Young whippersnappers!

So today a friend sent me this article from the NYT about how tattoos are now becoming more mainstream and that body art that was once seen as "edgy," like tats on the face, hands and neck as well as body piercings, are now becoming more accepted in society.

And all I have to say is Bah! Humbug! You kids don't know who lucky you are. When I got body art done the first time it was a secret hidden thing that you had to be in the know about.

And now you can get it at the mall.

Kids these days... :)

Running two days in a row.

Because of some family obligations this week I had to do two of my Couch to 5k workouts back to back. Ran yesterday and today. In my last post I was worried how that would work out.

It actually worked pretty well. I completed the workout with no problems and didn't even feel any extra tiredness. I did feel it in one of my knees and I did feel a bit stiff after sitting on the couch tonight but I don't think it is anything that some pain reliever tonight before bed won't fix.

So YAY for me. 

'cause I roll like that.

As a part of the Couch to 5k program Ive been using the tracks from Podrunner. The tracks are what I guess you'd call techno and while the music is ok and the beat does help to keep me on track I really like that run\walk portions are demarcated clearly with a set of rising and descending tones.

That way no looking at a watch to figure out if I have to run or walk -- the podcast tells me when.

So far I have completed the second of the third week's workout. Due to some family obligations I will probably also run again tomorrow. I'm a little nervous about that since I've been giving myself a day or two between workouts to keep from hurting myself.

But I guess tomorrow will tell me if I am making progress or not.

Wish me luck!

Arrgh!

Today has not been a good day and I'm not sure why. Do you ever have one of the days when you seem to get up on the wrong side of the bed? Nothing much happened and yet I found myself feeling frustrated and angry all day. I at least was able to do my sitting meditation but that wasn't an easy time tonight either. And when I got home I discovered a billing mistake, I think, from my doctor.

Well like Scarlett said "Tomorrow is another day!"

And so good night!

You gotta have friends.

I'm not a person who has lots of friends. I know lots of people but I don't really think of those folks as friends I think of them more as acquaintances. I know folks from work and various personal interests. But I only have a couple of folks that I feel like I can call on for help or support.

In the last year or so I've been working on cultivating my female friendships with women who will support me when I need it.

So far I've found my new friends to be just what I needed.

I swear I'm not one of the Kennedys!

My family has a joke that we are just like the Kennedy family -- we are so well known in our hometown that no matter where we go we run into people we know. But it has actually spread far from our town for me.

When I got married I told my husband about this phenomena and I think he didn't really believe me. But he now knows its true. No matter where we go if there is a crowd we are likely to meet someone I know, sometimes he does too, but it is more likely me. Now I know this might be true of other folks as well but I've ever had someone mention it as a regular experience.

So today pretty much at random we went to a local, small-town Ren Faire. We found out about the Faire by accident and it was in a location we've never been to before. And who did we see but the wife of someone we know from Star Trek fandom.

As they say the proof is in the pudding...

Make mine veggie!

As I've mentioned I've been doing meditation and some reading on Buddhism. Without me even noticing I began to feel that eating meat is somehow wrong. Now I have no problem with others eating it but I began to notice that when I had a choice I wasn't eating meat. I've only had fish or shrimp in the last two weeks.

Today I had my first veggie burger. It was OK if you didn't expect it to taste anything like meat.

Will I not eat meat again? Who knows but for now:

MAKE MINE VEGGIE!