Training Log Archive: Yukon King

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dreamed last night repeatedly that I was fighting infections as a result of enbrel. I never dreamed of stuff related to my daily life before.
Going to re-read Future of Orienteering to get the whole picture all at once, also gonna check on Clementine-the-RV's location...

high winds & dark - over to hide in the woods from the wind & sideways rain. it was peaceful in the woods, watched the huge trees swinging & swaying, thought about the enbrel and how it almost might be working already...
went for dimsum today, discovered green tea balls - black sesame sugar inside, & green-tea-dyed rice flour/mochi-like outside, yum. D helped to make a big dose of almost vegan (touch of fish-sauce) malaysian curry - potato, onion, carrot, broc & tofu in a hot turmeric-infused coconut milk sauce w/ a touch of cilantro & lemon peel, plus some spicey roasted squash on the side.

forgot walk to train stn & back for dimsum, & the evening walk to corner groc for maple syrup etc...

OK, ENBREL STARTS today. Gonna put my Cowboy Hat on for this. Heavy rain. Dog exhausted in front of fire after morning soggy-doggy walk.

mailbox & then around Cortina. G dug & rolled in stuff, & came home filthy but happy.

went for a walk w/ Oscar & Keith, down the creek & past Ledgestone to the park, & then along the parkway back home up the top of Stairmaster. G-dog increasingly annoyed by Oscar's amorousness, by the parkway she was snarling at him, which was encouraging as up til now she has had no concept of "too much dog". Now maybe she has an inkling. A tiny inkling...

pool is open again!

Oscar & Keith stayed over for a while to make passes at Gypsy & to eat baked potatoes. Oscar appears to be afflicted w/ some serious gas. It was fun playing w/ him, tho, he is a very cute dog. Gypsy decided to spend some quality time by herself in the bedroom after a while, revelling in her solitary virginity. oof.
tofu, cashews, snowpeas, zucchini, & fancy-dancy-cut carrot pinwheels in a thai reference, sweet-spicy. Big fruit salad.

Fave Five things 2007 - (1) getting G-dog Jan '07 (2) seeing bro get married (US Champs in CA) (3) everything about Vidette Lake Resort (Sage Stomp) (4) Canoeing Whistler (after N Island meet) (5) paying off mortgage and Jones Lake - like the Tetons. (OK I cheated there)
Gonna try some more Muir, First Summer in the Sierra.

oops, no wonder my feet are cranky. 1.5 km Into-The-Woods loop w/ bush-whacking & micro-poodle attacks. Plus the rest accumulated to train stn, Highgate, & airport ramblings to drop off Alfie for his 6 weeks in New Zealand. oops. less so tomorrow.

Happy new year!
OK, now, about this hydration thing, how often does one pee w/ "proper" hydration ?! I know I tend to be rather camel-like which is what I'm trying to counteract a bit w/ an additional two purely gratuitous glasses of water per day (start small), but this peeing thing also escalates (?!! :-), & in my opinion (being camel-like) it is verging on outa control. Oh well, it's good for me.
SW style organic beef stew - corn, peppers, tomatoes, black beans, spicey...then some cornbread, maybe a side of pretty green broccoli. HEY ! I'm gonna make that vegan chocolate cake, we didnt get around to it while the vegan was in town...

C • frosting? 2

C • drink offered: if pee is pl... 3

thought thru what I want to be doing & then regrouped & relabelled activities - w/ flare still on, I'm not so into stretches, so no yoga, just a little remedial attn to strength & to maintaining appropriate range of motion.

down stairmaster a bit, thru the woods to the ravine & back up thro more woods. Met Hendrix the black pug, the girl from the corner grocery, our neighbor & his weird kid from 1005 on bikes by the creek, Nina & Rocket the lunatic duck tollers, & watched Tessa & Cassie being micro-dogs across the street. tea, icepak, & disc drive on CBC, talked to parents.

scaurend is back on line !! cancerchick silent since November, those 1000days nutters are still cheerfully bobbing about in the southern ocean...
finished both Bujold and Rex Stout (dont try that at home kids, it'll give ya whiplash), not sure what to read next.

Highgate to postoffice etc, then dogwalk up the creek. Finally saw the golden-crowned kinglets D has been seeing on his walks! I've only seen the usual bushtits, chickadees, & juncos til now. Tofu w/ pepper & hoisin sauce, onion & green peppers, a big fruit salad...

over to Bowen Island to scout our cruising ground for next year, rare winter sunshine & snowy mountains around the Sound were gorgeous. Wandering up & down the village, looking for lunch & the various marina-view cottages...