Fitness

Reminder to self: Don't work out without some food! Yowza!

Patrick's created a regimen that will get my knees ready for a very small (5K) run. Since I'm not stopping the weight training, I'll be in the gym six days a week. Sigh. I don't WANT to have to work this hard just to avoid damaging my knees! I want to be like all the lucky people, who don't have to work at all!

(It occurs to me that for my own happiness, I should quit hanging out with lucky people. I'm too prone to comparing myself with them. Bad habit, CJ. Hey, does this mean I should find someone whose knees are really messed up and ask THAT person to run the 5K with me, so I feel better? Ha! That's been my role in the lives of most folk I know so far: I'm sure my very existence has boosted a lot of egos. But it's just horrid when I turn it around and think about consciously seeking that out myself!)

Anyhow, I'm proud of myself for trying. I'm doing what I can, even if sometimes I have to work a little harder than the next guy, and in some ways, I feel pretty good about that. But yeow. Waking up an hour earlier EVERY MORNING. Ugh.

Gawd I'm hungry.

Studying

I've been working on C4 (square dancing) for a while, and last Saturday I attended a tape group that was put together in large part to help me practice. The people there were VERY encouraging and said I should dance Clark Baker's C4 this coming weekend. I'd been planning to go to LA to dance to him, but I hadn't been planning on doing the C4 part; I was just going to watch that. Several people are saying I should dance. I don't know whether I should or not. I get nervous if I think about it.

I have been making very little effort on studying Swedish. I leave in just over a month and I haven't even mastered the vowel pronunciation yet. I will definitely kick myself if I don't do a bit more than this. How many opportunities like this do I think I am gonna get?

Study study study.

Oh, by the way, it's confirmed: I will be calling in Stockholm. Woohoo! My first international booking. Better make sure I have good stuff prepared.

Distant friends

If all went smoothly, lkeele and her family are in Cairo by now. I hope her kids aren't too wired from jetlag, and I hope everyone's getting settled in quickly.

I might actually get to visit her next summer or so. Wow!