Training Log Archive: Yukon King

AM walk over to the park while D loaded the Jeep. off we go!

one day to go!
FTR...R hip hurts kinda throbby thing happening, feet still hurt but not too bad, eyes improving (!? whut-thuh?! OK, I'll take it!)

strange walk w the G dog - she didnt wanna go !! went up to the grocery store, kinda draggin' a bit, back down the bikepath to the garbage can by the rocks (4th day of the MdV Garbage-Colleciton Walks, btw!), & when I gave her a choice between peeling on down the bikepath and going home...we went home!
we sat in front of the building for 20 minutes and played w Coalie on his way in, so that was OK, but G seems a bit lo-energy, napping again already. Is this her adult self? I guess its OK....will watch to make sure its not poor health...
teatime... shrimp-fried rice for dinner to use everything up....packing, watering plants...

evening walk as well - met Rocky & played with him, G still lo-energy....

coming down to the wire here, fridge is slowly emptying, & departure date of early Sat. AM for the Barn which I am so looking forward to. Still have a bit of a milk problem, and a bit of a zucchini problem, but I have a Cunning Plan for that...dim sum w Alfie & the retired crowd today...

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misty-rainy walk down thru the woods to below Ledgestone & then back up thru some more woods, G very perky & cheerful. Then we met Shelly & Su-Jane in the parking lot and invited them up for tea! G & S chewed each other up good, they were so cute & happy!
Big fridge-cleanin' salad, homemade pea/carrots/corn mixture cuz i think it's so funny to actually make it (plus it matches the salmon loaf stylistically!!), mama's salmon loaf, kiwi & plum salad, brown rice...

evening walk, pouring rain, met Leo & Mog to play.

over to train stn & d/t to bank, get a latte, & walk around Canada Place ogling the cruise-ships - glad to say that the May cruise w dad-in-law, tho lovely & super-fun, has neatly wound up my love-affair w cruise-ships - I still love the logistics of it all, but the actual experience has lost all reference to the original grace & elegance of cruising - "normally" priced cruises are now just cafeteria-style queue-riddled Disney-park events - to get back to cruising one has to pay a Seabourne-style ticket which is prohibitive & thus once more exclusive. oh well... anyhow ! I discovered... MINK!!! which is a totally awesome chocolate & coffee shop down by the pier. Their lattes have that gorgeous glossy N dense crema on top, and that gorgeous kick-you-in-the-face euro-bitterness, mmmm! AND, the chocolates all have clever martini-type descriptions (I have a Thing for clever martini descriptions) - I bought the PBJ bar & the Chai bar...
so, soaking steel-cut oats to make oat-pita even tho I am pretty sure oats are in no way mediterranean, falafel, chunks of tomato & cucumber, a swipe at tzatziki, and, uh, some more zucchini, this time with butter. and blueberries (as a dessert not a zucchini add-on).
PS I have to admit my feet have been hurting like the dickens since monday...I had to take one of my beautiful T-3's yesterday in order to walk. s/b OK today tho. On another topic, yesterday I started another crack at weaning my R eye off of steroids...

small dog-walk down around the parkway, sunshine, Nicky & Jake-the-Schizo-Dog, read the paper & ate a biscuit....

it's raining !!! yay !!!!

over to Station Sq to p/u falafel, a corkscrew...eat a maple dip donut...then did the dog walk in the light rain wearing my cute dog-walking hat, G seems grumpy about sogginess but interested in rain-geared gardeners (how she loves to watch people work!) & we did a bit of haw and gee thru Villa Jardin's formal paths. She beelined home from the corner which made me laugh, gave her a good rubdown & then did research for D re going to Brazil to help w their avionics problems, how fun would that be?
test-drove the sailing dessert ( a pair of slightly aged nectarines, lemon creamcheese, cobbler topping) in a simplified model, seems excellent hot, will have to try it cold too, heheheh...rissotto for dinner with uh lotsa zucchini (delivery service is doing the traditional zucchini-in-summer thing - six zucchini?! on top of the 4 I already have?! I didnt even order any, I swear!)

cleaning the patio today. laundry, dishes, tidy, water plants, sewing, dog-walk, mini-pizzas since the pizza stone needs a sort of paddle thing to drop floppy raw pizzas onto it in the oven (duh! I'm just not watching my movies closely enuf) & I dont have one, so I gotta make lil ones I can move around w a spatula. Plus I can expt w crust comparison on pizza stone vs cookie sheet to see if I wasted my 10 bucks...

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took 5 hours to clean the patio (w rests of course) so I am gonna log 2 hours of actual activity - if I did that every day, I'd sure be skinny and muscular! Patio looks good!

over to the park, didnt meet any dogs worth mentioning, talked to Shane the park guy in the bright hot sun, dragged home, dog is passed out. Clouds are coming in, maybe it will rain! tea, disc drive, & pizza dough...

Ladner & Steveston farmers markets, then a walk out on Garry Point to watch the Sunday kites. Sukiyaki with Alf, and then a medium-size DQ hot fudge N hot caramel sundae, yum!! evening walk, met Shelly, Mog, Coalie, AND Jack! But G seems kinda tired & a bit listless when she isnt revv'ed up by dogs. Gotta watch her a bit, appetite seems good tho.

Keith says meta-tarsal inserts would "hurt like the dickens" for about 3 weeks...problem there is how to differentiate between 3 wk of "improving pain" vs 3 wk of "destructo pain" - if I willfully went for 3 wk of destructo it might take me years if not forever to retrieve the situation - this is gonna take a bit more thought obviously.