WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2019
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stats for the day:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 7.06min, 13.3amph, 129mhr, 1.57mi= 83c
apple watch- 62c
bike ride gym 2 hm- 7.48min, 12.3amph, 136mhr, 1.59mi= 113c
apple watch- 80c
bike ride hm 2 dome- 10.16min, 16.1amph, 136mhr, 2.74mi= 97c
apple watch- 85c
bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 14.36min, 12.4amph, 136mhr,3.02mi= 151c
apple watch- 115c
jog station 2 wrk- 4.48min, 144 mhr, 9.44min mi, .49mi= 69c
apple watch- 59c
jog wrk 2 sta- 4.25min, 144mhr, 9.48min mi, .45mi= 69c
apple watch- 58c
Bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.27min, 8.2amph, 143mhr, 2.51mi= 206c
apple watch- 140c
total cal 7884 -
Went to the water class today. The plan for tomorrow is to do Jari Love’s Slim and Lean DVD
Lisa – the only thing I can add to your post is that we all respect each other.
Kirby – happy birthday
KJ – there was this one lady I wanted to unfollow but I couldn’t figure out how to do it so I finally unfriended her. Some of the things she was posting were so out of it, that I couldn’t be bothered to even read them. There were more things that I would like to see but her c*** was taking up so much room. We had a lady talking about the Shingrix vaccine to the Newcomers. The vaccine you got as a kid becomes more and more ineffective the older you get. We got the Shingrix. It comes in two shots and you have to get them something like a minimum of 3 months apart (I forget the exact number, I could be wrong about the “3” part). Now it is in high demand, we were on multiple waiting lists. Neither Vince nor I had any after effects
I have very few “friends” on Facebook. I very seldom post anything. I just like to try to keep abreast of the kids and a few other people. Actually, Facebook was how Eileen, Rita and I reconnected. That’s probably one of the few good things about that
As I was leaving the gym today, this one gal had a birthday cake. Oh..why didn’t I just “walk on by”. She’s 65. Boy, I would never say it to her, but she looks more like 70+. All wrinkly. I’m about to turn 65. I don’t look like that. But on the bright side…I had a VERY small piece, like 4 bites and threw the rest away
Vicki – (((HUGS))))
Put Grumpy in to be fired at ceramics tonight and worked on Sneezy. I really need to get started on the turtle Pete asked me to make him. I say he wants a turtle, Vince said he wants a tortoise. I need to confirm what exactly it is that he wants. He said he wanted it painted like a real turtle. Personally, I think that's boring. His shell will be green, his body green. Well, I'll make the shell using two different shades of green. How boring to have everything green. But that's what he wants
Michele in NC
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Machka - I am envious of your weekend on the farm. How restful with that kitty by the hearth. Bravo on your test results. When will you be finished with your degree?
Lanette
Cool & Rainy SW WA State
Good question!!
I have 5 more courses to go.
I'm taking one this semester (Semester 2) which starts next week.
I would like to take one in the spring/summer session but I'm having trouble finding a suitable course. I need to check it again to see if they've added any. I keep pestering them ... they're probably tired of hearing from me begging for a decent course to be run then.
Then I've got two courses which I have to take which involve creating a project, I think. They'll be in Semester 1 and 2 next year. They're supposed to be taken right near the end. I could have gone two ways with this Masters: Research or Coursework. I opted for Coursework, but I think these two courses are a way of getting the Coursework people to dabble in Research.
And then I hope to be able to find a suitable course in the next spring/summer session.
So ideally, I'd like to be done by Christmas 2020 ... but we'll see. It will depend on those spring/summer sessions and will depend on how heavy those two research/project courses are.
In many ways I wish I could take a spring course and a summer course right away and be done October 2020, but so far, there isn't much potential for that unless they decide to offer something intriguing in Business or Health or similar in the summer.
Machka in Oz2 -
Hi Gals,
Allie – think I missed it – Happy Belated Birthday
Sorry to hear about you being yelled at! Job hunting!
Machka – Your DH has come so far, to handle the pipe burst like a champ, was unthinkable just a short time ago
Sue in tx– Happy birthday ! (also Belated!)
Sue in WA - Huggs
Beth - so sad! Sending hugs and Happy Birthday!!!!
Lisa - I have always wanted to see a firefly – it sounds so amazing.
Rebecca – you looked great in the pictures with grand baby!
Heather – You look amazing! I am not sure what Mom looked like but there is often some family similarity’s
Well I caught up! I ended up reading 34 pages tonight… didn’t get anything else done. Things are really busy here, I’ve added the 5 hours a week at the camp writing grants so that plus the gardening is 15 hours a week 8 other hours with private gardening clients and 30+ hours of my own business – and commuting and …. So when I set it down in writing I understand why I feel like I am busy all the time. It has been a company time too… I had 2 nights of overnight company last week (and I fed them) and two more nights this upcoming week (I’m figuring out meals for them too). My brother is really beginning to slip, I think maybe he was holding on for Kyle (his son) to graduate and to get set up at University. Having him really show how sick he is - is tough on Mom as she was living in denial and this is making the fact that he is dying more real for her. I feel bad for her, but also understand that in some ways this will be a relief.
Kim from N. California
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I'm excited tonight, my oldest daughter (the CPA, yes I'm still saying it, sorry lol) is flying in tomorrow evening and will spend the weekend. We'll get in shopping, eating out and lots of visiting. Trying not to start dreading how quickly the time will fly by.
Love you my dear friends,
Janetr OKC4 -
July Goals
This week
Health
1. Write what I'm grateful for here daily✔️✔️✔️
2. At least 30 min exercise 6 days a week✔️✔️✔️
3.Track all ✔️✔️✔️
4. Five minutes meditation 5 days a week ✔️
5. Average 1100 calories net average✔️✔️
6. Lose 1-2 kilos/month
7. Take measurements every 2 weeks (?) not yet
8. Go to free coaching session not this evening
9. Try one class per week at gym (I had signed up-annual sign up- for the 7 euros a month extra for classes and havent gone since the "zen" stretching classes weren't great.)
10. Use city bike 1x a week (I also signed up many months ago at about 3-4 euros per month, there was no bike free the first time I wanted to use it and I had completely forgotten about it, it's not in my habits). not yet
11. eat fresh leafy greens 4 days a week ✔️
12. try skipping breakfast had breakfast at 10 ✔️✔️
13. less than 50 carbs ✔️x x
Long term writing
14. Spend at least 2h/day on long term writing project averagex x✔️
15. Produce at least 3 rough pages per day average xxx
Home
14. Average at least 15 min/day of cleaning ✔️✔️✔️
Paper
15. Make a list of short term tasks, etc and prioritise them, x
16. Take care of at least 2 short term (1 pagish) writing or administrative task/bill per week not yet
17. Taxes not yet
18. 1 h per week filing not yet
Art
19. 1 hour on art project (other than sketching) per week not yet
Work
20. do one work-related thing per week other than the above, to progress (I have to network and take initiative etc, in my job and I haven't been doing so much since focusing on thesis ) not specifically
Remaining from May to do some day : Make appointment with dentist 2
Grateful:
reasonably good night's sleep
library
summery not-too-hot weather
going away for a few days next week1 -
shingles @KJLaMore I had never heard of shingles vaccine so just googled it here (in France) it says "recommended in France since 2014 for people ages 65-74 to reduce occurrence of shingles but also to reduce the severity and amount of pain if one does get shingles." I have two acquaintances who got shingles, one just over 50 and the other quite young- in her 30s. About 2 years ago, upon coming back from 2 weeks of hiking and during a stressful professional period, my doctor sais she was certain that the bumps on my back were shingles. I never had pain, just itching and great fatigue. I would have wondered if the doctor was wrong but she has a good reputation and doesn't tend to say she's certain when she is not.2
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I'm not feeling good today, mood-wise.
I had breakfast yesterday and went over in calories. I think the weekly average is ok. I wanted to have a light breakfast today, but was out of some breakfast stuff so had a piece of GF quiche loraine.
Yesterday I started to work on my thesis again after a break (I took a break between sending info to teacher on June 17th and getting her feedback on July 5). I can't make sense of what my thesis director writes. she's super-critical, condescending and not very clear and helpful (with the odd minor exception). Today I'm feeling like it's gonna be impossible to make it through with her. It's actually probably useful for me to have the thesis. Some of my colleagues are having trouble getting jobs because they don't have a thesis, which didn't used to be required in my field but now is more and more expected.
Last week she said if it doesn't work out, it's "divorce", and spoke of a rare case where a student didn't get her thesis and failed at the thesis defense. it's worrisome that she bring this up, on the same day she speaks of "divorce" between director and student.
I have heard feedback that she speaks negatively about me. that's bad. they are supposed to support us, in our career, not make it more difficult. it's problematic for such a long term relationship and investment of time and energy. I wanted to change early on but was discouraged from doing so. I had another thesis director previously and it went well with her, but she changed schools (far away) and we all had to change teachers if we didn't want to change schools.
Life feels unmanageable. My home is untidy, I have some unpaid bills, have a hard time getting around to doing stuff. if I spend the day taking care of little stuff I can't progress on thesis. if I work on thesis, everything else gets pushed to the wayside... of course there can be balance...I just feel so discouraged all around;
It seems like a rather disastrous situation and I'm not sure if I can find a new thesis director at this point.
One of my colleagues, who didn't get a full time job after 15 years of adjunct work at half-time (and lower pay), says he's going to stop everything. He has said that to many people. Many understand that he is quitting. When I ask further it's clear that he is talking about committing suicide. He has been staying with friends for the past year, and is 57 and has little retirement money. He says he plans to sell his furniture (has a lot of antique furniture that belonged to his mom) and give the money to his son. He says it would be worse for his adult son that he live and decline and not be able to fend for himself. We had a general plan to meet on Tuesday but not a specific time and place. He didn't answer anymore. I tried contacting him a few times, but we are not very close, and I have no reasonable way of insisting. He was to be staying with a colleague until at least today.
There is a reorganisation of higher education in France at present. They are making federations of different schools, and the hiring laws have changed recently and will continue to change. the recruitment and promotion process is completely new. some colleagues are in great difficulty as, despite their excellant work, they didn't get the tenured job. repeatedly I hear that there is some betrayal, some settling of scores, some power plays (committees getting allies hired and making sure non-allies are not hired/promoted) even in the case of two adorable and very gentle and very competent and involved people. In one example a young outside person was given full professor position and long-term all around more experienced, great employees didn't get full professor positions. It didn't make sense. One is going to contest the recruitment process as apparently there was some irregularity.
I went for acupuncture yesterday for the 1st time in a year. I spoke briefly of weird employer to the acupuncturist. he said I should quit and give private classes. He doesn't realise that it's almost impossible to make a minimal living on private classes. I find it annoying when very well-intentioned people tell you you should quit and get another job, without any knowledge of the job market. I had a falling out with a close friend about that. She is married to a thermal engineer who makes an excellant living. She works on and off and quits when she gets annoyed with an employer and can take half time, low-paying jobs if she wants to. After her umpteenth suggestion that I quit (comparing me to herself), I told her that we don't have the same financial situation, and it's not so easy for a 55 year old person to quit and find a new viable job, which made her furious. She thought I thought of her as some rich, out-of-touch suburban housewife. She's not that rich, but has no financial worries, suburban or not makes no difference to me, and I guess she is out of touch with the reality of situations more precarious than hers.
If I could easily get another comparable job I would. but in fact, I'm like an adjunct teacher with adjunct pay, but with job security. After 6 years of employment it's difficult for them to fire you here. Private classes pay less, no job security, I'd have to regularly hustle to get customers, who can stop or cancel at any moment.
I'll go for a walk and clean a bit and do an errand and work on thesis anyway. usually going for a walk helps a bit.6 -
Hooray!
Two good things happened today!
Firstly the plumber turned up on time to change the thermostat. The one that was there when we moved in was 15 years old and incomprehensible. He was such a charming young man. He realised the one he had brought with him wasn't suitable so went out to the suppliers to get another. Put it in, explained it all very patiently (!) to us old folks, and only charged us £80 for labour. The thermostat was a good one, so not cheap. We were super pleased with his fee and what a personable young man. He will get a good review on Checkatrade.
I think we can understand how to work it!!!!
We have been so lucky in Hove with finding workmen. At our last house they were much more expensive and not so attractive!
I did like my boiler maintenance man there though. As I did in London when I lived there. They must be a special species!
The second good thing was that our box of wine arrived. Phew, what a bother that was! DH has been following it up and complaining like a trooper and it arrived this morning.
So double hoorays today!
We kept up our exercises through all this. The hot water tank and electrics are in the exercise room cupboard, so the nice young man was in and out while we were going for it! I had put a bit more clothing on than I usually wear! :bigsmile:
Might run this pm, but it is quite muggy so might just row indoors.
Two normal days, then DH is off to the cricket for another four days in a row. Oh well.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
Morning ladies~
I am up having my tea and watched Joyce.. im dressed and ready to go.. will feed Alfie and then go walk the dogs and go feed DFIL then run up to companions and homemakers to apply for a job..
will also check into other ones, or might even start my own. dont know if you need licensing or not..
lots of avenues to persue..
working 11-5 today and will go feed DFIL tonight..3 -
Happy Thursday! 2 -
bananas. Hoping your walk will help lift your mood. You are facing lots of challenges, putting your health first and work prioritized is a heavy lift, but I’ve always found a good walk can reset a mood. One step at a time
A puttering day on tap for me today, will work on getting blinds purchased and installed upstairs. As there is no attic fan upstairs, it gets beastly hot so working up there is only manageable in short bursts, like a sauna
Dinner last night (peri peri chicken) was a hit, will grill salmon and serve over greens tonight. Leftover corn will be tossed with black beans, cilantro, lime, and jalapeños to dress up the salmon. No walk with bff today, she got hit with a stomach bug
NYKAREN
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Morning, afternoon and evening, all...
Back to work today, after seven days off. Not exactly a restful seven days, but a few things were accomplished, anyway, both planned and unplanned!
Allie - pleased to see you moving forward to making changes. Being miserable in your working situation is horrible. Many hugs as you make your next decisions.
Heather - isn't it amazing when you get a good feeling about someone who's performing a service for your home? Doesn't hurt when they are also worth looking at!
Kim - good to see you posting, and your schedule sounds exhausting. Looked and looked for ways to cool a house down without air conditioning, and every one of them boiled down to "get a fan." Well, duh. Hope you've cooled a little, and that the grant writing is spectacularly successful.
It's very much a delayed-gratification process, which is not necessarily my strong suit, but it sure is gratifying when you do get the award!
Pip - happy belated birthday to Kirby!
Off to the races. Going to walk the property this morning, get back into my own routine after a chaotic week.
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR4 -
Lisa - are you still doing the rowing? Or is it too hot there at the moment. Sometimes I do need a fan blowing on me, even in England! I like to watch Internet TV programmes while I row in the afternoon.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx2 -
Bananas - I'm curious, is this a French speaking, or English speaking school? The behaviour seems very French (guys who fancy themselves as Casanovas).
Are you fluent in French? Sorry to be curious, but I find your situation very interesting. Must be so stressful for you.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
Heather & Lisa,
I've rowed 3 days in a row now. 16 min, 18 min and 21 min. It's not long, but because I haven't done it consistently, I feel it in my arms and back.
My rowing machine is connected to Concept2's ErgData program which syncs with Strava so that my rowing is included in my Strava data along with my walking, running, and cycling.
I see from Strava that I've rowed 24 times since I got my rowing machine set up on March 23.
Are there any other indoor rowers here?
Machka in Oz2 -
NYKAREN-Sorry about your friend,hope she feels better soon.Tonights supper sounds delicious!
Pip-belated birthday 🎁 to Kirby.
I had difficulty getting on here all day yesterday.FINALLY got a tv,so now I can workout with Shaun t and insanity and my other dvds!!Our other TVs got fried when a bad storm came through about 6 weeks ago.This one is much smaller and the hookup in the back is color coded differently,but I figured it out and I’m good to go.Its going to be Hot and Humid here again.Im off to take care of the beagles,then my plants and head to work.
Debby In Va5 -
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Yes.
But sometimes trauma means that there is a lot of extra work dumped on people. Recovery is not an easy, smooth, straightforward process.
Machka in Oz
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Today will be a day of readying everything for my daughter's visit, I haven't seen her in over a year. Clean linens in guestroom, sparkle up guest bath and and a quick dusting and vacuum of entire house. That may have to suffice as today's workout. We will pick her up at the airport and stop for dinner on the way home. Thankfully the relentless heat and humidity have eased up today. Temperature to reach only 90 degrees, and much lower humidity than the last few days. Thank goodness for central AC.
Have a terrific Thursday my friends,
Janetr OKC4
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