it’s snowing today. well, this morning, which is as much of today as i’ve seen so far, so it’s snowing today. it took me two hours to get to work via public transit. i waited at my bus stop for forty minutes, watching three busses go up the hill and waiting for them to do a u-turn and come down the hill so i could get on. unfortunately, of the three, only the last one actually made it back down the hill. lucky for me, it was the one of the three i wanted to be on.
i got to stadium and julie & bev were outside having a smoke so i stopped to chat. i was already late so it didn’t matter much if i wasted another couple of minutes. i almost missed my stop at edmonds because i was so busy reading my book. that’s the best part about taking transit: reading while commuting.
i ran into ramon at the crosswalk, so we walked in together. he’s a nice man. thick accent. half the time i don’t know what the hell he’s saying. but, he’s a nice man. i didn’t even slip! i was sure i’d probably spend some time falling on my ass on the way down the hill.
disjointed. sorry.
i did a new exercise on the weight machine yesterday. it’s a reverse fly which is supposed to work your rear deltoids (shoulders) and back. holy fuck. my upper back, shoulders and neck are so bloody sore today. but sore in the good way. in the way that feels like you accomplished something. not the way my lower back is *still* sore or my right calf is aching because of a possible potassium deficiency.
i’m going to keep working on my piles of work crap while periodically looking out my window at the snow which won’t stop falling. my non-work-related task for the day is to find beauty in the winter landscape outside instead of dreading the bus-ride home (besides, i’m hoping my dad will come and get me if i ask him really nice). it’s good playing in snow. sticky. if i had better gloves, i’d make a snowman at lunch.
I can’t believe you have snow! Its sunny here. Weird.
I have to drive to nanaimo tomorrow. Yeah, I’m freaking I’ll go off the road :(
while training for the marathon last year, i lost a lot of upper body mass (about 15 lbs. worth). after the marathon, i took up weight training to get it back. that and i couldn’t run because my knees were messed up. :) even though i’ve started running again, i try to lift at least 2 or 3 times a week because… well, because my body just doesn’t feel right without the pain. in fact, i’m downright addicted to the “ohmygawdithurtssomuchican’tmovewithoutwincing!!!” sensation. i’m sick. somebody help me.
oh, and about that 15 lbs, most of it was probably andy-lard. :)