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Labor Day

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:53:07 GMT

I just worked on Labor Day for the first time in Thirty Years. Yes that's right.

It is apparent to me that there are a lot of people (an appalling number of people) who just don't understand the importance of this day. Or they don't think it applies to them. Or they don't care. I prefer to think that they don't understand.

The gist of it is, this is not a patriotic holiday. This is not a religious holiday. This is a humanistic holiday. This day is for the ordinary people who sacrificed so that You, and I, and Them, can get paid a decent wage. So that You, and I, and Them, have a set limit to the number of hours we can work in a day.

These Thirty years, it has pissed me off that anyone has to work on Labor Day. I avoid shopping on Labor Day because I don't want to say to the corporate office that it's okay to keep the Supermarket open on a holiday. I don't want to say to the corporate office of the department store that I want them to have a big sale on the holiday. Because I want that clerk to go home and have dinner with the family instead. I mean, if you can't plan your shopping around one day in a month then what the fuck is wrong with that picture?

So. I implore you. Take out your calenders. find the holidays that are meaningful to you. Circle the date and take the day off if it's not one of the 5 days a year that your business is closed. And by all means, do your shopping the day before.

out.

Back to School

Sat, 02 May 2009 00:54:33 GMT

I'm really enjoying being back in school :)

Last week I got a call from a rep referring me to a job, one that I certainly could have taken. I'm sure they would hire me. I'm sure they would pay me well. I'm sure that I would be doing exactly what I was doing when I got laid off. Which is exactly why I thanked him for thinking about me and promptly threw away the number :)
Why would I do that?

The question from the Unemployment agency was: would you quit school if you found suitable full time employment?

duh.. no.... We don't go to school to quit, we go to school to finish.. duh....

My class is really small, there are Seven people in the whole class, and I know we're gonna be so tight by the end of this thing It feels like when I first started college at the community college level. I met so many of my very best friends there and this has exactly the same dynamics. I wish I could hang out with them for lunch every day but the reality of being unemployed kindof makes that impossible. But I'm making time to do it at least once a week :)

Oh! Sheit I forgot! This week I drove to Austin to see Cake! haha they were so awesome! They played at Stubbs Barbeque, and it was soo good. I mean real lighters in the air. Real herb being passed around. Real dancing and good music. It was a total time warp :-p

After the show was over I drove back to Dallas, got home around 3am. Got a little nap in, went to school and took my physiology exam, made a 95 :) came home and collapsed....

I've been teaching a lot too... five classes in the past seven days! It's good, the more I teach the better I am. I taught Sun Salutations to my class yesterday. It's a beautiful series of movements that I think provides the body with every movement that is essential to basic health and flexibility.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:26:34 GMT

I don't know if I alluded to this but the most surprising thing about being unemployed is how much free time you don't have!!
God I thought I would be bored, I thought I would become mindlessly alcoholic, addicted to daytime TV (who has time for that?) and probably ride my bike 300 miles per week!
Nothing of the sort. I don't have time for shit! But it's okay. I'm going to school, I love my classes, I even like riding the bus and the train for 4 hours every day because when is the last time I had 4 hours a day just for reading? For rizzle.

I'm developing my business plan and it includes massage, AND tattoos. Yes. I'm going to be under the scrutiny of local law enforcement. Why the Hell not? haha.

But seriously I don't have time for my bike and this bothers me to no end. I'm going to get fat.

The scoop

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:16:20 GMT

Okay heeeeere's the scoop since I'm reviving this blog yet again....

um. I did my race in January (barefoot) and placed 4th in my agegroup... one slot back from my goal.... I really jacked up my feet, prolly result of an imbalance in my hips. Between the homeopathic doc, the yoga teacher, the pilates teacher (me), the curandejo, the shaman who sends me good juju in dreams... and hopefully some deep tissue massage, this will all be worked out soon! Better be because I'm getting stir crazy and I still want to win or at least place in my age group! Before I'm 80 I mean.

So. More scoop. I've been teaching pilates, got me a regular weekly class now. I'm about to get real busy because I'm subbing for a lot of people, I have like 4 classes to teach in the next 5 days... so business is good I think

Yet more scoop. I am unemployed! Yesss even if you work someplace 19 years and you are THE SHIT you can still be laid off. Well. It was the kick the pants I needed. So. I scouted around for anything BUT a printing job for a few weeks. Then I walked into this place, a massage academy. I just fell in love iwith it. Intuitively, it just felt like the right place for me to be. And I trust my gut. The classes started in like... three days... so I had to scramble for money. The Universe provided and now I'm in school! yay!
haha I got a call yesterday, to go back to my printing job (different company, same duties).. and rejected the offer and that felt really good.

And ooo dang.. check out this bike commuter!

Yess dats a UNICYCLE.

He is a bad mo-fo!

Inauguration Day

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:50:30 GMT

Today I get my country back.

I even bought a flag

President Obama

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:57:42 GMT

I didn't say it before, but I am thinking it every day. I feel like I'm getting my country back!

If we can just make it 36 more days!

Doin'

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:20:11 GMT

Runnin'
Barefoot
Gettin my time down
I can't do the long distances anymore, I have some healing to do yet in my feet. They just cramp up so bad. So it's shorter distances for me and that's okay because it's supposed to be fun anyway.
I'm down almost to a 6 minute pace in a mile, I can hold that for nearly 2 miles on the track. The streets a different story, as there are no streets that don't have some incline. This January I'm shooting for a barefoot 5k and just because I am crazy I'm thinking of doing the relay at a marathon, barefoot. It's just so much better with out shoes!

White Christmas

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:52:54 GMT

I think that if it snows here on Christmas, everybody should get a free Chalupa.

the race and other

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:17:43 GMT

I did okay in my race. It was really hard, mentally, though. That was the hardest part. Because the course featured a 24 hour rock quarry, road construction and not much shoulder. So it was really hard, especially at night, to get back out there and ride. That was harder than anything.

Since the race, well I'm commuting every day and decided this is the time to really hurt so I'm using big gears, just trying to raise the bar some more. I had also decided that after the race I would go ahead and tear up my feet so I'm running barefoot on the road, just started today, and that's really good. I think. I'm only going to do it one day a week for now, because I must have light! The other days I'll run bf at the track for a greater distance. Today was a really short run, a half mile, to start conditioning my feet for that. Why? Well it's like the bike racers who drill out their components. Yes its more dangerous but is faster! And I believe in the case of running, more natural and ergonomic.

So there.

The Day Before Raceday

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:52:07 GMT

The alarm goes off, and it sounds louder than usual.

All my stuff is packed, but I'll dump it out onto the bed and check it against my list, anyway. There are things that I haven't bought yet, food items, bread, tums, pickles, bananas, pizza. I have my Nutella

Today is a work day, I'll go to work like normal, and do my normal things. I have to carry out my trash and recyclables today. I need to load the dishwasher, and put my clothes in the dryer. Just like normal.
I'll have a green smoothie for breakfast, pizza for lunch, and chicken with pasta for dinner.
My lights are all charged, but I still need to wipe down my bike.
Tonight I'll make sure that I go to bed early. That didn't exactly work out last night, and I woke up with that same feeling in my head, like I'm going to tip over, like I'm a bell waiting to ring, like the Tweety Birds circling my head have suddenly changed direction but I'm still here in the Northern Hemisphere.
Tomorrow I'll sleep late. Real late.

But I'm just thinking about today. Because nobody ever considers the day before raceday and considering that the race starts in the evening, this is like the day before the day before race day. Almost.
I meditated this morning, and I'll do some yoga later. I may or may not go to Pilates class, not because it's an ass-kicker but because my oldest daughter is flying back to Arizona while I'm racing, so this will be the last night I have with her until she comes back for Christmas. We have one of those "Grow A Lizard" toys and have been planning a photoshoot with it at the creek :D I don't want to miss that!

Day before raceday. I have to eat, sleep, drink, relax, and try not to worry too much. And at the same time, remember to do all the things I've forgotten...

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My race begins at 5:30pm Friday, and it ends at 5:30pm Saturday. This is a time trial, and I hope to ride 300 miles... Yes, the road will hand me a new one on Saturday
The Texas Time Trials