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Xmas is coming

… the goose is getting fat! (or is that me on all this office snacks that keep appearing?)

Stuff of Late

OK, so a bit too much time without updating.
Erin and Cooper had birthdays. Cooper is now 3 and had a big party at JW Tumbles which is like a kids gym. It was a hit, lots of his friends were there (pics are up on adventures) and everybody slept well that night.
Fletcher got tubes in [...]

More running

Good grief. Took me long enough to go again. Slowed the pace a bit – same distance (a mile and a quarter maybe), eleven minutes “clock-to-clock” – i.e. I look right before I step out the door, run, have a cool down section, and walk inside and look again. Last time was 9 minutes I [...]

Pills

Kind of distressing this evening. Looked down and realized I was taking a regular drugstore’s worth of pills – two ibuprofen (which is less than I often take), one multivitamin (this new one has ginko and ginseng!), one claritin generic (antihistamine), and one sudafed twelve hour (decongestant). Fuckin’ hate allergies.

Pain

Started running on Sunday. Yesterday (Tuesday) I was still in pain, and today I got an allergy attack – should have run though. The main part being I need to establish a routine. I’d like to get to 3 times a week, and then start increasing length of time and/or distance…

Health Check

Always a little funny when you get a glimpse at your vitals. My company employs several nurses as full-time staff, and regularly runs things like “Get-Fit” programs. So they came by the office to measure blood pressure, etc. for everybody who was taking part.
When they were done, they offered to measure the blood pressure of [...]