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18 miles Saturday. We walked the trail around Lake Harriet, Lake Calhoun, and Lake of the Isles. 18 long sweaty miles. It was nice in the morning but quickly got pretty hot. There were some nice breezes though and that helped. We ran into a number of other 3 Day walkers and cheered each other on. Got some strange looks from the other walkers, joggers, and bicyclists but I don't think we much cared.

At lunch, I noticed that I was developing the combination heat rash/vasculitis that I get on long walks. Got some hydrocortisone on and tried to hydrate better. Missed the mark somewhere- by the end of 18 miles I was rash from the waist down. *sigh*

15 miles Sunday at Coon Rapids Dam. Started there and walked the Mississippi Trail. Finally branched off to a nearby (if 4 miles is nearby) park and walked the trails there. Two really steep hills that we had to walk up- one gravel the other paved. Between the heat and humidity, I wasn't breathing so good by the time I made it up the second hill. I had to pull out the inhalor (which I hate) and try to get the lungs working again. A teammate poured ice water over my head. That was helpful but I think he enjoys doing that a bit too much. Still- it felt great!

Stopping for lunch was good but moving again wasn't a thrill. Still, we made it through and got back to the cars. I got out of the shoes and planted my feet in the grass. I swear I saw steam rising from them.

My partner was so great through the whole weekend. He not only walked the distance, he made supper when we got home and rubbed Tiger Balm into my sore muscles. Saturday I got home and had enough energy to shower and feed the cats but not much else. If someone hadn't fed me, I wouldn't have bothered.

We have cornered the market on ibuprophen and had it for breakfast both days. That helped a ton.

Partner caught me before I could fall asleep on the keyboard last night. This morning, I feel like I spent the weekend on a blender. I feel a nap coming on...

I learned this weekend that regardless of all the training we have done, I didn't really have a clear understanding of what I have signed up for. I think I have a better understanding now. It was a tough weekend but at the end, we made it through.

weekend, that is.

Went home from here Friday, expecting to have one helluva lot of planning to do for the arranged Phoebe Tyne Tootle on Sunday, with neighbours, daughter and grandson.

It got cancelled 10.55pm, same night.

Rehashed the shopping lists, did laundry and shopping on Saturday, in an exceptionally muggy Newcastle, where the humidity was around 87% in 80F heat....not fun.....even little old ladies were buying bottles of water, which is a sight not seen in this neck of the woods..........

Had a chilled couple of cans on Saturday evening, HOB decided it wasn't worth doing a bbq, we'd have one Sunday instead, and besides that, he still had the migraine he woke up with in the morning.

Come Sunday, the migraine has gone, but he now has an upset tummy. (No, not my cooking, but we won't go into that. All his fault, lets' say) Took to his bed at 12.15pm and stayed there 9pm.

Sundays exercise was running up and downstairs fetching and carrying....

Doctor Dog (Murphy) stayed with him the whole time (as always. No-one is poorly in my house without a doctor dog) and was giving HOB cuddles on the bed.

So I had to remove three tons of dog hair before I could remake the bed yet again and fall into it.

Was too hot to stay in bed for a snooze on Sat and Sun, woke up even earlier than the alarm both days.

Today, I could have snoozed on, but you just know it's Monday and the alarm blared at its' usual time.

Still 90F in office, 80F outside, I'm flagging badly, and I want to move to the Arctic.

With dog, without HOB. Please. I need a rest!

(oh, and I've been volunteered for another two Sundays on the boat......sheeeeesh.....can you hear this foot coming down with an extremely firm hand? This peasant is revolting!! :p )

GG

working and nursing a very sick puglet. I worked until they took the servers down for maintenance. Of course they do this during our last week to get all our development done for the big migration. So, I lost that time - oh I really should think of it as forced time off work...

Well, it wasn't cause I still have my dissertation that I am working on and a very sick little puglet. I took her to the Vet on Thursday only to find out, she has a breast infection, Whip worm, and Allergies so bad an oatmeal bath doesn't help. The Vet won't even consider shots for her cause he said that would be the same as lethal injection.

Found out whip worm is one of the difficult ones to cure and my little puglet HATES medicine. I can't hide it in her food, she will eat around it. I tried peanut butter, tried cooked chicken, tried cheese. I am using cream cheese which was working until this morning.

She saw me coming this morning with the cream cheese and ran for cover. Hunched up her back, tucked her tail and wouldn't come anywhere near me. I even put some cream cheese in her food dish with NO medicine and she wouldn't come near.

In the mean time, the other puglet is trying to take the food stuff I am using to get my little girl's meds into her and getting between my ankles and tripping me. Talk about a comedy routine at 4:30am this morning. I only get another 5 weeks of this before we see if she is all better. Oh and I have to keep the other one under control so HE doesn't get whip worm.

24 hours of dealing with mental patients, drug addicts and sots.
[ same 120 people each day ]

bought a new motherboard, cdrom, cdrw, dragon heatsink-cooling fan, 2 HP passthrough power supplies, ipmega zip drive power supply.
for 15 bucks [ all of the above list ]
the mobo is asrock k7vm3 amd board, 32 or 64 bit capable.

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I intended. You all took me too literally. Sheesh. First, I do realize that commitment is important and that YES you continue training AFTER completing this event.

I was just saying that for all the pain now, after the 3-day is done, you can take time to have a nice relaxing bath before starting training again. I exaggerated the 6 month bit to try and get a smile. Oh well, it's Monday.

the marinas here do get the breeze all the time.

4 y/o boat mad tot? sound like a galley slave to me. ]:)

we had all weekend long. I think we used row boats just to go to the corner market. Lightening, Thunder boomers, and down pouring rain. All weekend long (until about 6pm on Sunday night)

I forgot about barefoot.

I remember bales of hay. Yeah, hay was heavier, straw was lighter. Hay made me sneeze, straw scratched me up. I lived with farms all around me, and we often helped out, even without pay if someone was down on their luck.

It was a big revelation when I went to my uncles and used a baling hook for the first time - sweet.

These days its pretty rare to see square (rectangular) bales, now of course you see the big round bales that are moved by tractor.

I do miss those big lunches we used to get when baling or picking.

James

was supposed to be fun. I took a half day off on Friday and we drove to Indiana to my husband's home town of Peru. This town to serve as Winter quarters for circus performers and animals many years ago. They have an annual amatuer circus/parade/street fair and my son wanted to see the Circus. We went to the street fair Friday night, my son attended a performance with both of his grandmothers (my parents came to visit also) and his great grandmother. They had a wonderful time. Saturday evening, my husband and I went back to the fair with my sister and brother in law, then went back to their house to sit around their fire pit and have a few drinks. Unfortunately, within a few hours after eating greasy fair food, I got sick. I don't know for sure than I had food poisoning, but I spent the entire night, with a pillow and a blanket, on my mother in law's kitchen floor just outside the bathroom. The surface of the floor was just cool enough to put my face on for comfort between frantic trips to the bathroom.

Normally, the drive home takes 5 hours, we made it in 7. On the plus side, when I fell asleep last night at 8:00pm, I slept straight through until my alarm went off this morning. That hasn't happened in years. So, here I am at work, my stomach is still jumpy. I feel like a wrung out dish rag. And in spite of sleeping for many hours, I'm still tired. I've had three people tell me that I look like sh1t. When I tell them why, what do you think is the first thing they say? "What did you eat?" Like I really want to even THINK about that.

Other than that, it was a lovely weekend. :)

y're picking on me!

Arthritis in hands, wrists, shoulders, top of spine.......

[b] NOT IN MY BUTT!!! [/b]

GG

Wots a workoput?? :D

someone who understands what I mean!

I was fine till the age of 7, then something happened to the internal stat. My problem is that my core temperature and skin temperature are at opposite ends of the scale.....

I'll feel cool to the touch, but inside, whatever is in my tum is boiling....

Also have a problem with sunshine. It hates me. Only ever had a slight tan once in my life - at the age of 14 after a ski-ing holiday in Austria. And no, I'm not doing that again, I came back with a broken shoulder instead of heatrash (bad trade, bad trade)

Present heatwave is taking its' toll. Accidentally out in the sun for a WHOLE THREE MINUTES yesterday, and look like a lobster. Skin sore, not quite heat rash, but tender and itchy. And I'm allergic to so many lotions and potions it's just not funny. All this, despite being on antihistamines for the last three months, too....

j, don't do what I do and manufacture your own form of heat rash which goes septic within 24hrs, and when bursts, leaves a scar.....

I WANNA MOVE TO THE ARCTIC!!!

:p

GG

I picked out paperbacks, I knew I would be carrying them in a backpack. :p

pain from overworked buttocks would distract you from the arthritis pain. ~insert angel emoticon here~

workoput? that's what happens when your buttocks get a good workout.. put...put...put ]:)

[ gas ya know ;) ]

Back in my day, all we had were clay tablets and the occasional papyrus roll.

You kids, I tell you...

I can appreciate EXACTLY what you are saying. Although in my case, I am the human radiator. Everytime someone needs to warm up, they come see me. Touch the skin and get burned (no I am not kidding, exaggerating, maybe a little). I really am that hot to the touch. I sweat like you wouldn't believe in the summer.

Give me 30 degrees F or below and I am fine. Oh and having Italian/Jewish heritage means the sun LOVES me. Everybody else hates me cause I can go spend the day at a baseball game and be tan the next day while everyone else with their SPF 10000000000 are lobsters. Of course it goes olive by the third day.

Have you tried oatmeal baths? if allergic to all other lotions, I have found oatmeal works wonders and seems to prevent blistering. I think there is now an oatmeal based lotion on the market. I will have to look around and see if I can find out what it is called. It is suppose to be for the highly allergic.

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great fun. My family and I were in the local Community Theater production of "Damn Yankees" this weekend for 3 shows with about 30 other actors. My son and I were on stage and my wife ran the lights. We had a great time and had a really good audience on Saturday night, which helps us do even better. We are all worn out though because of the time spent on practice as well as our regular jobs.

That is cool. I am going to have to tell my wife. We were looking for something to keep my nieces occupied for the summer and one is intrested in acting.

Let me know when your next performance. We will check it out. :)

Did you know that this Friday is Sys Admin day? I just started a thread:

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-11189-0.html?forumID=3&threadID=198352&start=0

Until today, I never knew there was such a day. How do we let our users/clients know about this incredibly important day? THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW AND BOW TO US. I'm wondering if I should send out a mass email to all our clients/users or just start making the calls ;) Tell you what...I'll call all of your users/clients if you call mine.

Anyway, maybe Friday will make up for the weekend, NB, and next weekend will start properly!

I discovered that by chance when I didn't have ginger ale handy and my stomach was not happy at all. Worked like a surprising charm.

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Didn't know you had a button on your belly. :p

Sorry, couldn't resist that one. Just make sure as you lounge at poolside, you have a nice drink in one hand.

Had a good weekend with some one-on-one time with Thing Two.

(for those not up on it, got twin boys age 14, thing one and thing two. Long running thing with them)

Thing one went up north with a friend, and is still not home yet.

Thing two has been having issues with his mother on the weeks she has them, and we got to just pall around.

We went out to eat a few times, and he got to pick each time. (He and his brother usually have to take turns deciding).

After lunch, we hit the book store. Love Barns and Nobles, and he likes his books. got a few.

Went to the sporting goods store and looked at all the cool toys. Nice rifles and golf clubs! (just looked though). Did get everyone a new trigger release for our bows, as this is the first year we will be able to go bow hunting. Also got some golf supplies, balls, new gloves, and tees.

Made a point to look at the kayaks too. Looking to pick a few up for next year, but think I will see what I can find used as I will need three. Just trying to find out as much about them as I can for now so I will know more of what to look for.

Got in a round of golf. Started out HORRIBLE. The play was SLOW, and after an HOUR and just finishing up the third hole, I got on my cell and called the club house and asked them to send a ranger out to see what they could do. He made it back to us as we finished the fourth hole and chatted with us for a few minutes and I explained about how slow it was. For a solution, he offered us to switch to a different nine (the nicer holes are usually reserved for people playing 18, and everyone playing nine gets thrown on the "West") So we got to go back to the clubhouse and start over on the North (the nicest of the three!). We were walking, so by the time we were done, we were DONE. Walked the 13 holes, and while not as far as Tig goes, she isn't pulling around a heavy golf bag OR carrying as much weight as I do! :p It was a GREAT round of golf. A good day!

Went home and tried out the new trigger releases! Thing two went from about a two foot group to a two INCH group, just by using the release. SWEET! I went from about 6 inches to an inch. Haven't tried it with my recurve yet though, just shot his compound.

Lots of playing Diablo 2xpac together, and he got to do his "My Space" time chit/chatting.

Oh, had a bat in the house. Lost him somewhere in the boys bedroom, so Thing two spent the weeking in my room. :D Have no idea where that dang thing went, but he is not in there anymore.

A great weekend. Oh yeah, lots of advil! B-)

I had a hospital appointment this afternoon. I'd been waiting for everything to settle down for six months since an ear operation that went wrong and upset my balance a bit (and killed the hearing in my right ear).

I choose the day when the fuse bank blows in the hospital and all of the computers are off. So, no audiometry, so no assessment of where we go from here.

Very interesting consult, though, We do all sorts of balance, manipulation, perception and other like tests and these are all interesting and fairly obvious.

Until..

Say "baby hippopotamus".

"baby hippopotamus?" (rising inflection)

"Thank you."

Anyone got any idea what THAT was for?

to slap the living crap out of the first person who say's, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity".

Note: I [i]didn't[/i] say "it".

Those are the same morons who say, "it's really coming down," when we have a blizzard. "Well no shlt Sherlock. I hadn't noticed that I [i]couldn't even [b]see[/b] out of my frikkin windshield."[/i]

We're at 29C and 48% relative humidity right now. Just another warm day in Hell.

I predict cold beer to be in the forecast for this afternoon.

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you expect better treatment from where I work, hmm? With the overspend WE have? Hmm? Not on your little nelly, petal! ooops, sorry, hang on a mo .......

There. That stopped that, then!

You've got to keep doing the exercises, babz, really, seriously. Set yourself a few minutes at set times of the day and DO 'EM. Honest, Neil, you need to. I'll PM you about why as soon as I get the chance.

Incidentally, that AudiClear stuff is good - and it's just seawater. Worked well when HOB went deaf a few months ago (again, his own fault) and the nozzle is easy to use. May be easier for you than trying to squirt bicarb down your lug'ole!!!

Now look, babz, thee n me is gonna fall out if you don't get of this "I'm hotter than you" kick. I'm the one with all the heat intolerances, bust internal thermostat and sun sensitivity, and I AM SUFFERING. Grief, love, if I was in London, I'd be hospitalised by now. My internal system just can't take this heat. It's not helped by this bloody office, either - it got to 94F yesterday.

Oh, btw, did I tell you that out of the two windows in here only one opens? Four inches only - restrictors being placed on the whole building as it's a mental hospital. And it's a secure room, so I can't prop open the door. And all this damn fan is doing is moving around hot air. Oh, and I'm down to one, cos they've pinched some to put in the patient areas....cos it's too hot for them, too.

Oh the NHS. Deep joy and happiness.

Now, how far to the Arctic from here??

GG

I'm ALWAYS hot. My husband and I constantly battle over the thermostat. I refer to the other women in my office as the reptile brigade as they can't tolerate even the slightest breeze. I swear, I'm going to buy them a one of those rocks that you heat up and put in your aquarium with your snake. If I'm comfortable, then they're miserable. To compensate, I wear sleeveless shirts and have two fans in my office. One of these women wears a jacket all day long. She even wore it back in the computer room when the A/C was out and it was 95 degrees outside. Sheesh. It's not natural. They've got goosebumps and the back of my head is damp from sweat.

Neil- that sucks!!!

It is way too hot here- in the 90s with humidity. Thank heaven for aircon! Have 5 miles this afternoon in heaven knows what weather- predicting T-storms for this afternoon. We call it "environmental training". Ick!

If you are walking in extreme heat, you MUST be doing electrolyte replacement. You will kill yourself without it. You are doing really good with the walking you are doing but you have to make sure you are staying healthy.

Did you get new shoes? What did you get? Next weeks lesson- proper socks!

Just having an horrendous couple of hours....

(you'll understand this, Neil, being ex-NHS)

Been to a meeting further down the site, where they supplied one small jug of water for 16 people....

By the time I got out, I had no option to walk unshaded for about three minutes in full midday sun. Wanna fry an egg? Use my arms....

Got back to find out that they were turning off the water to the whole site at 2pm for approx two hours and that "storage tanks [i] should [/i] cope within the given time".

The only bright spot is that Steve-next-door has just come back from the shops with "Fab" ice lollies for everyone in the unit!!! (Bless....)

Now, can I just arrange a cool day, with wind but no rain for Sunday please? (Tyne Tootle.....mebbes....)

:D

GG

Edit: Brain fry - ice lolly didn't work.....

Are you volunteering?

How did it go with your son? Is he okay? I worry about that kid. I know that he has you, but I hear distressing things talking to partner's 22 year old- 14 at the time of the divorce. Glad to know that he has you- pray frequently for YOUR sanity. Mebee God likes you, mebee He don't...

From my long cycling trip in 1987, I rode from Ottawa to Montreal, on the Quebec side, through Hull, Montebello and Oka. It was about 135 miles. This was on a touring bicycle with tent, sleeping bag and other gear.

That day, the longest on my trip, was also the hottest - about 85 degrees and close to 100% humidity. It was this time of year.

I have bonked before in my life - heat exhaustion - when you can't move and must hydrate and rest. Its an awful feeling.

But that day, I ended up stopping every hour to refill two large waterbottles with juice and water. The pavement shimmered all the way.

I did stop for a full 30 minutes at about the hundred mule mark, as I had "Deux Montanges" to go and needed to really hydrate. I couldn't really eat much in the heat and I was running on empty.

It took me twelve hours to do my mileage, a good deal longer than normal. A shower at the end never felt so good.

After that day, everything else was easy. I was very proud to have made it, and a little embarassed at my youthful hubris - I could have picked the shorter route and not had mountains, and given the heat that would have made more sense. But I don't regret it now. The scenary was great.

Apple juice and water got me through that - like you I don't like the taste of gatorade, and back then it was hard to find except in powder.

James

When your ear is totally healed, ask your docs about Eppley maneuvers...ok?

When I fell once and hit my head, it misaligned the autoliths in my inner ear and caused me to have what is called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo whenever I turned my head in any direction.

You can ask about those Eppley maneuvers and see if they say that will help any.

Hope it all ends ok, Dad. especially hope it doesn't affect your ability to consume pints :D

Take care...

sonny boy