Posted On Friday, April 17th, 2009 By Re
Washington is doing its typical spring time weather teasing again. Nice and sunny with no clouds in the sky for two days, pouring down rain, windy and stormy for a few more. Rinse and repeat. Just now as I type this up the sun is coming out from the dark gray clouds that splattered rain against the windows. Seriously? Make up your fucking mind! I do love when it is raining as the sun is shining brightly against your face. The colours that gleam in the rain drops as they hit my eyelashes is so gorgeous. It is almost (not even close) to witnessing the Aurora Borealis. Pictures do no justice to how the world feels surrounding you in those moments. There is no crackling with sunny rain droplets though.
Makes me want to stand in the middle of our compound to do pirouettes and arabesques.
Posted On Monday, April 6th, 2009 By Re
A few months ago I realised how far the progress on my shoulder/neck rehabilitation has gone by just working in the deli. The chubs of meat and blocks of cheese typically weigh between 5-15lbs. When I first started working in June, I was only able to carry one at a time with both hands. Now I can carry one or two in each hand. People have noticed that my arms look smaller as with my legs. Good, now I just need to work on my stomach. One of the most difficult parts to exercise with out causing stress on my neck/shoulders and back. I do not want to over exert any of those and have my progress be thrown backward again.
I have thought about taking up swimming. I use to swim all the time in Alaska in our lake. Now I will not set foot in cold water because of the 15+ years of that but I still enjoy swimming. I have been postponing it for years now because of my hair and the chlorine murdering my beautiful gorgeous healthy hair. It is long enough that I feel trying to put a swim cap on will be more of a Continue Reading