I didn't make it to today's Wednesday meeting. I have too many things to do here at work, etc. But I
will come in some time this week to pay for my food from last week and the fee!
I just wanted you to know I’m on top of it even though I’m not physically there
(well as much as I can be).
I sort of lost track of where I was at in Lose It! this week but
got back on track…and I didn’t do TOO badly… I am now looking at just the
calories and not counting exercise when I think of the calories, but I am
putting the exercise in so I have some way of keeping track. The pedometer is
great on days where I’m just walking (or running, you are NOT going to believe
my adventure this weekend which DID give me lots of PA!!!
And I did not come back to work until TODAY which is why I’m so
under the wire… ANYWAY, on Sunday I was in San Francisco for the Uke Rebellion
– I took BART and a MUNI bus there…and of course it was fun. But then I knew
that Jefferson Starship (members of them anyway) were going to be doing ALL of
Surrealistic Pillow (classic 60s Jefferson airplane album, one of my all-time
FAVES…defining 60’s rock n roll)… at this funky little club called the Razz
near Geary and Van Ness. My friends Steve and Dean didn’t want to go (it cost
like $40 which is kinda spendy, especially for me right now since I was pretty
much down to my last 50 bucks!). so I figured I wouldn’t go. While I was at
Dean’s house on Baker and Grove, his good friend Dave showed up and we watched
the recap of that amazing 49ers game where they were losing and then they got
it back! (we were getting updates while at Uke Rebellion). At about 6:30pm, a
half hour before that Starship show was supposed to happen, I told Dave about
the show and he yelled, “Oh my God, I have to go!!!! Surrealistic Pillow!” So
Dean suggested me and Dave go (I don’t know him too well but Dean does). But we
didn’t have a car to get to Geary and Van Ness as I took BART and he rode his
bike over… so we had to catch a bus to make the show. Dave started RUNNING up
Baker Street yelling, “We gotta hurry to catch the 38 Geary Bus!” I did my best
to follow him really I did. I ran too, UP HILL>..he was sooo crazy because
if we had just gone down to Divasadero a couple of blocks further east, we
would not have hit all those HILLS!!!
This Dave dude kept running and yelling lyrics to songs from
Surrealistic Pillow! I thought for sure I was going to die of a heart attack
following him realizing just how out of shape I am – and he even said he was
going slow for my sake and had a bad knee…GIMME AN EFFING BREAK!!! So anyway,
he kept running and I kept going, but I slowed down…I just couldn’t keep up the
speed. No way! I thought for sure someone would find me lying on the cement
passed out…but somehow I kept going. He made a right and I went straight and I
LOST him! He did not wait for me! He said later he yelled for me, but like he
just wanted to get to the show! So I managed to figure out where I was and
walked (half ran) AN ADDITIONAL four blocks after about 3 quarters of a mile
uphill…but at least this was flat. I JUST missed the 38 Geary bus…it was awful.
Then me and this lady started walking down Geary hoping to make headway to Van
Ness where she was going and we missed ANOTHER bus cuz we couldn’t run fast
enough to get to the next stop! I was pretty distraught and defeated and should
have given up, but I did not. We flagged down an out of service bus and I
begged the driver to get us to Van Ness and he DID IT just for us! Yaaayy for
the nice bus driver! This is TOTAL OLD SCHOOL San Francisco stuff!
So I got to the venue but it was a movie theater 1000 Van
Ness…and finally found out that the club (the Razz which just reopened) was
upstairs…you have to go up all these marble steps but you don’t see them when
you walk in…I RAN up those steps – on PURE ADRENALIN and walked into the night
club. THE opening band was playing but not Starship yet! I was hyper
ventilating as I tried to explain to this usher dude or whomever he was that I
had run a long ways just to get to this show and please let me in…and he did! I
did have to get a ticket though. I pretty much gave him the last of my money
leaving only enough to get home on (this is so old school and nutty, I can’t
believe it). And he gave me one of the best seats in the house right by the
stage, crammed in with all these people dressed up in night club attire…but
this was a 60’s show…what the heck? I was fully in tie-dye as I normally am on
the weekends…I must’ve looked like a crazy hippie chick or something…
The show WAS AMAZING!!! It was worth every single penny and
today is pay day too. I caught up with the guy who left me – he saw me and even
managed to find him a seat close to mine. I even watched his stuff while he
went outside to smoke a bowl on the break politely refusing to smoke one myself
(those days for me are over now…been that way for quite a few years!! Hehe!)…
the sound quality was perfect and I felt like I was a part of San Francisco
history!
Turns out that crazy dude I was following is an ATTORNEY! I kid
you NOT! At first I thought he was BSing me, but after he talked about it for a
few moments, I realized it was the truth…I can tell. I work for lawyers and
have been for many many years. He even knew my role in the office and had it
all down. He’s a litigator from New York… Wow!
So why am I telling you all this? This DIRECTLY relates to my PA
goals! (and by the way, I ate really well that day – I did have a nice meal at
a health food place where I was able to pick out different types of veggie
dishes and the amazing Thai chicken breast which wasn’t bad at all…then after
the show I had a turkey sandwich on rye with no mayo at the famous Tommy’s
Joint…I stayed away from stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc. and etc. I was so
broke I couldn’t even afford a salad…just the sandwich cuz it was CHEAP! And
the dude I was with said he had no extra money. I REALLY felt good about
that – in fact, I didn’t even THINK about food that day! I was thinking, I
DON’T RUN! I actually tell people I don’t run…and I don’t! but I sure did on
Sunday night…it was TOO MUCH of course, way more than what I should’ve
done…pushing beyond all physical limits – beyond what I felt I was even CAPABLE
of doing or handling. Would I do this every day? HECK NO!!! but the lesson here
is that we are capable of more than we think we are!
I took yesterday off, but in reality, I was doing okay
physically…I just needed that extra day. I walked with the baby in the
stroller… and this morning I made the last 30 minutes of aqua aerobics…got
there late but still went. Am I still a little sore from the other night? Yeah
a little…but I actually feel okay now. My knees don’t even hurt today…amazing.
I wonder if I’ll ever be in good enough shape to actually RUN UPHILL like that
dude did! And I found out he’s pretty close to my age too. But he’s not
overweight… I’m still a good 40 pounds overweight (in my opinion).
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