Because Being Ordinary Is Boring: 2024

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Week in Review (December 10 - December 16)

Tuesday (10,271 steps) - Peloton ride before work, since I knew I was not going to be going to the gym at lunch. I had a work lunch with my team - dressed up for the first time in AGES.

We had two hours blocked for lunch, but the service was soooo slow, it ended up being a THREE HOUR LUNCH. Not that I really minded since I was getting paid, but come on!!

Took Olive for a walk when I got home. Also, my holiday gift from Heller (my friend/realtor) came. I am not sure why I selected something I have to keep alive, but here we go...

Wednesday (13,814 steps) - Very short walk with Olive before work. I had yet another lunch party, this time it was just for staff. It was a potluck, which I did not bring anything to. I also forgot to wear my ugly sweater, and that was super sad since they were doing prizes for the best ones.

Went up to Louisville for run club. I forgot my headlamp and Ben forgot his running clothes, so he ran in jeans. We had to use a flashlight for the trail section. I had an easy fartlek on schedule and THAT part was ok. Warm up was terrible. Larry joined us for most of the run. We met Terri at Murphy's afterwards.

Thursday (13,295 steps) - Back to five days of running, I guess. It was relatively chilly, so I wore my new rabbit Chill jacket. Run was fine, I guess.

Took Olive for a long walk. A went to visit a friend for the night, so it was just me and Ben for Torchy's Thursday.

More Yellowstone, I'm sure.

Friday (13,138 steps) - I convinced A (and Olive) to join me for Wash Park. We were treated to a GORGEOUS sunrise.

It was chilly, like usual. Stella's afterward. 4 Noses, where we met up with Terri? Pretty sure we had leftovers for dinner. Yellowstone.

Saturday (23,546 steps) - I had an adventure day on schedule. We had plans to meet Terri in Boulder at 9:30. Ben was messing around with truck stuff, so I left him at home and met her there. No real plan of what to do, but I was interested in where she does her hill repeats (always looking for new and non-technical places to do those). We did three repeats - it was a pretty day!

We went to Murphy's for a beer and a snack.

Headed home to shower, then took Olive for a walk. Did some reading, but had nothing to do until my hair dried and it was time to start getting ready for my work holiday party.

Meanwhile, Ben went to pick up our porch Goose (her name is Goosifer, Goosie for short).

I had wanted to leave by 5:15 to get to the Botanic Gardens and hopefully find a spot in parking garage. The traffic on the way down was miserable, and it took us over a half hour to find parking, which left us both in an irritated mood. The food was delicious, but the venue was really small for the number of people, so it was hard to talk with people and the food/beer lines were really long.

We headed out for "Blossoms of Light" - and thankfully it was nowhere near as cold as I feared it would be. I had never seen these, so it was neat!

We caught up to Erica, who had brought her real camera, and she got this picture of us. I'm wearing multiple coats, if you can't tell...

It was getting late, so we opted to just leave when we got done with the lights. We stopped at Larry's Christmas party on the way home. First time getting to see his house since it was rebuilt. There was a lot of food (although we weren't really hungry) and the only picture I took was of his adorable dog, Faith:

Sunday (10,882 steps) - Blah. Only thing we had to do for the day was a short run. We procrastinated, like usual. Ben got us all coffee from Dutch. We played with Olive:

By the time we finally got out for our run, it was lunch time. It was crazy windy again, and I had picked Van Bibber for our run because 1). I hadn't run there in many years, and somewhere different was sounding nice and 2). It was on our way to our next stop.

We went to Brass Armadillo with the hopes of finding some additional accessories and clothes for Goosie, but sadly, they didn't have anything. We went to Parry's for a beer and a snack - Ariel ended up joining us. Ben and I took Olive for a walk when we got home, then it was yet another Yellowstone marathon.

Monday (18,306 steps) - I had to get up early for my run, which I hate, because A had her wisdom teeth extraction appointment, and I didn't want to be out on a run while she recovered. It was really cold, with high humidity, so it felt even colder. At least it wasn't windy, I guess. Saw a zillion bunnies, a hawk and a bald eagle!

Got to Ariel's appointment, only to find out her dental insurance had been cancelled at the end of November because apparently it was only good through her 19th birthday?? We went ahead with the procedure, although we will need to fight with the insurance company, because we did call to verify coverage. SO ANNOYING. Sad Ariel:

Had to run to Target at lunch to get her prescriptions, then I picked up lunch for us at Costco. Pizza for me and a smoothie for A. We watched a horrible movie and she finally napped. After work I did a few deliveries, then home for dinner. Goosie's Christmas dress arrived, isn't she cute??

Yellowstone.

Stats:

103,252 steps
19.6 miles run
14.08 miles walked
20 minutes of cardio
0 minutes of strength

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Week in Review (December 3 - December 9)

Tuesday (14,928 steps) - Walked Olive before going to work in the office. Gym at lunch - including StairMaster again - this time climbed the Seattle Space Needle.

Also did some strength/core. Took Olive for a walk after work and did some driving. Ben had a work dinner so I ate alone and watched a cheesy horror movie.

Wednesday (18,145 steps) - Olive really loves her Advent! After just a few days she definitely looks forward to getting it.

Took Olive for a walk before going to work in the office. ALSO, finally Spotify Wrapped! I think my overall listening was down, which is weird. It seems like I am always listening to something.

No surprise to me that Taylor Swift was my number 1 artist and top two songs! I was a bit surprised by number 4 song, but everything else tracked.

I had a run at lunch. Thankfully, since I am still in recovery it wasn't a). that long of a run and b). nothing I was truly dreading. I had a warm up and 4x1 "sprints" - which worked out to about a 3 mile run. Wooo. Did a core video after I got back to the office. Ben had stayed home from work because he was still not feeling great from being sick (food poisoning? I felt fine the whole time) - so I did a few deliveries, took Olive for a walk and then ate alone again since he stomach was iffy.

Thursday (16,618 steps) - Work from home! I went out for my run pretty early. Weather was quite lovely and the run wasn't bad at all. Yay for finally feeling good and recovered.

Took Olive for a walk when I got back.

I just love that her shadow makes her look like a wolf or wild dog when she is really an adorable, well-groomed muppet.

Did a few deliveries and then met Ben at Torchy's for dinner.

Friday (10,550 steps) - Took Olive for a walk before going into work. I went ahead and brought her in so everyone could see her Grinch outfit. She was definitely a hit!

She was a bit more restless than she usually is at work, so I don't know that I will bring her back for a while. Did some driving and Ben picked up pizza for dinner. At some point in the last week we finished up Ted Lasso (what a great show!) and are now watching Yellowstone.

Saturday (19,295 steps) - Procrastinated a bit getting out the door, but we headed up to Boulder for what I thought was a 6ish mile loop with Olive. Definitely more ice on the lower trails than I expected! I had promised "mostly" hiking since that's what I had on schedule.

There was also a decent amount of mud, which no one likes.

Best attempt at a selfie - Olive is barely visible behind me, but at least she is facing forward.

We did do some running, but not much. After we finished (route was actually 6.7 miles) we went to 4 Noses. It was Olive's chance to meet Santa!! I paid $10 for a professional picture, although I don't have it yet. (Edit to add!)

We ended up going to Parry's for dinner and then more Yellowstone.

Sunday (14,237 steps) - Ben got us Dutch Bros. in the morning while Olive and I lounged around the house. Isn't she cute?

Just had a short run on schedule, but we waited too long and the clouds rolled in and the wind picked up. It wasn't as horrible as we feared, but it also wasn't great. Took Olive for a walk. We headed up to Lisa's house to help her put up her medal hangers and buckle box. It unfortunately took forever, so we stopped at 4 Noses for a beer and dinner on the way home. Late night...