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Friday and a NSV!!

Angela Pea3 Comments

NSV…sure.  Get to that in a minute. I had a RSV (Real Scale Victory) this week, too!  Down 2.8 pounds, putting me at 162.0, the lowest I’ve been in eons!  As Elvis would say,

Thank you.  Thank you very much.

The NSV?  Today on my lunch hour I grabbed one of the company bikes and rode fifteen miles. FIFTEEN, I tell you!  How did I do it? Lets start with a very frustrating morning dealing with

work
DirtBike
disappointment

not necessarily in that order.  Then  take into consdieration that it’s B-E-A-YOOOOOOO-tiful outside and sunshine makes me happy.  Mix those two together, toss in my need to rail against something and a totally awesome bike and Voila!  I totally beat up those bike pedals!  Rode from my office all the way to highway 183 and back to the office.

This is where I rode today!  Interesting transition from the
pavement in “downtown” to the suburb pavement.
The trees on the other side of the Trinity look like they’re getting a drink.

Smiling and feeling much, much better!

I think I need to learn how to hold the phone and take pictures of myself while riding, like Bitchcakes does. I’m not that coordinated, though, and would probably crash the bike. Which wouldn’t be good, because it’s a company bike, not actually my own.

EMail Anglea Pea

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There's Nobody to Blame But Myself

Angela Pea6 Comments

No, this isn’t one of those “Woe is me I went on a binge” posts.  But what I did WAS pretty stupid.  Remember that prescription for which I took an eight mile bike ride to order and then another ride to go pick up?   I lost it. 

Seriously.  I’m totally freaked out.  I never lose anything.  It’s part of my built in Type A Personality Defense System.  So what does that mean?  I had to ride to Dr. Tom’s office again today to get a replacement.  Normally, I’d be tickled at the prospect of outdoor exercise in the sunshine.  Even Olivia would be tickled.  
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But it’s windy today.  Windier than that first ride.  The sustained wind today is 26 mph.  It took me 38 minutes to get to Dr. Tom’s office, and I thought I was going to die at three miles out.  It took me only seventeen minutes to get back to my office with the wind at my back.
So. Let’s look at the bright side, shall we?  I made it back alive.  I can tell that I got a great workout today because my quads feel like jelly.  I got DirtBike’s prescription just in the nick of time, as he took his last pill this morning.  Tuesday is the pharmacist’s ‘late’ night so I can get it filled on the way home from work.  

EMail Anglea Pea

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Exercise, A Sort-of Naked Men Rant and Shrimp Tacos

Angela Pea3 Comments
How did I move today?  Hopped back on the bicycle and rode to Dr. Tom’s office again to pick up DirtBike’s prescription!  It was MUCH easier today, since the wind wasn’t blowing at a steady 23 mph.
Some famous soccer player named VanPersie.
Did I see him running today shirtless? 
No.  If I had, I wouldn’t be complaining at all.
I’d probably stop the bike and gawk for a few minutes.
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What is it with men that makes them think they have to strip off their shirts in public as soon as the sun shines and the temperature rises above 74 degrees?  Seriously.  I appreciate that some of these dudes are overly proud of their man-abs and flexy muscles; and some of them may just be pursuing the bestest tan ever; but the rest of them?  Egads.  I’m pushing fifty, am slightly overweight and have been pregnant four times and I still have a shaplier torso. Blech!!  AND – the buff guys are carrying their shirts.  Come on.  You know they left their offices and cubicles completely intent on getting out and stripping to their shorts, so why didn’t they just leave the shirt at work?  Don’t use the “Oh, it’s so very hot,” excuse on me.

I wonder what sort of response I would get if I stripped my shirt off to go bike riding or running?  Seriously…the Enell bra covers all the good bits and quite a lot of my back and ribcage, so I would still be modest.  Just shirtless.

Shrimp Tacos for lunch.  OMGoodness they are so good.  Marinate the shrimp in firey mojo sauce, grill and serve on corn tortillas with diced tomatos, cilantro and a thin slice of avacado.  Very point friendly and tasty.

EMail Anglea Pea