have a lot to do to get ready for tomorrow, but wanted to capture the day - was up pretty early and out the door and ran a really decent 9 miles keeping up a better than normal pace and getting in a bunch of hills, both up and down. was nice and cool and a really pretty morning.
the crew went elsewhere today so i had time to get some stuff in like cutting the grass, doing laundry, making some calls and then slipping out to play 9 holes of golf at jefferson. had a treat and played with the woman's club champion and her friend and we all played pretty well, though none of us putted particularly well as the greens were both slow and fast and the flags were in some strange places. i was 3 over par for the 9 holes with eight fours and a bogie six. also had 18 putts which is very unusual for me though i hit a few more greens than usual. did hit some very nice shots and maybe i am starting to recapture some of my old swing. will see.
ran many errands on the way home which didn't actually amount to accomplishing much. can be really frustrating trying to shop and i will leave it at that. and got home too late to go to the range so i hit about 90 pitch shots and chips in the back yard and gave up when it got dark. then headed over to safeway and picked up some things for the next few days.
am scheduled to play at bristow on thursday. the crew will most likely be here wed and Friday, though who knows -nobody is telling me for sure.
the debate is on and i have the tv on without the sound. i did listen to 20 seconds of it while mc cain was talking and rather than get sick i shut off the sound. i know who i am voting for and will skip the utter stupidity and attack vulgarity of mc cain and the witch. see i can do it too.
and now to pay some bills and maybe answer a few emails, though i would rather wait for tomorrow when i am stuck here anyway. the dow crashed again today. it seems to me if they are going to have a global economy then they need to work together to have some global standards. do you think europe realized they were buying bad loans and that we gave away money to anyone regardless of whether they were qualified, in the little bundles they bought. so now everyone is afraid to loan money and nobody can buy anything and the world's economy is in the tank-- who else went to a spa besides the AIG people i wonder. i know i had to pass on things at the store when i thought they were just too expensive. and while i did fill my gas tank tonight for only $56+ dollars i was amused to see the prices varying from $3.39 at a texaco to $3.79 most everywhere else. they cannot even figure out how much to overcharge us on any rational basis as gas is dropping lower and lower by the barrel. what a joke- maybe we need to regulate the gas business - who runs the worse business- the airlines, phone companies, car sales or gas companies? and today i heard calls for a nationalization of businesses like the swiss model. trillions of dollars lost in the past weeks. at this rate the boomers will all be looking for jobs again.
it is all so sad and the people actually asked for this when they put "W" in for 8 years. i think maybe they should send stimulus checks to dems and independents and the RNC can save the rest of everyone---- or we can all join in and try to make this a better place for everyone and not worry about what church they go to or whether they are for or against roe vs wade. 4 weeks from ow we will have the beginning of an answer. fingers crossed everyone- whoever wins starts out way in the hole for sure and good luck to them. and us and me for they will be my president too whether i voted for them or not and i need them to do a good job. let's hope.
on that note i am off. this is a great country. it can be a world leader and not be hated, but it has to think of itself as a big partner with global responsibilities and not the 800 pound thing pushing people all over the globe around.
meanwhile i worry about what color to paint the bathroom and what kind of doors to hang. all so important??? necessary at least.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
12 miles and no cloud of dust
walked about 12 miles today with a little jogging thrown in to let the legs recover from yesterday; pretty and cool out and the river was nice; then back home and do some work in the garden while waiting for the crew to come. they showed up and had to cut off power and water so i stayed outside and worked for about 5 hours and also hit some pitches and chips- about 250 actually. watered the new plants and called it a day almost, as the door guy came and we talked about installing the 3 doors and shutters, etc and that led to driving around to see door paint jobs-
10:25 almost now and the day is ending- need some sleep as i must be getting old and having trouble sleeping. tv was fixed today also and email came back up and i got to see my new 83 emails- will answer some of them tomorrow- hate owing answers but have no choice right now. finally got our account with cox straightened out and hopefully the tv and email will work now. still lots to do and it will get done.
lots of travel coming up too - want this election over already -- just so hard to believe how they run for office-- character? integrity ? ha-- the dow took another dive today-- houses in our neighborhood are down now about $100k, some a little more-that's not a big deal to everyone, but people who moved in for three years under a military tour won't be happy when they have to sell.........solid ground, right!
10:25 almost now and the day is ending- need some sleep as i must be getting old and having trouble sleeping. tv was fixed today also and email came back up and i got to see my new 83 emails- will answer some of them tomorrow- hate owing answers but have no choice right now. finally got our account with cox straightened out and hopefully the tv and email will work now. still lots to do and it will get done.
lots of travel coming up too - want this election over already -- just so hard to believe how they run for office-- character? integrity ? ha-- the dow took another dive today-- houses in our neighborhood are down now about $100k, some a little more-that's not a big deal to everyone, but people who moved in for three years under a military tour won't be happy when they have to sell.........solid ground, right!
Sunday, October 05, 2008
three straight nights of almost no sleep and a 14 mile run
was up and out of the house at 6:20am today to try and do a little longer run and see what effect the day of rest yesterday might have, while at the same time checking to see if the very little bit of dinner i had would have any impact.
as it was still plenty dark i stayed on the streets for the first 56 minutes and then went onto the trail heading north carrying my own water so i could skip the fountains. actually ran ok and though it wasn't anywhere near fast as i held back a little to keep the heart rate down, i moved steadily north on the trail and went all the way up to belle haven near the 8 mile marker, and then turned back south to take the east blvd loop home. ran into some people i knew there out with their dogs so i turned back north and ran home with them and then headed back south myself.
went up the big hill pretty easily and that was a good sign. also threw in some 20-40yard pickups just to stretch the legs a bit and not for any real speedwork. cut back over the parkway at collingwood and again stayed off of the trail and did the loop around waynewood and collingwood. then added just a bit og going south on the trail and finally headed home. about 14 miles and that was decent. walked a cool down walk for 15 minutes and stretched. could have stayed out longer but was happy to finish while nothing unusual hurt, though i was a little disappointed that the right quad seemed to be tightening up a tad.( 13 hours later as i write this and it was pretty good all day today). so the rest helped and the lack of carb loading had no effect that i could tell. drank way more than usual all day to see if can stop the nasty leg cramps in the quads. will see....
a quick look at the papers and 3 hours of work in the garden moving step stones and pavers was interesting and not too tiring and then headed off to the golf range to hit some balls and do some short game. two hours on the green with my usual 4 clubs and then a large bucket of balls and off to the airport to get gail. made it there 15 minutes ahead of time and then back home for dinner and the usual sunday night chores.
and here i am -- busy week ahead and will have the work crew here for four days so i will catch up on my emails starting monday. the email system came back up late last night and now the tv's are not working, but i think they got screwed up when we lost power on friday. still, we are making progress. lots of travel coming up soon so the work schedule is about to get screwed up. no word yet from the door and shutter people. what can i say?
eagles gave one away today, but washington is a nicer place to live when the football team wins. hockey season started and that will be good. one month to the elections and sarah can go back to her hockey also- this election will show just how smart or dumb this country can be or is. or how racist. what are we ready for is the question i want answered. time will tell.
79,582 miles since i started counting. 161 over the last three weeks. figure 9-10 weeks to hit 80k since i have so much travel coming up i will miss some days. have also been doing about 65 miles a week on the bike to stretch and get used to 90rpm's.
home nine weeks now. some good and some bad. miss england in many ways. the two mplaces together make one great place.
big way to go to the phillies.
as it was still plenty dark i stayed on the streets for the first 56 minutes and then went onto the trail heading north carrying my own water so i could skip the fountains. actually ran ok and though it wasn't anywhere near fast as i held back a little to keep the heart rate down, i moved steadily north on the trail and went all the way up to belle haven near the 8 mile marker, and then turned back south to take the east blvd loop home. ran into some people i knew there out with their dogs so i turned back north and ran home with them and then headed back south myself.
went up the big hill pretty easily and that was a good sign. also threw in some 20-40yard pickups just to stretch the legs a bit and not for any real speedwork. cut back over the parkway at collingwood and again stayed off of the trail and did the loop around waynewood and collingwood. then added just a bit og going south on the trail and finally headed home. about 14 miles and that was decent. walked a cool down walk for 15 minutes and stretched. could have stayed out longer but was happy to finish while nothing unusual hurt, though i was a little disappointed that the right quad seemed to be tightening up a tad.( 13 hours later as i write this and it was pretty good all day today). so the rest helped and the lack of carb loading had no effect that i could tell. drank way more than usual all day to see if can stop the nasty leg cramps in the quads. will see....
a quick look at the papers and 3 hours of work in the garden moving step stones and pavers was interesting and not too tiring and then headed off to the golf range to hit some balls and do some short game. two hours on the green with my usual 4 clubs and then a large bucket of balls and off to the airport to get gail. made it there 15 minutes ahead of time and then back home for dinner and the usual sunday night chores.
and here i am -- busy week ahead and will have the work crew here for four days so i will catch up on my emails starting monday. the email system came back up late last night and now the tv's are not working, but i think they got screwed up when we lost power on friday. still, we are making progress. lots of travel coming up soon so the work schedule is about to get screwed up. no word yet from the door and shutter people. what can i say?
eagles gave one away today, but washington is a nicer place to live when the football team wins. hockey season started and that will be good. one month to the elections and sarah can go back to her hockey also- this election will show just how smart or dumb this country can be or is. or how racist. what are we ready for is the question i want answered. time will tell.
79,582 miles since i started counting. 161 over the last three weeks. figure 9-10 weeks to hit 80k since i have so much travel coming up i will miss some days. have also been doing about 65 miles a week on the bike to stretch and get used to 90rpm's.
home nine weeks now. some good and some bad. miss england in many ways. the two mplaces together make one great place.
big way to go to the phillies.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
no cox and no email/rest day+rip ripulski
quick post in case anyone still reads this. my cox has been down all day. it tells me i have 83 new emails, but if i go to see them it won't let me and logs me out. cox says they are aware of a problem and are working on it.
meanwhile i decided to take a day of rest and recovery as i just could not get to sleep last night an d finally about 1:30 must have dozed off until about 6:30 when gail called. after that i just went out and sat in the garden and read and then hit some chips and pitches. then painted some flower pots and now here i am trying and failing to read my emails.
and finally, today would have been rip ripulski's 80th birthday. 10/4/28. rip was an outfielder for the phillies back around 1957 or 1958 and a little before as i recall. he also gave my dad one of his many phillies frustrations when he hit a grand slam against the braves after we left the game just a little early to beat the traffic as the phils were really way behind. they still lost but scored a lot more runs and we heard it on the radio rather than being back in our seats. may both of them be playing baseball somewhere up there wherever up there is at.
anyway- will be back later. errands to run.
meanwhile i decided to take a day of rest and recovery as i just could not get to sleep last night an d finally about 1:30 must have dozed off until about 6:30 when gail called. after that i just went out and sat in the garden and read and then hit some chips and pitches. then painted some flower pots and now here i am trying and failing to read my emails.
and finally, today would have been rip ripulski's 80th birthday. 10/4/28. rip was an outfielder for the phillies back around 1957 or 1958 and a little before as i recall. he also gave my dad one of his many phillies frustrations when he hit a grand slam against the braves after we left the game just a little early to beat the traffic as the phils were really way behind. they still lost but scored a lot more runs and we heard it on the radio rather than being back in our seats. may both of them be playing baseball somewhere up there wherever up there is at.
anyway- will be back later. errands to run.
Friday, October 03, 2008
another day of working on the house, 9 mile run, 24 mile ride, some pitch and chip and a bucket of balls
up at 4am this morning to take gail to the airport and now, almost 19 hours later after a very long and busy day it is time to rest up a bit.
got home and went out and ran 9 miles which actually went ok for the most part. was almost chilly and the sun coming up over the river was pretty enough. not many people out before 6am but it was nice to run and be home so early and at least some of it was after sunrise.
once home i did my little stretch the legs routine on the bike and spun 90 rpm's at a decent but not high level for 24 miles. then stretched some more and had breakfast. about 10:30am the work crew showed up and started right in working. they think they are getting close to being done and they did work on the downstairs stuff that had to be redone. but without the rest of the tile and oops, someone forgot to bring or is it buy, a toilet, "close" may be a relative term. in reality if that stuff had been here the tile would all be done and the toilet would have gone in while the water was shut off in the house. without any more of this talk, it will get done.
i spent the time while they were here working in the attic and outside in the garden and washing laundry. then paid some bills and hit some chips in the backyard. all of this on less than 4 hours sleep. then tonight i went to the driving range and did an hour of short game and hit a large bucket of balls. went ok to so-so, but i kept doing the drills and i can see some progress.
lots to do this weekend and was going to race but will skip it instead for a trip to lowe's and home depot and maybe the nursery. off for a quick look at the paper.
and on a disappointing note, like 57% of the country i too did not want the bailout bill to pass, but the cowardly congress passed it so they would not be seen as doing nothing, even if what they did was ill thought out. surprised they didn't add the bridge to nowhere into the bill-kidding of course. i am not a maverick i guess. i can see maryland from my house so that must make me a crab.
even i could not believe how against this bill i was and am and have toned down my earlier in the day anger. still time for some sleep before getting up to run. peace....
got home and went out and ran 9 miles which actually went ok for the most part. was almost chilly and the sun coming up over the river was pretty enough. not many people out before 6am but it was nice to run and be home so early and at least some of it was after sunrise.
once home i did my little stretch the legs routine on the bike and spun 90 rpm's at a decent but not high level for 24 miles. then stretched some more and had breakfast. about 10:30am the work crew showed up and started right in working. they think they are getting close to being done and they did work on the downstairs stuff that had to be redone. but without the rest of the tile and oops, someone forgot to bring or is it buy, a toilet, "close" may be a relative term. in reality if that stuff had been here the tile would all be done and the toilet would have gone in while the water was shut off in the house. without any more of this talk, it will get done.
i spent the time while they were here working in the attic and outside in the garden and washing laundry. then paid some bills and hit some chips in the backyard. all of this on less than 4 hours sleep. then tonight i went to the driving range and did an hour of short game and hit a large bucket of balls. went ok to so-so, but i kept doing the drills and i can see some progress.
lots to do this weekend and was going to race but will skip it instead for a trip to lowe's and home depot and maybe the nursery. off for a quick look at the paper.
and on a disappointing note, like 57% of the country i too did not want the bailout bill to pass, but the cowardly congress passed it so they would not be seen as doing nothing, even if what they did was ill thought out. surprised they didn't add the bridge to nowhere into the bill-kidding of course. i am not a maverick i guess. i can see maryland from my house so that must make me a crab.
even i could not believe how against this bill i was and am and have toned down my earlier in the day anger. still time for some sleep before getting up to run. peace....
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
nelly furtado, etc
what is it about her voice i like? does a decent slow version cover of "crazy" that is sweet. still like gnarls's version too.his song i guess. can you hear it?
anyway, well he sings i will type. a decent enough day i suppose. up and out early enough and decided to run 100's today after yesterday's 17 mile run. took it easy and just wanted to air out the quads a bit. did 4 sets of 5 and stretched after each set. alternated the sets up and downhill. never pushed the pace but stayed about 8 minute pace or a little faster. went ok and nothing out of the ordinary hurt. decided to skip the post run ride and did some work in the garden instead, though not much as it was still pretty wet. lots of weeding and planning.
the guys showed up (carla bruni singing now" to finish the tile work and it went well enough until they ran out of tile. funny ha-ha almost. will see how the ordering of more tile slows everything down...and i hope nobody comes tomorrow.usually on wed. i remind them i am not home on thursdays but the guys here today were not regulars and i didn't speak enough spanish to make it clear and they just wanted to go and not try to figure out what i was saying anyway.
so they left and i took the opportunity to go get some decent practice in as i wanted to try the newly cut down putter. did get in some decent practice despite the rain. mostly short game today and lots of putting. then hit a bucket of balls and went home. just trying to stay in touch with the game until i can practice enough to see if i can get a swing going again.
then picked up dinner at the deli and headed home. spent the night as usual lately. england certainly got me away from tv as i can watch some news, sports and a movie maybe, but no tv shows really. but not reading like i did there when i read 3 books a week and here i get in one or two a month for the bookclubs.
still drifting around without the focus i need and thought i would come home with, but am forcing myself to hang in there as best i can. it is clearly not enough though and will see if i can find some motivation somewhere. am way behind on the marathon training and will try to get in two more decent runs and just go do it i suppose. will hope all of the long runs and lots of mileage in the UK will get me by. not looking for a specific time anyway and if i am not injured. i.e., the right leg holds up, i will just keep going forward until it is over.
then i need to decide what i will do next. stuck between the golf and running worlds and neither is going really well right now. weight is still down enough- 3 pounds more than when i graduated high school. dr sheehan always said to weigh what you weighed when you graduated high school. funny to see that sarah palin said he was an inspiration for her as well as so many others and i am glad that i got to know and run and correspond with him. and i will always be thankful that he could diagnose a problem from 200 miles away that my drs could not figure out.
and so life goes on and the big thing now i guess is the vice president debate tomorrow. the anticipation of what will happen will finally stop and they will just do it. and the senate voted yes tonight on the so called bailout bill. how do we carry on? how did we get here is the bigger question? would like to be back in the UK and see if the world is laughing at us.
anyway, well he sings i will type. a decent enough day i suppose. up and out early enough and decided to run 100's today after yesterday's 17 mile run. took it easy and just wanted to air out the quads a bit. did 4 sets of 5 and stretched after each set. alternated the sets up and downhill. never pushed the pace but stayed about 8 minute pace or a little faster. went ok and nothing out of the ordinary hurt. decided to skip the post run ride and did some work in the garden instead, though not much as it was still pretty wet. lots of weeding and planning.
the guys showed up (carla bruni singing now" to finish the tile work and it went well enough until they ran out of tile. funny ha-ha almost. will see how the ordering of more tile slows everything down...and i hope nobody comes tomorrow.usually on wed. i remind them i am not home on thursdays but the guys here today were not regulars and i didn't speak enough spanish to make it clear and they just wanted to go and not try to figure out what i was saying anyway.
so they left and i took the opportunity to go get some decent practice in as i wanted to try the newly cut down putter. did get in some decent practice despite the rain. mostly short game today and lots of putting. then hit a bucket of balls and went home. just trying to stay in touch with the game until i can practice enough to see if i can get a swing going again.
then picked up dinner at the deli and headed home. spent the night as usual lately. england certainly got me away from tv as i can watch some news, sports and a movie maybe, but no tv shows really. but not reading like i did there when i read 3 books a week and here i get in one or two a month for the bookclubs.
still drifting around without the focus i need and thought i would come home with, but am forcing myself to hang in there as best i can. it is clearly not enough though and will see if i can find some motivation somewhere. am way behind on the marathon training and will try to get in two more decent runs and just go do it i suppose. will hope all of the long runs and lots of mileage in the UK will get me by. not looking for a specific time anyway and if i am not injured. i.e., the right leg holds up, i will just keep going forward until it is over.
then i need to decide what i will do next. stuck between the golf and running worlds and neither is going really well right now. weight is still down enough- 3 pounds more than when i graduated high school. dr sheehan always said to weigh what you weighed when you graduated high school. funny to see that sarah palin said he was an inspiration for her as well as so many others and i am glad that i got to know and run and correspond with him. and i will always be thankful that he could diagnose a problem from 200 miles away that my drs could not figure out.
and so life goes on and the big thing now i guess is the vice president debate tomorrow. the anticipation of what will happen will finally stop and they will just do it. and the senate voted yes tonight on the so called bailout bill. how do we carry on? how did we get here is the bigger question? would like to be back in the UK and see if the world is laughing at us.
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