girmander

yoga:

i had a really nice practice yesterday. of course it's my moon week so no inversions. but the intensity that was missing came back to me yesterday. i hope it will be the same today. although i don't practice at home or the studio anymore, it's nice to feel regular people energy around in the gym. this weekend is laruga's jum through and jump back workshop. and next week is tod norean (sp?) not sure if i REALLY want to go to that one but it's like about yoga therapeutics in anusara. we'll see if i can get jazzed about it.

triathalon:

shin pain!!! why o why do i always have shin pain around 2.5-3mi/day? so, i'm seeing a sports med doctor about it to see if i'm really jacked up or what. i mean it's really getting ridiculous. the last thing i want to do is stop running. arrghhhh! umm swimming is going well, apparently breaststroke is the way for me to go. i throw in a lap of freestyle once in awhile but, i get really really tired from it. i don't know if i'm just not breathing right or what. umm biking is good. i just really feel it in my quads.

home:

so i've found some new toys i want for the house:
an indoor composter!
a new clock radio with a stereo speaker for the other side of the bed! morining edition in stereo! yes!
this audio component kicks ass
wouldn't this make nice fluffy clouds above our bed?

and oh yeah a architecture firm and contracting company in ohio that makes straw bale houses! woohoo!

today i was awoken by a woman screaming outside. i looked out and saw the block watch captains and a woman screaming outside. i threw on my robe and that's when i heard the phone ring. i figured it was my neighbor calling to complain about the disturbance outside.

apparently, my neighbor had called to tell me that our next door neighbor's house/car was on fire. stupid me, i kept on asking questions and i should have just said fire? neighbor? shit! and left the house. the lion and i stumbled outside to see the nieghbor's van completely charred and the side of their house smoking (!!) the woman who was screaming had started her paper route when a suspicious guy was crouching next to my neighbor's van. he told her that she'd better not say anything or he'd kill her. after that, the van went up in flames. we all thought that it was a random act of arson, but apparently @ 4:00am there was a person who was robbed by a man that had fit the same description of the guy who started the fire. the fire department thinks the guy was siphoning gas from the van and smoking at the same time. hence the flames.

all i can think about now is:

1. that could have been our house
2. that could have been the lion's car and my car at the same time if we had switched the cars in the driveway (my car has an inside gas lock, his doesn't (!!))
3. this man is still roaming around car jacking, stealing cars and setting them on fire, robbing and being an arsonist.
4. i can't believe neighbor was talking to me on the phone while putting out the fire.
5. nieghbors that have lived 6+ years didn't even come out. isn't that awful?

thankfully everyone is fine. too bad neighbors have 1 car. and now it's charred. and the side of their house is a ripped up by the fire fighters making sure that the house wasn't on fire anymore.

it's a mad mad world.

i got myself a new toy this week. i'm not really into "gadgets" usually. i mean yeah, i see some cool things like the alarm clock that i'm lusting after or things like this, this or this.

BUT, when it comes to athletic gear. i become such a gadget whore. i got myself new running shoes, i'm always looking for more workout clothes, in fact that nano i want just for working out. I'm also really wanting a road bike now. (isn't it beautiful? it even has a carbon fiber front fork!) i even want a cruiser!

so, when i saw this on sale here(for 40% off!). i HAD to get it. and you know what? i love it. LOVE it. it's probably overkill for what i need ( a compass? altmeter? weather? what?!?) but honestly, it takes my heart rate/tracks my time/has 3 alarms/has 2 time zones. i mean who knew my max hr (heart rate) running was 184 and that i can finish 3 mi under 30min now. * albeit sometimes the watch can't read the HR belt. i'm thinking that it has to do with the belt being new and stiff. and i found out something cooler, all the polar ready workout equipment also picks up on my watch. yep, i was riding the bike today and it kept on telling me my hr and it kept on corresponding with the watch. and i'm like... dude, i'm not even touching the metal things to get the hr. omg, it was so slick. i just thought it did it for the lion's polar watch. i mean i knew suunto used polar's tech but, they also said that they decided to bring it in-house to develop further. anyways, the point is, it was cool!

so, yeah, did a brick today. i've been running with realitively no pain. i mean, today, i feel my calves being a little piquant. but it's not bone. so... i hope this is a good sign. also, i have a bone scan monday so, wish me luck on not having a stress fracture.

tonight i have pilates. aparently lee wants me to do mat class tt and then eventually segway into the reformer and the cadillac and take in my own personal clients. it's an interesting proposition. we'll see if i get there. it's like 500 hours of on machine time and apprenticing. yikes!

medical monday:

i had 2 appointments monday, a bone scan and a dentist appointment. the bone scan was nothing. i thought i would hurt getting injected with radioactive dye but, it was like a shot. apparently what i'm shooting for is a uniform gradation of white vs black on my bones. that means no stress fractures. well, i got it back and there were bright white dots on it. fuck, i think i have stress fractures. :( that means 4-6 weeks of low impact cardio. and i really hate the eliptical. and building up to 3 miles slowly. arrggghhh.

so, the dentist. apparently me turning 28 is a big deal. maybe because i'm 2 years closer to 30. who knows. anyways, everyone is coming out of the woodwork and telling me to do this, that and the other for preventitive measures. or they tell me i SHOULD be thinking of doing things. like the dentist. ugh. ugh. so, the hygenist knew i wasn't flossing for the last 6 months. sorry, alot has happened. the last thing i wanted to do was floss. and she kept picking, and picking and PICKING at my teeth. i have never been so sore in my life. anyways, the spiel of flossing came not only once but 3 TIMES during my hour long visit. then, the doc comes in looking at my panorams.

"hrmmm.... that baby tooth doesn't have a root in it. how old are you?"

"28"

"you might want to think about what you want to do with that baby tooth. i think you should go with an implant"

"well, i was thinking of a bridge"

then she goes on to tell me how horrible bridges are vs implants and what an implant is ect...

"well, how much do they run?"

"about 3000-3500"

!!!!??!?!!??? mother *#&&*er!

what the hell? couldn't she have told me this when i first started seeing her? it's been like 5 years already. i've had 3 panorams since then. what did she think? a freaking root would materialize out of nowhere within the 5 years she's been my dentist? especially since you pretty much have your adult teeth by 11, it would have taken an act of god to make that happen. arrghhh. bad timing. i mean really bad timing.

a. it's not like i don't have that money or i could have it by the end of the next year but, seriously 3500 for a freaking titanium rod up my gums and a fake tooth? she and the oral surgeon are getting away with highway robbery

b. i'm 28. and this tooth is up in the front. i'm going to look like freaking WT, hillbilly if they don't have the "coverup tooth" all ready on the same day. i have to go to work. i have to teach. it's not like i'm in college and i can hide in the house for weeks on end.

c. it takes 3-9 months for bone to grow on the rod. i have my sisters wedding in 6 months. and i'm getting married the following year. there IS no good 9 months where i can have a hillbilly mouth.

really, i really understand why people in england have eff-ed up teeth. because 3500 for a fake tooth is ridiculous. so, i ask her when she thinks that my tooth will fall out. and she was like, it's barely hanging on. not only did hse drop a 3500 dollar bomb on me, she also managed to make me paranoid.

shin splints and a hillbilly mouth. yess! just what i wanted for christmas.

*All I want for Christmas is my front tooth,
My front tooth, see my front tooth.
Gee, if I could only have my front tooth,
Then I could wish you "Merry Christmas."*
-aka "all i want for christmas is my two front teeth" but adapted to my ghetto situation