Rambles

May/June is a good rival to November/December in the busy department. On my schedule for the next 4ish weeks:
7 more days of clinical rotation
Christy/Jindy's wedding
Mother's Day
Volunteer Memphis in May
GJCC Tri with Bek
Damie's Graduation
Brandi's wedding
Erin's wedding
Jan's shower
Papa's birthday
Italian Festival
Robert's Family Beach Trip

and I think that is it. I think. Anyone have anything else going on? Did I forget anything?

I am currently enjoying a glass of wine while catching up with emails, blogs, and such. I wholeheartedly plan on doing the Peddler ride in the morning and have to make sure I don't let one glass become two...

Tonight I had the pleasure of swimming with Conner Townsend from my team Los Locos. He offered to share a lane with me. Lucky me :) Kind of... Since he does his 100s on my 75s... He was the first person I remember ever seeing finish first in the swim portion at a race and being in awe. I probably gave him the funniest look when he turned to me and asked if I was ready to do the main set. Who does a main set with a real swimmer? Again, my 75s to his 100s. :) Then he totally threw out the challenge- "well Alyson Capote can do it." I am not sure where that came from and it completely made me laugh so he roped me in to his workout. The best, though, were the great coaching tips. He gave me so many good pointers- he was worried he was overwhelming me and I wanted more! (and he is now at home probably wondering how such a terrible swimmer like me ever makes it through a triathlon.)

Speaking of Alyson.... good thing she can be talked into just about anything. (the problem with that is she gets talked into everything and therefor may have to back out of one of her many commitments! If you know Alyson you are smiling right now because you know it is true). This week I convinced her to do Cycle for Safety even though she was hungover. Then I found a way to get her to the pool at the crack of dawn Monday in freezing water. She has conveniently gone out of town for the rest of the week, on purpose, I suspect.

My other friends are MIA. Or I am MIA. I can't tell the difference. I am not sure what Joy and Laura are doing these days. I suspect they are doing the things that I used to do...track, Wed night rides, swimming with Rob, the fun stuff.... From the looks of their blogs, Joy is loving to run and Laura is hitting the margaritas. Casey skipped the ride on Tuesday with a sinus infection, and I may just use that same excuse for not having read the book for book club next Wednesday, b/c I honestly have not even started the book. Jan is busy being preggers and staying safe- and probably just wishing I would stay injured and get pregnant ;) Gina is probably thinking the same thing. I am sure Nancy has done an Ironman already this week.

At least Charlie is back on his bike. I feel like the world is starting to regain some normalcy again.

Okay, if I play any more on the computer it will take away from sleepy time.

Again, just 7 more days until I am done with my very last clinical rotation....

Shower Partners

Here are some funny shower pictures to share with you- not those kind of shower pictures....get your mind out of the gutter. :) Shower time in my house is a family event almost. Every pet tries to hang out with me during shower time for some weird reason- maybe they like the sound of the water? Or is it that I finally smell decent?

Ever since Rooney was a puppy, he would sleep on the mat while I took a shower. As he got older, sometimes he would drop socks in the shower or a toy and thought that was great fun, then he would fall asleep on the mat.

Cayenne is a little different. She loves to deliver a sneak attack of licks while I have my back turned in the shower. I can have my eyes closed in the shower while I am washing my hair, and next thing I know I feel licks on my leg. I can try to block her out, but she just goes to the other side and finds a way to lick me. The minute I turn the shower off, she is right there waiting to dry me off with her tongue. Roo likes to help with this too. So much for being clean. :)

(check out the above picture- her tail is wagging a million miles per minute and she is just ready to lick away!)

Different day, different animal. Before the dogs- and even before Dave lived with me it was just me and Presley. He would follow me all through the house, and yes, he loves shower time too. With the two dogs in the house now, he hardly gets any time with me because the dogs take over and force him out.

I am glad I got pictures of this. I sure will miss these guys when we aren't together one day. They bring so much happiness into my life, it is unreal. :)

My lack of blogging has not been from disinterest, but rather lack of time. The lack of time is not because I am training my ass off- to the contrary, training rather stinks right now. As my friends on FB know- or if you have talked to me recently, this has been the week from hell for me- 666 to the max-total Murphey's Law. I really want a Splish suit that says 666 all over it- something to make me laugh when I have a life moment such as I have had this week. Actually, I think I may just create a Splish suit right now....
Public blog status means I can't share details for the week. But, here I am- made it through- 1,000 times a stronger person than I was on Monday. So, the benefit to humiliation and feeling like a total loser is a thicker skin and tougher mental attitude.

I did have a huge amount of fun swimming with my sister on Thursday. We talked so much and swam so little :) We are doing the GJCC tri together at the end of May- only a 200 meter swim in the pool so that will be fun. It was funny, too, because I made her practice swimming behind me and I kicked up a ton of bubbles so she wouldn't panic if she got behind someone in her first tri and couldn't see anything- because that is what happened to me in one of my first triathlons!

And tomorrow I am doing Cycle for Safety with Alyson. I was planning on doing the 54 mile option, but I think I have somehow been tricked into an 84 mile ride.... although she swears it won't be like that, but I did the math....

I am being a good girl and NO running. I am not even sneaking anything in. I know from previous experience with this injury that 2 months is not enough time to heal the bone, so I am being extra cautious. I keep telling myself if I will just do the right thing now, I can play later. I have cut out the eliptical and I am being careful not to put on too many riding miles since there is still quite a bit of impact to the knee.

ummm...that it is :) I saw Ben Harper and The Steve Miller Band last night. I slept in late today and feel like a million dollars. I ate lunch with Gina and have forced my way into being the developmental pediatric physical therapist for her unborn child. I am now going to the gym to pretend to lift weights and maybe aqua jog.