, seriously. But seriously seriously, there are like 4 people reading this, so I could tell you where I buried all the bodies and no one would be the wiser.

DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NOT HIDDEN ANY BODIES ANYWHERE!! OMG

While the shake is supposed to curb cravings, last night I wanted something sweet from out of nowhere. We didn’t have anything so I didn’t eat anything, but I thought that was something of note. It wasn’t a level 10 get me cake or die craving, more like a level 2 passing thought of some cake would be nice. I can handle that.

ENERGIA!! (That is only funny if we worked together in Ixtapa…boobies boobies) Yup, plenty of energy. Possibly too much. It wasn’t the best night of sleep, but I’m going to go ahead and blame that on the storms that rolled in and stuck around a while. Somewhere in the middle of the night, there was thunder so loud it woke both of us up. Now, to wake Lovey up doesn’t take much, but I sleep through everything. Not that thunder. I wake up with plenty of energy and the levels stay high throughout the day unless I smoke my face off. Then I’ll be a little tired before 9, lol. But I’ll also be uber-relaxed. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have us smoking weed on the couch. (Legally. If you’re so uptight. I have a medical card for my state.)

What’s left? Everyone’s favorite topic! Poop! I’m such a good pooper. That’s what I thought until this morning when I went to the well and the well didn’t produce much. Huh. Oh well. HAHA. Sometimes it just takes a workout to get things moving and move they did so again I’ll check the box for regularity. Smooth.

Legit other things happen in my life and maybe one day I’ll get back to writing about those too. Who knows. But until tomorrow, drink your water, say your prayers, know your role and SHUT YOUR MOUTH! Jabroni.

Way Back Wednesday

Maaaaaaan, I loved this show when I was a kid. Yeah, parts of it were sad (I don’t really remember it as such, but looking back at it and listening to the lyrics, yeah, it was sad) but I still loved it. They stayed drawing my man like he was high as a kite too.

This wasn’t even the video I was going to start with today. I was leaning toward another song that was John Denver and then Peter, Paul, and Mary showed up and I knew I had to hear Puff. Cue the Barbara…*memories…of the times we left behind…*

It’s another rocking busy day here in SpinzLand. What do you think of that to encompass everything? Or perhaps SpinzWorld. I kinda like that. The brand is always at the back of my mind, y’all! So the busy and the John Denver come together with leaving on a jet plane. Typically, I wouldn’t say hey I’m going on vacation and my house is empty, but the way we are set up here, we basically can’t fart without the neighbors hearing it, so I am unconcerned about anyone trying to get in. Also, none of you know or care where I live.

Today, I’m going to try to make my packing lists and then get stuff in bags. Of course, finish this post. Make sure everything is charged up. Gonna throw some work in there as usual. Ah, and some WordPress. Oh, and the chiropractor because my hips and knees are on my last damn nerve. That should pretty much push me right through to 5 o’clock when I chill for 45 minutes before diving into making tonight’s beef and mushroom risotto. Hardly ever sitting still. Ooooh, I also need to restring my leviwand because longstring love!

Ok, back to the natal chart from yesterday. We talked sun and moon. Today, let’s look at some planets, namely Mercury, Venus, and Mars. Everything has its own meaning. Mercury is about communication, Venus is about interests and attractions, and Mars is about that action. Let’s dive on in.

Mercury, as I mentioned, is about communication. Your style of it and your negotiation skills/tactics. Here we go with the good:

  • Humorous
  • Believes everything teaches you something
  • Detail-oriented
  • Great organizer
  • Good manual dexterity
  • Enjoys speaking and writing
  • Loves to debate
  • Prone to exaggerate

The meh:

  • Mind always “on”
  • Misses bigger point
  • Hypochondriac
  • Critical
  • Argumentative
  • Provoking

Now, I don’t know what my manual dexterity has to do with my communication style unless it’s directly related to my middle finger. But yeah, the meh stuff is correct again. I do like to poke the bear for shits and giggles. But let’s not dwell. Moving right along to Venus. The goddess of love. Which then makes sense that Venus is about the emotions. That encompasses a really broad range of stuff, but values and desires kinda sums it up. Let’s see where we stand with the good:

  • Happy abroad (NOT a happy broad, lol)
  • Passionate
  • Highly creative
  • Generous
  • Approachable
  • Trustworthy
  • Reputable

And the yikes:

  • Appears standoffish
  • Rule breaker
  • “Grass is greener” mentality
  • Socially awkward
  • Need to learn moderation
  • Frivolous

Well, I mean, yeah kinda? Forever generous with my money but very stingy with my time. I’m not gonna go point by point and explain how these things fit me, but just know that they do. Let’s finish up for today with Mars. The god of war. Knowing that really makes it fit that these traits are about how I take action and all my crazy energy. Ready to rock:

  • Spontaneous
  • Enjoys challenges
  • No hidden agendas
  • Resourceful
  • Has strength to overcome hurdles

And the maybe take a nap:

  • Impulsive
  • Bad at follow through
  • Impatient with slow action
  • Rude/impatient
  • Lacking desire to put myself or my interests first
  • Erratic energy levels

Yeah, well. I am who I am, lol. There is a lot of truth in these words. A LOT. It’s amusing to me that when I’m typing this out, different scenarios come to mind that relate. I’ve lived a LIFE lemme tell ya. It probably deserves a book. And maybe I’ll even write it one day. I guess blogging regularly is the best way to go about getting the writing juices flowing again. The ideas are there, just that fifth bad bullet point for Mars is kicking my ass all the time.

The list of things to do isn’t getting any longer as I sit here chatting with you, so I’ll likely see you tomorrow. But no promises, because vacation.

Shut ’em down!

It's been quite the interesting day so far.  I went to talk to a man about a dog.  The dog looked really nice and I thought that we'd get along well, but the man said that a couple other people were also looking at the dog and they had bigger yards, more time to spend with the dog, etc.  So, I have to think about whether or not I want to try to get the dog or just let someone else have the dog.  I think that I'm gonna leave the dog to someone with the bigger yard since the guy said that if he had a smaller dog that would be a better fit for me, that he would keep me in mind.  So, while that was a shut 'em down, there's still a glimmer of hope.

I'z am tryin to find me some higher learning rights now.  One day, whens I growz up, I'z wants to be the law!  Moving toward that goal, I applied to go to the FBI Citizen's Academy here in Miami.  It would go right along with my degree in Criminal Justice and you get to learn nifty stuff like fingerprinting, forensics, and FIREARMS TRAINING!  They have two sessions a year – one in April and one in October.  I got the email a couple hours ago that I didn't get into this one but they would hang on to my application for October.  I've still got another April and October before I graduate as well but that's still a shut 'em down!  But also, it's another glimmer of hope.  At least they didn't tell me that I couldn't go at all.  I am competing against all of Miami-Dade county after all and they only take 20 to 30 people.  Mebbe I getz in next time.

Yesterday I had opportunity to speak to an old friend who happens to also be a friend of Kiddo's sperm donor (SD).  As you may guess, he is not a part of her life any longer but by his own choice.  I'm not going into the history here in detail bcause it's just ugly.  Said friend, we will call him Howler, asked how Kiddo was doing.  And I let him know that she's fine and dandy.  Howler said that SD told him that he hasn't spoken to her in forever, which is true.  I'm guessing it's been about 2 years now.  Aparently, SD told Howler that after I "took her away" that I moved and changed all of our phone numbers and that's why he hasn't been able to contact her.  Honestly, at that point I had to wonder if Howler could actually believe this as Howler has been able to contact me via IMs and has my telephone number.  But, the reality that needs to karate chop SD in the throat (N-KOW!), is that I have lived in the same house for the last three years.  I have had the same telephone number, email address, IM logons for the last three years.  Oh, yeah, so has my mother.  The irony in it all is that when I was trying to track SD down for legal purposes, HE had quit his job, moved, and disconnected his cell phone, I am assuming, in order to not be found.

N-KOW!  N-KOW!  N-KOW!  N-KOW!  Karate chop to the throat.  Karma's gonna shut 'em down so I don't have to worry about that.

I have the most possibly nervous energy.  Ever.  I like it.  I may go run around Lincoln Road.  Or not.  But I have coupon's for Vickie's and I need to purchase something to squish my boobs together so I can pretend I have cleavage to put in the dress for the wedding.  KA-SQUISH!

That's it for me kids!  HEP!

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