Jogglers May 2013

Alisha - Your workouts sound so interesting sometimes! lol Well, all medical professionals get to a point where they can't do their job any more, especially if they use their hands! Time to find a new one I think!

Jane - Great workout! Oh, my! I wish he were done already! No. This just means he's done with taking classes and exams and such. After this, he continues to teach and do research to complete his dissertation, which consists of 3 parts, so it will be at least 2 more years if not more. It all depends on several factors. Getting a doctorate is very complicated!

Hope your mom's appointment went well. Ugh. I often have to deal with engineering and construction documents depending on the lawsuit. Legal docs are pretty boring most of the time too.

My raw food coach signed me up for a free 5 day Sparkle Cleanse. That starts tomorrow. Should be fun!

Have a great night and sleep well! Last night was a rough one for us. Silly puppies!
 
TGIF!

Here is my workout for tonight.

5 Rounds
200m Run
25 squats
25 abs of choice
25 walking lunges (25 each leg)

Sorry..have to run. I am really busy at work today. :(
 
I plan to do some belly dancing tonight. I tomorrow will be a rest day.

Tricia- Your new cleanse sounds like fun.

Jane- thats funny, construction documents are dry.

Alisha
 
Hi ladies!

Well another weekend has just flown by! We had nothing but rain until this afternoon, but that's okay. We needed a little rain. At least it didn't storm!

Alisha - Yay for belly dance! Boo for work on Sunday.

Jane - Hope you had a nice weekend!

Well, called my mom for Mother's Day. Finally got through to her. Apparently, they don't use the answering machine any more. She's not been doing well. She's lost a lot of weight and is having a colonoscopy and endoscopy on Tuesday. We wait to find out if they find anything. My brother and sister and I have been emailing back and forth a bit today. We can only wait and see what the tests show. We're all praying it's not cancer, but I don't know what else could cause her problems and all the weight loss. I'll keep you gals posted. She sounded good, but it's clear her memory is getting bad. She can't keep dates in her head, but at least, it's doesn't seem to be a loss of who we are and that kind of thing. I mean, we have this thing we've done for years at the end of a phone call where I say "Take it easy" and she says, "Up yours." It's a thing from the movie Starman with Jeff Bridges from way back in 1984, and she did it today, so I don't think we have to worry about Alzheimer's or anything like that. We were signing off and she said her line, which is the "up yours" part then I said mine and she said hers in the right place and we laughed.

Please say a prayer for her for me!

Have a great night you two!
 
Hi,

Happy Monday! :):):)

This is going to be another quick post. Sorry. I'm eating lunch now at 1:42 pm and I'm going crazy. People are doing things that are pissing me off and they are not following directions. I hate that. The only good thing is a new student intern started today and he seems like a great kid. Young enough to be my son but he does have nice blue eyes.

I took a rest day on Saturday. Sunday I ran 8.5 miles and today will be legs.

I promise I will be back tomorrow and be more friendly. :)
 
Good Morning.

Today is a rest day!

Tricia ~ Sending you lots of positive vibes and healing energy to your mom today. I know what you are going through and it hard not to think the worst but stay positive. Please let me know if I can help in some way.

How is the weather up there? The last 2 mornings it has been 50 degrees. That is so crazy for this time of year. It has been beautiful though - sunny and in the 80's.

Alisha ~ What is going on in your world today? What workout are you doing today?

The kind of engineering we do has to do more with communication engineering so it's microwaves, antenna's and some public safety stuff. It's a lot of MHz and stuff like that. It's hard to be the only administrative person here when everyone else is an engineer. I zone out once the technical talk starts.
 
I did Petra Kolber's Dance off Belly Fat. I was too sore to exercise last night. This job is a very physical one. I am constantly bending over and my clip board arm is super sore.:p

I will do Lunar Yoga tonight before bed. I will do Kathy Smith's Fat Burning workout tomorrow.

Work is one part inspections (measuring, drawing, photographing, videoing) outside and the other part is writing reports. Its hot. My car does not have AC. I live about 45 minutes away. So, I tend to cook in the car on the way home. Its draining. I sweat a ton. Its like going to the sauna.

I'm going to see 'Oblivion' this morning. Its 5 dollar Tuesday at the theater. My friends say that it is a good movie.

Tricia- I hope your Mom is ok.

Jane- My Dad used to install microwave towers for Sprint. I am not so good at paying a lot of attention to tech talk, I tend to zone out too.
 
So I just had to vent....

My boss came in the office today. He lives in Ft. Myers and works of his house so I only see him a couple times of year.

He comes in my office and asks if I want a cookie and I said no..NO. Then he says, you're a runner, have one. And I say, I am also over 50 and it doesn't come off that easily.

So he leaves and walks around the office and comes back and gives me an oatmeal cookie anyway...seriously?? Thank goodness the cookie has nuts in it. I don't like nuts so it's not tempting me.
 
Alisha - I know how you feel about cooking in the car! I don't have ac either, but at least my commute is very short!

Jane - Ugh. I hate when people don't listen or do what they're instructed to do! And what is it about no that is so difficult to understand? Argh!

Mom is clear. Her tests came back great. Her gastro thinks it's her synthroid medication. That it's too high causing her to lose a lot of weight. We are hoping that is the problem. He's writing a letter to her primary physician, so hopefully, they'll get the meds dropped quickly and it'll get better. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!

Taking Stephen to the airport really early tomorrow. He has that R conference in Chicago again and is presenting one last time. He'll be home on Sunday. I shouldn't have any excuses not to workout since i'll be home around 5:15 a.m. and don't go to work until 9! We shall see! I'll be too awake to go back to sleep, so I should make good use of my time!

Hope you two had a good day today! 2 more days to the weekend! Yay!
 
Tricia- I am glad to see that your Mom is ok after all. I do think that an AM workout is a great way to use up that time.

Jane- Some people are just self centered about food and forcing it on others is just their way of making sure that they are not misbehaving all by themselves. My Dad used to do that to me, he doesn't anymore. But, my Dad is probably nicer than your boss. What a little jerk.

Yesterday I did Aerobox instead of a kick box workout. It was a ton of fun, I haven't done that in a while, I'd been doing all kick box instead. Aerobox has a lot of jump rope in it. My calves are feeling it. I will do either a step dvd or salsa this afternoon. Its nice and cool, I plan to go for a joggle in the morning.

I'm a little tired this morning. My Dad and I were doing inspections until 10 pm last night.
 
I ran 4 miles yesterday. Today will be some sort of workout. I haven't decided yet.

Tricia ~ I'm glad to hear your mom is ok. I would love to workout in the morning but I get up at 5:15 and I can't do anything earlier than that.

Alisha ~ I'm sure your dad is much nicer than my boss. He just left to go to Starbucks and asked if I wanted a cookie. Really? I can't wait for today to be over. He is going to Pensacola tomorrow and then flying home so I won't see him for another couple of months at least. YIPPEE!!

Great job on the workout. Get some rest!!
 
TGIF!!

Here was last night's workout. It was tough!

4 Rounds
20 BOSU Jumps
20 Push ups
20 Alternating Halos
20 Ball Slams
20 1-Arm weighted sit ups
20 side lateral raises

Tonight I'm resting as I have a 5K in the morning.

Hope you guys are having a great day!
 
I took yesterday as a rest day. I had to work again in the evening. I will do a combo workout maybe shred with weights (Kettlebells), taebo (20 min) and 20 min. of yoga. I'm working on my Shiva discs and they are so intense I only do one segment at a time. Tomorrow will be a jog/walk + yoga.

We have some guys over to do the yard work today. I will be at work tomorrow.

Jane- Yippee!! Its good to be free! Have a good time at your race!

Tricia- Whats happening this weekend?

Alisha
 
Evening ladies! Happy Friday!

Alisha - Ugh. Work until 10 p.m.? Not for me! You always have interesting sounding workouts! should have collected more of them when I was younger! Oh, wait, I did, but they're all on VHS in a box in the basement somewhere! lol

Jane - Why do they do that? Glad he's leaving! Yay! Hope you have a great race tomorrow!

Nothing exciting this weekend. Stephen is in Chicago for the R conference. He'll be home on Sunday. I really need to clean the house as his mother will be here next weekend. Ugh. I'm really not looking forward to that visit!

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers for my mom! Hope this is the last of the medical issues for a while and the adjustment to her thyroid meds will do the trick!

I'm just going to relax tonight, watch some tv, maybe read a bit. Work was busy and I'm really tired.

My allergies have been bad this year! Every time I just open a door, I start to itch and sneeze! Can't wait for all the pollen to be done floating around! lol

Have a great Friday night and enjoy your weekend! I start my gold lessons on Sunday! Woo-Hoo!
 
I don't have time to go outside. I am doing 'Step heat' this morning, I will probably skip the abs. I always do:p I did Shred it with weights yesterday anyway.

Tricia- Some of my workouts are on VHS. I still have a combi that works. I will pick out two different DVD segments and a VHS segment. I will cue up the first DVD, cue up the VHS, and then put in the second dvd before I start the VHS. That way the Disc will cycle through the 'FBI' warning and be ready to go when I'm done with my Taebo. Enjoy your relaxing weekend. When I have to do chores, I put on one of those iTunes University podcasts from MIT.

Jane- How is your Saturday?

Alisha
 
Alisha - I tend to skip abs too. Bleh! You have a good system for switching up!

I've had a terrible day! Had a good plan to workout this morning, clean then plant the rest of my garden, but I had to take Milo to the vet today. He had a big lump pop up on his lower jaw below his left ear overnight. We saw it on Monday. It was about the size of a golf ball. We were watching it to see if it would go away on its own, but it didn't so I scheduled both pups for the vet next Monday when Stephen could take them. Well, it got bigger and started oozing this morning. He must have scratched it last night. I was at the vet for over an hour with him. They tried to drain it with a needle but she could only get a little puss out. She was thinking it was an abscess. She took him back to lance it and drain it. They were back there for a while and I could here him whimpering. When she came out, she said she wasn't able to drain it, but his ear is infected. So she gave him a shot of Penicillin and pain meds. She couldn't use anesthesia because of his heart murmur, nor could she use anything really strong because of his seizures. He was in so much pain. He cried all the way home. He's got 2 antibiotics, antibiotic drops for his ear and pain meds he needs to take. He has to stay in his cone until it gets better. If it's not better in a week, I have to take him back for a cystology. When she saw him today, it had gotten to be the size of a baseball she said. He's been sleeping most of the day. I was finally able to get him to take his once a day AB at 4:30. It's past dinner time, but I'd rather let him sleep and feed them later.

I'm so distraught! I really hope this gets better! I couldn't take it if I lost another one of my babies so soon!
 
Poor pup!!! :( I hope he is feeling better soon. I have had cysts that were painful, but nothing that big. I was always told that a hot compress helps them drain. Just a wash cloth in hot water (from the tap, not boiling.) and apply it for about 20 min.

What a lousy day. Jeez. . I wouldn't want to workout then either, I'd be just staring at him, looking for any changes. I know, I'm a little obsessive with pets being sick, I just always feel so bad.

Today is a rest day, I'm sore. I have to go to the grocery store and then in the afternoon I have a book club mtg. I will do a jog/walk tomorrow with some yoga.

Jane- How was Saturday?

Alisha
 
Happy Sunday!

Yesterday was a busy day. Got up and drove to Florida to run in the Catfish Crawl. It was the 2nd Annual and they did a great job. The run was on a paved trail through lots of trees and over a bridge. I did well but not my best. It was cool in the morning but was hot during the race. I placed 4th in my age group so no medal for me but that's ok. Maybe next year! Then went to mom's for most of the day.

Today was a 8.7 run. It was nice but saw more than my share of road kill for the day. I just got done cleaning the kitchen which included washing the floor on my hands and knees. It is the only way I can get it really clean.

Tricia ~ Poor Milo!!! How you both of you doing today? I'm sure it's just as hard on you as it is on him. I hope he is doing better.

Alisha ~ Enjoy your rest day!
 
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