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Damn Linda Evangelista and damn her eyebrows! I have been off the last two days and work tomorrow. Finally got some precious pool time (mit sonnenshein) outside and have been passing the late afternoon with VH1s countdown of the top 100 songs of the 90s. Ahhhhh, the memories! Linda, Christie, Cindy, Naomi, Tatjana….
God I used to have so much fun going out every Thursday – not Friday or Saturday (for amateurs) – say to the I Beam in the Haight for 70’s funk remixes or DV8 and see my bouncer boyfriend du jour. This was a time when my bestie at the time and I would spend hours getting into costume – we did elaborate hair dos involving hair that was not our own – and i recall fringed shorts as well as chaps with hand cuffs as a decoration. We were on the list wherever and knew people. Fortunately for all involved, there is no photographic evidence documenting my circa 1990s love of beehive hairdos, electric blue eyeshadow, babydoll dresses or fishnets. They could not possibly live up to my memories.
- there is no parking lot under the national mall
- maggie likes to eat moisturizers of all time
- none of my clothes fit
- king neptune has killer abs and doesn’t wear underwear
- arlington cemetery is eerie and beautiful. and the staff helpful, though they don’t know where the nearest cupcake store is (god forbid).
- though not a professional speaker, jai pausch definitely shares a flair for public speaking with her late husband
photo courtesy of "talking to air"
- i should have done all my mother’s day ordering LAST week
- beauty podcaster = fabulous thank you gifts!
- i talk way too much about nothing when i am nervous. or there is silence. and then i just get nervous and talk more.
- it was really nice to spend a weekend with a girl! doing girly stuff! and not having to get up really super early…
- i eat waaaayyyyyyy more ice cream than airdrie
- that bathroom at catch 31 IS really dark
- snow crab = yummy
- making new friends is really really fun!
dear pal,
i CANNOT wait for your arrival! we are going to totally have the best time! and i promise to NOT say “totally” the entire time you are here!
when you arrive on friday, i will be there to pick you up. you are going to stay in my room, whilst mags and i slumber in the guest suite (aka maggie’ room). that way you can have the whole bath to yourself and privacy as well. now, i did move any kind of TV out of the master in an effort to aid my sleeping abilities. however, worst case scenario, i do have my little 13″ and a cable jack in the room… also, i’ve got product (shampoo/conditioner, lotion, hair gunk – even a potential product trial for L&L wating for you in the halls). pack a toothbrush and some mascara…
saturday, not sure how early you will or will want to wake up! this can be our mellow day, just hang out, want to show you around were i live, take you out to the beach! i think you might enjoy sharing the seafood appetizer from catch 31 (aka “the tower of terror”) that i like to take my favorite peeps to enjoy when they visit!
eli says "two big claws up!"
trace's visit
included on saturday will be, hopefully, nice weather (nights not below 50 and days in the 70’s-80’s?) and a couple of nice walks with the magpie and a trip or two for coffee! let’s play it by ear, i know the time change is a bi-otch..
sunday is the go for broke day! i think i misspoke a bit when i said it was 2 hours to DC. i google mapped it today at work, and that says 3 ish hours. but i know we can make under 3 with timing. it would be best to leave as early as you can stand to (you can snooze in the car!). not sure yet exactly where will be the best place to park, but once in the city, we can walk and/or ride the metro to grab a quick, yummy and healthy lunch at one of the 8, 000,000 cosi’s around the city! the washington mall is cool – all the memorials and museums (we can see julia child’s kitchen!!) and a walk to the white house (maggie wants a picture of bo). still not sure where to find the bobble heads…. 
i”ll be driving back home (i actually registered the thought “i wonder what side of the road they drive on in canada?” running thru my brain – don’t be afraid!). we shall sleep.
monday we will attend the super neato lecture for which you are flying cross country. in my mind, i will ask the speaker’s “people” for a brief interview – i know my podcast listeners would totally dig it – but that scares the SHIT out of me! instead, i look forward to a great afternoon, hopefully some great weather and time spen with a new/old friend.
tuesday i will take you to the airport, sending you on your safe journey back home… oh, and don’t think you are getting off without an interview for MY podcast, a plea for advice on recording equipment and, by the way, i need to know what size T shirts the whole fam wears… and KA too. oh, and i have wireless but i know realize i don’t know the “password” to my signal that i had the nerd herd set up for me. so just use mine? its not a mac. sorry 
xoxoxo,
your pal from the interwebz
*in the millennium, pen pal = internetz
walked in the door about 45 minutes ago. downloading, oh, about 46 new podcast episodes and weeding through junk mail before a much anticipated and deserved nap occurs in mere moments.
i have much to talk about and share.
for now let me say that if i thought mousefest put me over the top of the whole “i love you, man!!!!” deal, consider it topped.
- i finished the half. defintiely not at the pace i had begun training for at the beggining of the year, but much better than last year, i did my run 2 minutes, walk 1 for most of the course and have nary a blister. although i can no loinger flex at the hip joints. still.
- friends buy you a dole whip float. good friends sneak you in a side car. REALLY good friends bring you double fly swatter action to keep away rogue bees.
- i got more tidbits, treats, gifts and cards than a girl deserves. just looking over at them now makes me tear up.
- i had a WONDERFUL trip
thank you everyone – trace – i had NO IDEA you could surprise and delight me on every possible front and thanks fro being game for so much! Jonathan and amber, bryan and amy, steve and his wife, mike fess and his family, rae and eric and theirs, jeff W and the whole brood, wdw deb, of course lou mongello, beth – traces friend who is the sweetest woman you could ever meet, lori, heath, mississippi matt, chris, bill, stroller boy and allllllll the team voice peeps, michelle the TA who made the magic that is the contemporary happen for us, craig and kristin who are so nice and so much fun, and kate who did the goofy – helloo000???!!??? (did i mention my hip joints?) are fried!
i am blessed to have so many great people in my life in one way or another. THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS!!!
i have been remiss, dear reader, to not update after the sturm und drang of my last post… yes, i indeed went to my surgeon (i LOVE him!!!!!!) and… duh duh DUH!!!! i am cleared to return to work! yay and huzzah! my bone is fusing appropriately and my MRI was much improved. he thinks the discomfort i still have (which has been improving over the last 3 weeks) is muscle spasm related and will subside with appropriate activity increase, PT and continued use of muscle relaxers. i am going back to work monday (YIKES!!!), but no more 16 hour shifts for me. and i am going to try to aim for certain case specialties and nurse anesthesia resident cases to minimize my lifting etc.. unfortunately, my first PT appt isn’t for another 2 weeks, but i hope i get a good therapist who can give me some real and practical strength building exercises and guidance to resume activities. i can even resume erging (thats the rowing machine) on LOW resistance for SHORT times. WOOT!
i have resumed my “running” program. theoretically, it is the physical therapist who will assess and clear me for normal activities, but i am doing the infamous walk/jog (WOG) deal, and honestly, given my time off, i ain’t running long distances, but i am committed to getting my mileage in to complete that damned 1/2 marathon i am doing in early january. so this week started off with a bang – 2 4mile “runs” and the long run supposedly 7 miles this week. today i completed my second ~3.55 mile wog at a combined pace of ~13:40. now, thats slow, but i was surprised that i even did that distance in that time given a)no real cardio since mid july and b) the first 5K i ever did, that i trained for, took me 50 minutes of honest jog time, so, though not the jock hottie i want to be, i think it is a more than respectable start. the distance is what it is due to the fact that i am back outside and trying to develop running routes i can do straight out the door. i haven’t even figured out what i am going to do saturday as the thought of just doing the current route twice makes me think i will hurl from boredom.
i feel pretty good actually, relieved. although, at the moment, i belieive i am having what is called a muscle spasm, probably from the running maybe, the fact that i didn’t, until about an hour ago, take any pain meds/muscle relaxers today and that i sat out by the pool and ended up having an hour long chat with s dude, not too much older then myself – a dentist actually – in the building who had his hip replaced. we compared recovery stories and i was twisting around to talk quite a bit. god i am old.
i feel happy this week because i am indeed officially in crush hood (my pessimistic nature insists i follow that statement with the declaration that y’all need to prepare for more crash and burn heartbreak blogging in the near future therefore) and i am feeling happy over podcasting efforts and an upcoming disney online community event of which my podcasting power duo blog partner and i are taking part in as sponsors! i still have tons to do to get ready to go back to work, but i feel happy!!! (side note – i was indeed on the rag when i posted the last couple posts of doom – i feel the need to share that as i haven’t posted on the period periodicals lately and, with my birthday coming up quick, i realize i probably won’t have old auntie flo to kick around for much longer).
oh, and i VOTED today!!!!!!!!
ok, haha on that title, but i am a little itchy this afternoon and the desire to scratchy scratchy on my neck, under my collar is highhhhhh!!!
it is POD#4. i have been home, doing really well so far, i think! i have several areas of rest and comfort set up and i can just maneuver amongst them. i haven’t really done much since i have been home. although what one should be actually “doing” this soon out, well, i don’t know! again i feel very optimistic that i have made the right decision to go ahead with this surgery and i feel that in 6 weeks i am going to be the bionic woman! stronger! faster! woot!
mostly the discomfort/pain has more to do with movement and finding a good position in which to read or lie. obviously, your whole neck is continuous with the spine and your belly muscles. its almost like reclining is more comfortable. who knew my head was so giant and heavy! but, as you can see, i am the queen of pillows so once i get all puffed and propped up, i’m good.
o/w, i guess i just am aiming not to do too much, things as simple as holding a book or magazine actually get a bit wearisome, even though those items are not heavy. then trying to hold something so that your eyes can see clearly without bending your neck can be tricky… but it is so much better that it could be and i am grateful!!!!
also, most wonderfully and indulgently for me, i continue to recieve gifties! and beautiful flowers! it means so much. SO MUCH!!!!
another thought – one i cannot repeat too many times – is thank you THANK YOU to all my friends out there on the interwebs who, though i have may not “known” you for years and years in the “real world”, repeatedly dazzle me with the pure fabulosity of your persons, your creativity, your thoughtfullness and generosity. becoming more active online, through my blogs, podcasting efforts and those of my very talented friends and accquaintances, i am often actually choked up by the kindness and warmth so many cool people have shown me! i don’t know how i managed to squeak into this world exactly, but it is an extra little tingle of excitement to hear people like matt, mike, len (and the infamous dr. scopa himself gave me training advice!) give me a shout out at the end of episode #448 (and len, if i HAVE anything, left over, i will gladly share with you! in exchange for maple syrup of course!! 
) so special shouts out to trace, meghan, jonathon and bryan, wayne, the other non evil twin donna, tgtby1, all the wdw today boys, kimberly – god i know i am forgetting major peeps so let me pause and just say – THANKS EVERYBODY!!!
UPDATE: um yeah. not sure exactly what kind of crack i was smoking this morning – wait yes i do, it’s called percocet – but i feel like hell! i am barfing and bleck and generally miserable and sore. oh, and whiney. and i shouldn’t probably even be typing i need to be suspended injello so that someone or something else can support the massive weight of my head, nack and arms. bleck. and that movie juno is pissing me off and my dog is yelling. and i want my mommy!!!
i feel like wretching again, so, talk at ya later…
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