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A hangover? Oh please… February 22, 2008

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Jeff and I had our date night last night.  It’s the one night a week we can talk without distractions. I decided to have a little extra with my meal, in the form of a rather stiff alcoholic beverage.

At 3:30am, I woke up with a splitting headache.  I took a few Advil, but by 6am I still had a low-grade head-throb going on. The kind that I knew that if I did run I would be really sorry for the rest of the day.

And it was probably good I didn’t run. Even after 64oz of water, a double shot tall latte, and 2 more Advil, I’m still moving pretty slow. In fact, I’m going to take a nap in just a few minutes.

The gym is open until 8pm tonight, so there is still hope…

Wheeeeeee!… February 21, 2008

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I was so excited to ride my horse today. The sun is shining, the birds are singing,…  You get the idea.  I groomed him and then turned him loose in the pasture so he can “crack his back”.  He loves to run and is quite playful. I find that if I turn him out before my lesson for even just a few minutes he’s much easier to work with.

So, I followed my normal routine and he did his: bucked a few times, cantered around, rolled, and then settled down to graze.  I got my gear in order and then grabbed the halter to bring him back in. He was out in pasture for about 10 minutes.

As soon as I started walking towards him, I knew he had other things in mind…

About 20 minutes later, he’s still running around like a fool, not really running away, just cantering around me. My attempts to stop him were fairly futile. If I tried to use the fenceline to stop him, he just changed directions.  It was almost as if he were saying, “Isn’t this fun? Look at me! Whee!” I have to admit, he has a gorgeous trot and is quite the handsome fellow.

So finally, the game over, he allowed me to catch him.  It’s now 10am, and my lesson should be starting now. Instead I have a sweating, dirty, still highly animated horse.  As my trainer gets out of her car I shout, “Do you have the lungeing cavesson?”…

So, we lunged today.  I was a tad disappointed at first, but it turned into a really great lesson. My trainer helped me move Tigger in and out of different frames, and how/when to ask for canter correctly.  These are all things that I’ve neglected to learn, and I honestly can’t get enough of watching my horse from the ground.  :-)

So, certainly not the day I had planned, but fabulous none-the-less.  And Tiago got a good workout too.  He was so sweaty it took me a good 45 minutes to get him dry once again (I think coolers are one of the best inventions of all time). But he seemed happy, content, and relaxed afterwards.  He’s such a good boy.

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Running with adorably fuzzy distractions… February 21, 2008

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My goodness, Beth’s dogs are unbelievably cute. She has two American Eskimos, and they are two little powder-puff dynamos.  Well, at least one is. One is “pleasingly plump” which just seems to make her all the more cute. She does start to fade at about 2 miles, though.  They came with us on our run this morning and it was a welcome distraction. I hope we can bring them again, I do like having them around.

So after my “woe is me” post from yesterday, I took the first step and called Beth for a run. Check. Next I had my lesson with my trainer. (I’ll write more about that later.) Check.  I just finished lunch - a dark green leafy salad with some ”Krab” and a small amount of Thousand Island dressing. Check. So far, today is going well.

Next I make a plan for tomorrow. I plan on hitting the gym at 6am for another run (somewhere around 4-5 miles) and then hopefully I can drag the kids out to the barn to work Tigger a little.  He will probably be sore after today (that subject warrants it’s own post).

My package of Sensaria products arrived today too, so instead of engaging in some destructive snacking behaviour, I’m going to go take a shower and try out my Cherry Almond body lotion.  Mmmm… I’ll smell like a scone from Starbucks. I certainly won’t complain about smelling like any kind of baked good. And it’s sunny today too. What a plus!

Onward!!

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Focus… February 20, 2008

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Focus. It’s what I don’t have right now. I need to get it back.

Generally I pride myself as being a grab-the-bootstraps-git’r-done kind of gal. Lately not so much.  Case in point:

  1. I’ve been eating like crap. For example, I skipped lunch to take the girls to the grocery store (how ironic is that). The hour-long trip was peppered with mom-isms of “inside voices”, “walking feet”, “don’t touch your sister”, “maybe next time we can get that”, and (my favorite), “don’t make me come over there”. As we headed to the check-out line, I realized that I had the shakes and should probably grab a little snack for myself. Did I grab an apple or a banana? Nope, I grabbed a bag of sugary dried pineapple. After I got the groceries loaded in the car, did I have just a few bites? Of course not. I ate the whole bag. Was it good? Not really, but for some reason I felt this sense of urgency that I had to eat something, and a lot of it in order to recover.
  2. My running has gone down the tubes. I have no goal like the LVHM from December. For me, no goal means no do.  Sure, I can still run 5 miles, but it doesn’t feel as easy nor do I do it often enough to feel like I get something out of it.
  3. I have a schooling show in less than three weeks. What have I done to prepare? Nothing.

And the scary thing about the 3 points above? I have no plan. No ideas on how to fix those things.

So today, I make a plan.  I get back on track. I find those bootstraps. I git’r done.

More importantly, I find myself again.

This is what I think is the hardest of all. I feel lost. I’m watching my fitness decline, my waistline surge, and my horse sits. These are all pieces of me that are part of my identity. And I *want* them to be part of my identity.  But at this time they embody my failure to get a grip.

I’m a fairly smart person (or I like to think so). So why can’t I just run more, eat better, and ride my horse more? It sounds so simple. But as I sit here in front of my computer I’m realize that it’s not that simple. I’m not a robot. I can’t push the right buttons and make it happen. I’m an emotional person, and my emotions dictate a lot of what I do.

*sigh*

Time for a plan. Time to focus.

So Beth, want to go for a run tomorrow?…

I can hear Robin scream… February 19, 2008

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It was such a beautiful day, and as if spreading hogsfuel for 2 1/2 hours wasn’t enough, I decided to start my spring yard clean-out!

I knew several things needed to be pruned, but I honestly didn’t know how. I stared at my gangly hydranga, pruners in-hand. As I lopped off the first branch, I could almost hearmy friend Robin scream all the way from Seattle, “Noooooooo!”

She’d be very disappoint in what I did to my plants today.  As I stood in front of an over-flowing yardwaste bin, I was ashamed at the damage I did. Yet, it was oddly satisfying…

Anyway, I hope I didn’t kill anything. The yard does look better. I guess we’ll find out in the spring!

Hogsfuel: The New IT February 18, 2008

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This morning I headed over to Sherene’s place for an invigorating workout of spreading hogsfuel. The arena had taken a beating this winter, and Sherene had ordered some materials (crushed gravel & hogsfuel) for some repair work. Unfortunately, those things don’t spread themselves.

Thankfully, Sherene’s neighbor is an all-around great guy and also owns a tractor. He skillfully (and quickly) took care of removing the old hogsfuel in the arena and laid the crushed gravel down. About 30 tons of it, I believe.

But today Sherene and I started putting the hogsfuel in place. By hand. One wheelbarrow at a time. About two-and-a-half hours later, we were only about half-way through the huge mound. I must say, I got a good workout. Especially my back and my obliques. And the arena (or what’s done so far) is gorgeous. I can’t wait to ride in it!

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