Training Log Archive: Yukon King

back home, did the afternoon & evening walks w/ g-dog, who survived quite nicely with Uncle Keith sleeping over & feeding her steak. hmm...
I'm insanely tired, knees Not Good esp. R. knee - v. swollen, v. weak, & some slight pain twinging inside periodically. Strapping it up.

meandering about & dozing in sun on top decks, reading my new geology book from parents & watching the shipping go in & out at Astoria. Did our Holland America donation to the Susan Komen breast cancer foundation ("on deck" walk) & got a cute T-shirt for Dennis.

marching happily about on Oosterdam, & walk to parents' place from the Victoria cruise terminal. This wiped me out (not sleeping well at night), so I took a nap w cat, & Alf & Barn had a scream of a good time giggling & drinking tea w/ parents, & looking out their huge windows.

AM walk - super nice early spring morning, body not totally up to speed, but still very pleasant time. Up past the corner grocery & past the train stn, then a nice woodland meander down the creek & back up thru the forest parallel to Stairmaster. Met a whole buncha dogs. Nap. Off to cruiseship.

probably alot more, but I'm just gonna wildly guesstimate...galloping about on the cruise-ship w/ my dad-in-law & bro-in-law doing the BC coast cruise - dad-in-law mesmerized by cheapness, so "all expenses paid", what fun! Best parts were a grand-marnier-tinged creme brulee, the chance to try a grappa (nice!), my dream-come-true of seeing an actual sequins-&-feathers floorshow, & the offshore cruising in blue-water on Friday afternoon & into the night. Plus hanging with my incredible mellow & fun in-laws. Overall however, I think I would say no right at the beginning if the whole scenario was rolled back & re-played...

feeling better today, got good sleep!! I think I am thru the toughest part of my cold, after a week, still very snotty, but more energy, yay!

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over to Taylor Park & back along the parkway w/ G & Keith, who is gonna take care of her for the next few days...

evening walk. G went bushwhacking & promptly roped a tree in the deep dusk, so that was fun trying to get her unstuck, usually she's better about NOT going around trees. Met Mog on the way back, he is almost over his recent "operation".

big dog walk to get some air & blood moving, a pretty day but only partially aware, oof...

so groggy (did NOT sleep last night at all well) after bath, laid on bed feeling dreary, so I started just doing little teensy RoM's & went on for 10 minutes, got actually a rather good selection done. Felt better about things.

down to the dog park in the rain w Su-jane, Shelly, & Gypsy. They played a bit & then just lay down in the rain like they were in their own livingrooms, glad they are so relaxed about rain. Chinese delivery for dinner. Did sleep pretty well last night & am starting to feel a bit better altho catarrh levels remain extremely high. Wish we could harness this for the good of humanity cuz it is certainly a plentiful natural resource at this point. D all packed for Montreal. Read about Amish whoopi pies (basically shortening, sugar, & cocoa, plus shortening, sugar & vanilla...hmmm) on pluckysurvivors - perhaps I will make some for an American Beyond-Junkfood-Cardio-Crusher (AKA "you'll be arrested for first-degree premeditated murder for serving this") theme menu - certainly locomoco (white rice, spam, fried egg, package gravy) from Hawai'i springs to mind as a lovely matching main course...hmmm, what would be a suitable appetizer, there would NOT be a salad, oh!! maybe that ambrosia "salad" (mayonnaise, canned fruit, & minimarshmallows?) from the supermarket deli section, oh yeah...