With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

Cankle

Cankle still holding on... I was able to do the full p90x chest & back video without any problems.  Ab ripper was fine too.

After work, physical therapy.  No problems doing any of the exercises.  The PTherapist said give the ankle a couple more days.  I can do that.

Cankles just won't go away!!  I didn't think plyo was a good option.  I almost did the cardio, but I just didn't want to mess up my ankle recovery, so I did an hour on the elliptical. I feel like I'm a failure without doing my p90x.  Maybe I'll do the core synergestics tonight.

Got fiesty at work being frustrated with a little "helper" who took my keys home, so when I got home I had to punch it out with my p90x kenpo.  It was good since I didn't do it on Saturday maybe I can catch up.

Cankles are still a little puffy, but feeling good.  Funny strange bruise on the inside bottom of my foot above the heel.  Doesn't hurt at all, so why not just keep going?

I did the cardio x to try out my ankle, and it was pretty good so I'm feeling positive about running tomorrow.  Followed up with the shoulders & arms and then ab ripper X.

Now I'm caught up on my p90x videos from missing Saturday and Tuesday.  Feeling pretty good, and excited to run.  After not running since Saturday, I'm getting a bit cranky.  My office name today is "Mrs. Prissy Pot."

I finally got some miles in!!  First I did 70 minutes of the yoga video, and when it was time for the stretches, I went out for my run.  I'd considered doing 6, but thought 4 would be better to not over do it on my ankle.  And I realized if I did 4, I might have time for a quick nap.  So 4 it is!

My watch was KO'd, which was nice to not worry about time & pace.  The moon was extra lovely, the dipper ready to scoop me up.  Birds were already chirping in the dark of 5 am.   They kept me company and sang to me along the way.  I felt a little like Uncle Remus!

I came home, did 20 minutes on the elliptical to finish up an hour of run/elliptical time, and then finished up the last 23 minutes of the yoga video with the stretching.  A quick shower and I had time for an 11 minute nap.  Just right :-)

It was so super duper extra wonderful to run again.  I feel like I can do anything now.  I left Prissy Pot at home, and it's just the QP today.  And today is a very special day- it's chili dog & snowcone day.

I'm a little like Stanley on "The Office" when it comes to chili dog & snowcone day... I feel like Stanley on pretzel day.  I even dressed up nice today just in anticipation of the special day.  The principal arranges for a local restaurant to bring their roach coach out the school and they serve us hot dogs, chili, cole-slaw (for the hot dog since this is the south), onion, relish & all the fixins.  They also have a shaved ice machine and make us delicious snow cones.  My favorite- pina colada (gotta bring my own Captain).

So hooray for chili dog & snowcone day!!

p90x legs & back, and ab ripper x

quads are a little sore..wonder if it's from the run yesterday?  strange.

Adventure run with Wyatt & MR.  I haven't run with Wyatt in so long, and we had a lot to talk about.  It was so nice to be out with her again. 

The end of the week of eating junk and cake and nothing much good for me.  I had zero energy on this run.  At mile 1.8 I was light headed and ready to quit.  I pushed myself to finish 2, and then made the rest of the crew walk with me until I got my act together again.  It took .5 mile before I was ready to run again.  I'm sure glad we didn't stop and turn around to go home because the adventures were just around the corner.

First we saw this little guy.  He looks like he's ready to clench his jaws into something...

We had just passed this fella when we ran across the path of Kujo & Diablo.

There were lounging in the yard and when we ran by (across the street on the opposite side of the road), Kujo ran out in full attack mode at MR.  Using my "deer in the headlight" skills, I stood there and yelled "DOG!"   MR was able to fend off the dog, Wyatt was screaming at the dog owners (who were no where to be seen), and I just stood there....

Finally I realized I had my pepper spray and started back toward MR and the dogs.  I got some in Kujo's direction and she backed off for a while.  Wyatt got on the phone and called animal control and got to leave a message on their answering machine.  Twice.  She called 911, and they told her their officers do not deal with animals.  A neighbor 2 doors down came out of her trailer and asked if we were calling about the dogs.  Evidently the night before they'd come up to her car when she'd pulled in her driveway and wouldn't let her out of her car (with a baby in the car too).  The sheriff's office told her they didn't come out for animals and she could just "do what she needed to" to get in her house.  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  

2 pit bulls running loose and attacking people, and the law enforcement will do nothing, and animal control isn't open on Saturday or Sunday.  Something is wrong with this picture.  So here's a picture... It's not a great one, because I wasn't getting close enough for a glamour shot, but here they are: (their house is the one you can see on the right).

Those owners need to be slapped. 

Later I went to prom.  It was marvelous.  I got to work at the check-in desk and see all the beautiful girls in their dresses and the boys in their tuxes.  I didn't dance, because I realized I didn't know how to dance like kids do these days.  Their dance is more what I'd call buffing the wood.  I did get to embarrass my little buccaneer at the end of the night, and that is always a pleasure. 

What an adventure.