One but not the other
Disappointed with myself. In the past, I remember being able to be really good at one point about counting my calories, but I was slack about exercising. Now, I’m totally motivated to exercise and am out running pretty frequently through the week, but I keep eating too many calories. So instead of losing weight with all the running I’m doing, instead I’ve gained.
I have to stop that…..
Read MoreYou Ever Hear of Rounding Up?
Funny spam comment on my previous post about running:
“I need to know just what Blanche will do about this…”
LOL. Well now I do too, especially since when I saw Blanche I immediately thought of the Golden Girls. Sigh … I love that show.
Today I went out for my normal 5 mile run and I thought, “You know, a 10k is, what? 6.2 miles? That’s not much more than the 5 I usually run. I’m going to do it!” And I did! I ran 6.21 miles and was super stoked. A 10k! Wahoo! The time wasn’t that great (like 58:40) but I did it and it was the first time I ever ran that distance. And I was happy.
And then I loaded my Nike+ onto my computer and pulled up their web site and … it didn’t have my time listed under the 10k place. (There is a part that lists your fastest runs and it separates them by 1 mile, 5k and 10k. The 10k part was still blank). So then I switched the distance measurement on the web site from miles to km to see what was up.
It had me listed as running 9.99k today.
*Facepalm*
Really? 9.99? Seriously? You mean if I had just ran a couple more seconds? I was SO mad. It feels like I didn’t even accomplish the frickin goal! 9.99? Why didn’t I run a few more seconds? I could have! I felt fine!
I guess next time I’ll run 6.22 to be safe.
*grumbles* stupid nike+…..
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I was so annoyed with my 5 mile run times the last two times out, so I went out Saturday on my off day and ran a 5K distance. Ran it in, I think 26:49. That’s my lowest time so far for that distance. Not bad. And then Sunday I went out for my normal 5 mile run. It was still slower than my low time for that distance, but it was just 1 minute slower, as opposed to 2 minutes slower like the previous ones. I guess that’s okay.
I’ve got some slight pain behind my right knee. Not sure what is up with that, but I feel it when I walk around and when I run. I took today off from running so hopefully that pain will go away. I should be grateful that’s the only pain I’ve got. Sunday at about the 3 mile mark, I ran too close to the edge of the pavement and gravel rocks, slipped and almost twisted my ankle. I had to do the crazy arm swinging to catch my balance so I didn’t topple over. I was like a Weeble. Thank God no one was around to see that.
I just ooze coordination, don’t I? lol
Read MoreThis and That
Running:
I did my second 5 mile run in like 44:40 and I was pretty stoked. “Wow, under 45 minutes! Wahoo!” And then my next two five-mile runs I promptly did them 2 minutes slower. Well, that deflated the ego balloon. LOL. I thought I was supposed to improve on my time as I went along, not get worse! Oy. Well, at least I’m still covering the distance!
At least I think I’m covering the distance. I never did calibrate my Nike+ so watch, I’m probably over here thinking I’m covering 5 miles when really I’m covering like 3. Heh.
Ratchet
*Knock on wood* So far, so good.
He actually hasn’t seemed that sleepy on the phenobarbital like we were expecting. He has seemed pretty normal. We have noticed him walking a little funny. Kind of a limp/hitch sometimes with his back legs. We don’t know if maybe the medicine has caused some weakness in his back legs, or maybe he pulled a muscle during his last seizure. Hopefully it’s not him showing signs of hip dysplasia. I mean, he’s got allergies, he’s got epilepsy … let’s at least avoid the hip dysplasia. He needs a break.
On the upside, we stopped giving him Benadryl (for his allergies) when we put him on the phenobarb because we were worried he would just be super sleepy with both drugs. Oddly enough, he hasn’t been nearly as itchy since we stopped giving it to him. So…we were giving him Benadryl because he was really itchy. Then we stop giving it to him and now he’s not scratching much at all. What the? Maybe he’s allergic to Benadryl. LOL. How funny would that be? I dunno, maybe phenobarb helps allergies and we just didn’t know it. Or maybe his scratching was all mental and the phenobarb is supressig the neurons firing off telling him to scratch.
I don’t know why and don’t particularly care. I’m just glad he’s not scratching himself til he bleeds.
Tom Glavine
He’s in the booth right now for the Mets-Braves game. His first away game of the year! He’s filling in for Joe Simpson who is at a family wedding. I get such a kick out of him being in the booth. Is he the best broadcaster out there? No, but I think he does a good job, especially for this being his first year and I think if he keeps it up he could be really good. I really enjoy listening to him. I think he tends to start the games off kind of slow but improves as the game goes along and he settles in. He has really good insight.
Since he’s doing the game in New York, I noticed a couple of Mets people tweeting that they wondered if he would make it through the first inning. (In reference to his last game as a Met back in ’07 when he lasted 1/3 of an inning). I admit, I laughed. Hey, it’s more creative than them bringing up the “not devastated” thing for the millionth time.
The Cats
Dr. Nefarious is curled up asleep beside me at the moment. We’re pretty sure he thinks he’s one of the dogs. He’s constantly trying to hang with them, whether it’s curling up with them on the couch, or following them around the house …. He’s just trying to be one of the boys. And Zoni? Oh, she’s a little lover. She gets in my lap and rubs her head on my chin. So sweet.
We got their last round of shots the other day. Now we just have to get them spayed and neutered. Our vet needs to offer a frequent visitor program or something. I tallied it up and we have spent like $860 at the Vet since mid-July. I’ve kind of had to get a little lax with the due dates on some bills, if you know what I mean. lol.
Clank
Clank is top-notch like always. His new gimmick is standing by the backdoor until you open it. Then he literally walks onto the porch, turns around, comes in and expects a treat. LOL. And yeah..most time he gets one. lol. Hey, he’s so persuasive!
September Is …
Did you know that September is Childhood Cancer Awarness Month? A lot of people don’t know that, though I have noticed more commercials related to it this month, and thank goodness for that.
I don’t personally know a child with cancer, but I’ve followed (and still follow) several websites set up for kids battling the disease. I’ve been following some for over five years so, it kind of feels like I know them personally. Some are now happy and healthy kids entering middle school or high school. Some have overcome the cancer but are now dealing with the after-effects of the chemo and other treatments. Some are still battling the disease and some have passed away. When you follow these kids for so long, you catch a glimpse of it all – the heartbreak, the hope, the humor, the anger, the dispair, the grief, the healing …. I’m always in awe of them — both the kids and their parents and siblings. Because I just have NO idea how they do it. I cannot fathom it.
I’ve added a sidebar badge for CURE, an organization dedicated to Childhood Cancer Research. They are a great organization. If you have the means to donate to them, or would just like to learn more about what they do, be sure to click on it.
Another great organization to check out is CureSearch (www.curesearch.org), also dedicated to Childhood Cancer Research.
Hopefully we’ll reach the day where we see a cure in our lifetime….
Read MoreRatchet’s vet visit
We just got back from the vet. Ratchet was his usual excited self, getting love from everyone. I think he managed to convince the vet tech to give him 3 treats. They all love him there.
Our vet went ahead and wrote him a prescription for phenobarbital. He put him on a normal dose. He said he didn’t feel it was necessary to give him a larger loading dose to start off with (I guess sometimes they give a larger dose at the beginning because it takes awhile to start working). He said he might still have a seizure this first month and that was normal because, again, it takes time for the medicine to get in his system. And he might still have seizures even being on the phenobarb, but the goal was to get it where he was only having maybe 1-2 seizures per year as opposed to one every 2-4 weeks.
He said sometimes young epileptics will outgrow it, and if he is seizure free after 1 or 2 years, he might try decreasing the dose and getting him off of it. Or, he might be on the medicine the rest of his life. Or, the medicine might not work at all and you’d have to increase the dose or look at other medicines, etc.
He mentioned that if the phenobarb didn’t work, he might suggest getting an MRI just to rule out other things, but at this point he didn’t think it was something we needed to do. He’s pretty convinced it’s epilepsy.
We have to go back in 30 days so they can check his levels and they’ll continue to monitor him through blood tests and liver tests while he’s on the phenobarb to make sure everything is good on that front.
Apparently for the first few weeks on it, the vet said he’s going to probably act stoned. Really tired, just laying around, sleep a lot and be hungry all the time. My husband said, “So basically he’s going to be like the beagle (Clank).” The vet laughed and said, “Exactly.” Heh. At least we still have our sense of humor.
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My name's Amanda. I'm 33 years old, am married to my best friend and love animals. I have two dogs - Ratchet and Clank - and two cats - Dr. Nefarious and Zoni. They are awesome. I dabble in freelance webdesign, and I'm also a runner, albeit a kind of slow one. Tom Glavine is my favorite athlete of all-time. 