we are back from a very nice xc ski. 3 hrs 50 minutes. about 2 hours uphill, half an hour for lunch, then back down. feel a little uneasy with my knee, wrist and shoulder ( fragile body parts) but it worked Ok. not ideal snow but a pretty day out and the snow will only be good today. by tomorrow it will be mostly icy because the sun was melting the top layer, plus drips from trees, will freeze over tonight. a really nice trip for us. tomorrow I have an early doc appt, just routine exam. last time we tried this ski the snow was old, hard as glacial ice, and rutted from vehicles. thi time there was a load of new snow and it worked out nicely.
yesterday we woke up to no internet. amazing how inconvenient that is. no news, no online, newspaper etc. our print newspaper recently was cancelled so now we are online exclusively. some sort of car wreck took out the cable about a mile from here so it was out from middle of the night tuesday until 6 pm yesterday .
did elliptical, therapy and x train abs yesterday. a lot of work today, so that will be it for me.
so funny, I don't follow professional sports . I'm always surprised at how sports figures dominate the news. " Terry" for me means georgiana terry founder of Terry bicycles. I own about 10 pairs of shorts, capris and full length tights from her. we ride year round except for snow and ice.
in my experience, people overdress, sweat, then get cold. we always wear synthetic layers, and start out feeling a little cold. go for 10 min and reassess. when we get warm, its time to unzip or adjust. it was 32 degrees, I often wear long johns with lighter pants over. insulated pants are too warm and get sweat going. we've done this for 50 years. we each know what works. we don't layer the same. I need to keep my ears covered but light gloves, non insulated boots. DH wants heavy gloves,insulated boots but his ears aren't sensitive.
cats are such a trip and so different from each other. we had siamese cats growing up. I ve had short hair shelter kitties. losing the last little guy killed me and I didn't get another. always amazed at how they jump or climb to the most inaccessible places. we never had a "cabinet opening" cat. every single one drank out of the toilets no matter what kind of water bowl we had for them. had a toilet paper unroller once.
I would not like shiny tights. no pastels unless they are floral or print of some kind. I cant get my head around wearing them publiclyexcept for a pair of winter level tights for hiking. I sleep in a pair of light floral capri tights that I love. I would wear at a gym if we went to one but not out socially. somehow looks wrong to me.
I just tried some tights from Title 9, were ridiculously long. at least 6 inches too long . I mostly buy capri lengths or 7/8 but these were full length. a big NO. I like floral or geometric prints but dont wear them outside our house. cant get used to that "look". "no" on anything shiny.
And I've backed myself into the corner since I put together my finished step routine, because now I have no interest in doing those individually with the breakdowns.
