started the day with the fabulous heidi and the kick-ass dr. elens at austin sports medicine.
the verdict?
one day short of 15 weeks post surgery to repair my torn achilles and i can has skates!
and elliptical!
and yoga!
and real bicycle!
and horses with saddles!
i am so happy i almost don't even know what to do with myself!!
almost... :-)
didn't bring my skates and gear because i didn't want to jinx myself. i brought all that shit last month only to get the "wait one more month" directive. which was more than right, as much as it frustrated me at the time. i wanted to skate out one more time with the hell marys, but it was not meant to be. considering the outcome, perhaps for the best. i'd just assume go out on top.
but now i can do pretty much everything i love to do...the only thing i am restricted from is running. oh gee, WAH. i hate running. running is what got me in this mess in the first place.
so even though i ended up wielding my fabeled hate hammer later in the day, after the most ASININE client meeting i think i have EVER had (for those of you in the know, you know that is a BOLD statement), and staying a little late to update six proposals because of some messing in the project plans done by someone who is NOT the project manager (they are in TROUBLE!!) i am still such a happy grrl!!! just knowing that i am healing well and on track to be "normal" again at some point is such a lift! i even went to the gym after PT - finally got the calf muscle fatigue heidi had been asking me if i had, after 35 minutes on the elliptical. fuck the treadmill and recumbent bike. i am on to bigger and better things!!!
i still love the swimming, so thanks to my achilles for getting me back to that.
heelers are adjusting to the low-cal food and smaller rations. apparently chance has either a small tear or large strain in his right ACL - from sprinting with too much exuberance according to the doc. leave it to my dog to get a derby injury. he's on pain meds and supposed to "stay quiet"(anyone with insight into how to make a heeler do that without heavy medication, please email me asap!) and lose six pounds, which is close to 10% of his body weight...vet says velcro should lose weight too, but honestly, all i can find on her is muscle, so not sure how to take weight off her. so, we're all eating healthy. i'm not upset since it's my choice, but they are none too happy.
i think i will have to give them some bacon this weekend - i mean really - it's a freakin' national holiday! EVERYONE should have bacon!
had yummy adult beves with bea attitude at rio rita after work. if you ever go there - have a paloma and make SURE you have kris/chris make it - she has fabulous red dreads and rocks the paloma like no one else! it's yummy, refreshing and delicious!!! also a really cool bluegrass jam outside on the porch - really fabulous evening all around.
watched the furious little cinnamon bun tonight for the first time since friday - still fucking hilarious!!!! i don't think i will ever tire of that bun. bea attitude says there is a "babymaker" on maury.com where you upload pics of the people that either want to make babies or perhaps want to make proof of who the baby daddy is - she had the brilliant idea of uploading a pic of me and the bun - can't wait to see the result.
clear morning of meetings tomorrow, so think i'll venture to the veloway and see if i remember how to skate. also want to buy a nice hybrid bike so i can throw some real biking into the rehab/fitness mix. the mongoose i have is at LEAST 15 years old - prolly closer to 20 - think i deserve a shiny new bike. hell, i might even get some new wheels for my skates! shit, it's just money, i'll make more tomorrow.
i am just very happy to be back on wheels that are not attached to my truck!
and now, i am ready to sink into my fabulous bed with yummy fresh out of the dryer sheets and dream about being really fit again, rolling on multiple types of wheels and pounding unnamed clients to a pulp with my beloved hate hammer...and riding horses...and skinny heelers...and cake. thursday is cake day. praise all goddesses, household saints, etc.
'night all 1.32 of y'all reading. XO
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
everyone should have a back porch
75 degrees...lovely northwesterly breeze...heelers at my feet....owie achilles propped up and iced...fresh pack of cigs...lovely new zealand shiraz cab...beautiful sunset...windchimes softly singing...muddy happy horses in the pasture....barn kitties prowling the tall grass...everyone should have a back porch!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
sad vs. happy ranch update
today at the ranch...
sad:
bert the fish died - he had been looking kind of puny for the past several days and this morning seemed to have trouble getting to the top of the bowl to get air - he was at the bottom of the bowl when i got home from work. :-( i can help furry things, but have no clue how to repair a failing swim bladder, which i suspect was the cause of his demise. i buried him at the base of the esperanza bush at the front entry way. he was a good fish and i hope he was happy here. i'm glad he got to come live at the ranch and give me a jerry mcguire moment as i left the agency. i'll miss him. a lot. i get attached.
apparently a storm passed through and chance (who got to be the true redheaded stepchild for a few hours) decimated the remaining screens on the windows on the back porch. not a happy discovery moment for any of us. he tried to pretend all is well, but velcro and i did not buy it. did i mention that his full name is LAST chance???
all the furniture, the hammock and chance's pink pool (perhaps inciting the screen incident) were blown off the porch into the yard and had to be retrieved and put back in their proper places. super fun dragging stuff up the hill with a sore achilles. wah. ice, advil and wine resolving.
the storm left both sage and gypsy huge muddy messes, ruined the rest of the pasture round bales and exacerbated the level of dog stinkiness. only remedies - odiorne's order tomorrow and baths for all this weekend.
happy:
said storm above left a whole inch of rain! praise all deities! everything is SO green!
it's 74 degrees outside - perfect porch weather! high tomorrow predicted in the mid 80s! in freakin' august! who knew??
the furious little cinnamon bun has merch to be purchased!!!! oh happy day! (see previous post - merch HAS been purchased.)
bea attitude revived the "therapy rhodent" concept and i now have aspirations to be the VO talent. just need to get TVH to storyboard and lovely flash and graphic designers to make it happen - at the bar. :-) fun needs to abound.
bea attitude also concepted the idea to make a video for youtube of me watching the furious little cinnamon bun - which she and i BOTH find a hialirious concept - and will find a way to make happen shortly, if only for our own entertainment. the furious little cinnamon bun is my hero.
i finally got tired of poking the armadillos in the front yard with the broom handle and growling while shuffling after them in my house shoes - so tonight i set the heelers on them. result - ROCKIN'!!!! they were quaint to see alive and scurrying around, unlike the usual roadkill position they assume, but the state of my front yard eventually made them less quaint. especially when there are 792 other acres they can go dig up right freakin' here.
heelers on dillos was AWESOME - warmed my little black heart. happiness for me and the heelers! :-) sadness for the armadillos. :-( heelers were very tenacious and cared not when the dillos rolled up into balls - continued to harass them till they unrolled and scuttled off down the road. hopefully the dillos will now go dig up the ramirez's yard. that would make me super happy. only one thing would make me happier - dillos urinate on their plants before they dig them up. :-) gawd, i love my heelers! even the redhead that ruined the screens - redemption rocks!
i've found that i made some very nice wine selections at spec's last week. yummy!
dina's back from LA and rocking the home state - always makes me feel more grounded.
work is picking up and promises to be very interesting and very hectic - two of my favorite things.
new art director that started this week (name withheld because someone might try to poach) is even more amazing than i thought they would be. i love working with stellar people and i am surrounded by them.
tomorrow is friday - saturday i get to sleep in - happiness abounds!!!
result:
happy beats sad today at the ranch - i love it when it works that way.
sad:
bert the fish died - he had been looking kind of puny for the past several days and this morning seemed to have trouble getting to the top of the bowl to get air - he was at the bottom of the bowl when i got home from work. :-( i can help furry things, but have no clue how to repair a failing swim bladder, which i suspect was the cause of his demise. i buried him at the base of the esperanza bush at the front entry way. he was a good fish and i hope he was happy here. i'm glad he got to come live at the ranch and give me a jerry mcguire moment as i left the agency. i'll miss him. a lot. i get attached.
apparently a storm passed through and chance (who got to be the true redheaded stepchild for a few hours) decimated the remaining screens on the windows on the back porch. not a happy discovery moment for any of us. he tried to pretend all is well, but velcro and i did not buy it. did i mention that his full name is LAST chance???
all the furniture, the hammock and chance's pink pool (perhaps inciting the screen incident) were blown off the porch into the yard and had to be retrieved and put back in their proper places. super fun dragging stuff up the hill with a sore achilles. wah. ice, advil and wine resolving.
the storm left both sage and gypsy huge muddy messes, ruined the rest of the pasture round bales and exacerbated the level of dog stinkiness. only remedies - odiorne's order tomorrow and baths for all this weekend.
happy:
said storm above left a whole inch of rain! praise all deities! everything is SO green!
it's 74 degrees outside - perfect porch weather! high tomorrow predicted in the mid 80s! in freakin' august! who knew??
the furious little cinnamon bun has merch to be purchased!!!! oh happy day! (see previous post - merch HAS been purchased.)
bea attitude revived the "therapy rhodent" concept and i now have aspirations to be the VO talent. just need to get TVH to storyboard and lovely flash and graphic designers to make it happen - at the bar. :-) fun needs to abound.
bea attitude also concepted the idea to make a video for youtube of me watching the furious little cinnamon bun - which she and i BOTH find a hialirious concept - and will find a way to make happen shortly, if only for our own entertainment. the furious little cinnamon bun is my hero.
i finally got tired of poking the armadillos in the front yard with the broom handle and growling while shuffling after them in my house shoes - so tonight i set the heelers on them. result - ROCKIN'!!!! they were quaint to see alive and scurrying around, unlike the usual roadkill position they assume, but the state of my front yard eventually made them less quaint. especially when there are 792 other acres they can go dig up right freakin' here.
heelers on dillos was AWESOME - warmed my little black heart. happiness for me and the heelers! :-) sadness for the armadillos. :-( heelers were very tenacious and cared not when the dillos rolled up into balls - continued to harass them till they unrolled and scuttled off down the road. hopefully the dillos will now go dig up the ramirez's yard. that would make me super happy. only one thing would make me happier - dillos urinate on their plants before they dig them up. :-) gawd, i love my heelers! even the redhead that ruined the screens - redemption rocks!
i've found that i made some very nice wine selections at spec's last week. yummy!
dina's back from LA and rocking the home state - always makes me feel more grounded.
work is picking up and promises to be very interesting and very hectic - two of my favorite things.
new art director that started this week (name withheld because someone might try to poach) is even more amazing than i thought they would be. i love working with stellar people and i am surrounded by them.
tomorrow is friday - saturday i get to sleep in - happiness abounds!!!
result:
happy beats sad today at the ranch - i love it when it works that way.
i heart the furious little cinnamon bun
no!!!!
oh no...nnno...god, NO!
oh....god damn!!!
oh...no.....SHIT!
ahhhh...no...god damn!!!
i have big love for the furious little cinnamon bun and just ordered much shocked merch for me and chosen kick ass compadres.
working hard on avoiding the great dick in the sky....
oh no...nnno...god, NO!
oh....god damn!!!
oh...no.....SHIT!
ahhhh...no...god damn!!!
i have big love for the furious little cinnamon bun and just ordered much shocked merch for me and chosen kick ass compadres.
working hard on avoiding the great dick in the sky....
time on my hands...
since i retired from roller derby, seems i have much more time on my hands...so time to start blooging...
or solving world hunger...blogging i can do from my office...
or solving world hunger...blogging i can do from my office...
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