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Dec. 12th, 2017 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
etumukutenyakAll right, let’s close out 2017. The less said, the better, amirite?
Back in February, I started taking the bus to work, because my wrist was hurting badly again (tendinitis, exacerbated by vibrations from driving). That led to perineal tendonitis and lameness that became crippling and painful. So, in desperation, I started riding my bike instead of walking (buses carry bikes), and then I added in a bike ride home. Now, most people would have worked up to an 8 mile ride, but not I! No, no, we hopped on that bike and rode home, along the sidewalk to the trail, up the damn hills and down. I did this until it got too hot for me, sometime in July or August, and then the trail got taken out of use for the new light rail system that is finally going in. I have figured out the new way home, but now it gets dark way too early for my comfort. I put my other bike up on the trainer and ride between 6 and 12 miles as often as possible. No hills, not my comfy seat, but it’s a ride, with sweating, so it counts for something.
I also go to the gym at work, lift weights and ride their stationary bike for 30 minutes, and their units have “hills”, so those are good workouts too.
The wife nagged me for a list of things she could shop to get me a Christmas present. I put together a quick little one: cribbage board, some games, and an X-Box One system — just a range of things, yanno? Now I have to learn how to drive in this X-Box game — it’s not at all like a “real car”, but crashing is fun.
Enough for now, gotta save some for later!
Back in February, I started taking the bus to work, because my wrist was hurting badly again (tendinitis, exacerbated by vibrations from driving). That led to perineal tendonitis and lameness that became crippling and painful. So, in desperation, I started riding my bike instead of walking (buses carry bikes), and then I added in a bike ride home. Now, most people would have worked up to an 8 mile ride, but not I! No, no, we hopped on that bike and rode home, along the sidewalk to the trail, up the damn hills and down. I did this until it got too hot for me, sometime in July or August, and then the trail got taken out of use for the new light rail system that is finally going in. I have figured out the new way home, but now it gets dark way too early for my comfort. I put my other bike up on the trainer and ride between 6 and 12 miles as often as possible. No hills, not my comfy seat, but it’s a ride, with sweating, so it counts for something.
I also go to the gym at work, lift weights and ride their stationary bike for 30 minutes, and their units have “hills”, so those are good workouts too.
The wife nagged me for a list of things she could shop to get me a Christmas present. I put together a quick little one: cribbage board, some games, and an X-Box One system — just a range of things, yanno? Now I have to learn how to drive in this X-Box game — it’s not at all like a “real car”, but crashing is fun.
Enough for now, gotta save some for later!
