Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Yes, I'm still alive

Ack! Whou would have thought that moving and training for Ironman would keep me so damned busy! I barely have time to check e-mail, let alone post a journal entry. Oh, well...

Training is going OK. I still have not been on my bike as often (or for as long) as I'd like. I really feel like I'm behind the eight ball. Sigh. Running is fine and so is swimming. In fact, I'm doing a 5,000m swim this weekend for the Arthritis Society! That's 200 lengths of a 25m pool! Yikes! The longest distance I've ever swam was 3,800m and that was nearly 3 years ago. On Tuesday, I did swim 3,500m, so I'm close. I guess I'll have to do the final 1,500m on guts, determination and adrenaline! There's a bit of a hiccup in the actual event (I might have to go tomorrow night instead of Saturday night as planned - their mix-up). I hope to get it sorted out tomorrow.

The condo is great. I'm still trying to find "homes" for things and storage is a real issue. I have lots of space, but no actual storage, so I'm going to build some, but these things take time. I've been living here for 4 weeks now (4 weeks today, in fact!) and it really feels like home now. When I went to my old apartment last week to pick up the last bit of junk the landlord was there working on the apartment. He said, "I guess you're going to feel nostalgic for this place." My reply was, "No, I will never feel nostalgia for this place," then mumbled under my breath, "And I can't wait to get the hell out of this hole!" Ciao! Au revoir! Auf wiedersehn!

Weight-wise - I'm up a few pounds. I gained back about 5 pounds, mostly through just not paying attention and eating whatever the hell I wanted to eat. It's not the end of the world, but it's just not where I want to be. I'm back to logging my food now, so I hope that will help.

I'm going to my 25-year high school reunion in a couple of weeks. That should be a treat! Since I went to an all-girls school, likely it will be lots of talk of husbands and children. I have nothing to contribute to that conversation, so maybe I'll just drink. But it will be nice to catch up with friends whom I've lost touch with (could care less about most of them, but there are a few that I kind of miss).

That's all the updates I have for now. Hopefully I'll be able to post more regularly.