swimming and clogging the dark dark canal...
hello??? helloo!!!??? is anyone out there? can i hear me?
ahhh! friday, after letting out of school early, i followed clamsie home to ridicule her bears. errr... i mean to play with her. we went to play in the gym in her bldg. i then decided to do a reverse "modified mini" triathlon as first step preparation towards the triathlon that i am supposedly doing this summer. AHH.
running is easy (well, for distance in triath) is doable; biking will be fine once i obtain or borrow a bike; swimming-- AHH!!! after i ran and biked, i went to the pool to review my swimming. this was the first i swam since... aye caramba... my crew team swimming test in the beginning of college? or maybe slightly more recent? well, it's been at least 3, 4 yrs since i tried to swim laps. dude, i felt SOOOO out of shape; after one lap, i nearly died. i only swam for ~10 or 15 min with multiple breaks in btwn and thought i haven't felt this tired in a really long time!
unfortunately, i also pulled my triceps and the sides of my pecs. as clams could atest, i could bearly move my arms afterwards. what the! looks like i know what i have to concentrate on for the triathlon.. :(
even more unfortunate, my right ear is clogged up. i have tried many methods, jumping on one foot, some OTCs approved by FDA, some secular items found at stores, tricks recommended by my almost-MD friends, blow dryer, heat... up til now, and it's still feeling weird. i can hear just fine, but some sounds still seem "muffled" and i still have tinnitus. BAH!
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PARTYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! friday night sharon and i went to our new "friend" luz's dinner party/gathering. it was very low key, but it was quite fun. met more of her friends. the foods were simply delicious-- some of which were authentically home made or "smuggled" in from puerto rico (contains meat) by her "friend" that came in town to visit her for the wknd. ;) they were called pasteles-- i think they are basically this doughy starchy pastry made from plantains and root veggies, inside stuffed with meat. steamed. SOO good. luz also made these octopus bites in a spicy red sauce. dessert was coconut flan. mmmm... tasty. then sharon and i went back to her apt for some gossips. tee hee. man, i swear, i must have had at least ONE whole bottle of wine, and i was completely sober. wow.
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then saturday was a day of running around with my ringing ear. i tried to get some oreo balls started to bring to gina's surprise bday party later on, but i just ran out of time before having to go to work, as i still had to coat the oreo balls. after work, allen helped me do some ear candling (didnt work as well as hoped), then i ran to pick up some pseudo insalata caprese from treasure island, ran home and changed, then stormed out again to get to andy/gina's condo.
i guess i got there just in time, as they are almost on the way home.
everything turned out very nicely. gina is a very lucky girl. all these great friends and family all love her very much. as they came back to the condo (andy had informed barbsbie and co) that he will pretend to ring the doorbell funny and jiggle the keys to prompt us to position.
door opened--- and SURPRISE!!!!
it was a day of double surprise for gina: andy had proposed to her in surprise, and then the birthday surprise (her bday is really next wknd). it was funny when she blew out the candles on the cake, someone remarked, "hey, gina, isn't it funny that your birthday wish came before your birthday?" HA! awwww...
yes, even though i still don't care for marriage or babies (gifts and jewelry and attn always welcome of course ;), i still almost cried in secrecy. awww... so happy for them!!! :)
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today, sunday, was quite plain-- just worked all day and had dinn with kellean. finally received the photos i ordered from her wedding album.
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tomorrow will be a boring day of running errands and doing drug cards in the morning. then in the evening, i will have to go to boofoo GL for barbsbie's and my first triath mtg with the group. AHHHH. stupid drug cards... :(
