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C'est la vie. Wednesday.

Got to work okay. Lecture went very well. Worked in the office and then had a nice lunch with Madeleine. Did some more office work and then went to the gym. I ran 2 miles on the treadmill (22:22) as a prelude to weights. It was my first time on a treadmill and it was a very interesting experience! It took me almost 8 minutes to jack up the speed to a pace where I could run without holding on to something. Even then I kept advancing the pace till I was at a 9 min./mile speed. (Hola!) Makes a big difference to run a steady pace with no hills, no cars, no dogs... I just wonder if it's easier on the joints? It was also kinda fun to have "One Life to Live" on the TV. If it's that funny every day, perhaps I should start watching soaps again....

Advanced to the weight room. This time I wrote down the machines, the reps, the weights, etc. Probably nothing earth-shattering, but I will now more in the morning by the extent of any muscle soreness. I also worked with the stability ball and did some old-fashioned crunches and planks.

Then, I came home. I chopped veggies for some more pasta fixins'--proving for the umpteenth time that the "Slap-Chop" device is a piece of ****. It works decently on sliced onions, but anything else gets stuck up in the works. As much time as it takes to unclocg I would do just as well to chop it all with a knife. All this time I was enagaged in a Facebook correspondence with old friend Dirk. Multi-tasking! I was doing laundry, cooking, and texting all at the same time; can't say for certain I did any of it well.

Cell phone rang some time in the midst of all this. I let it go to Voicemail 'cause we get such lousy reception in here. When I checked later it was Gersch. His first call was in errror, but in his second he said he needed to talk to me so I called. When I did he asked if I was available to work some Saturdays. I said yes, though even as I said it I wondered what Jim's reaction would be--or even how it would fit in with my own training. But that's all in the future. It's an inviting prospect and one I will probably take.

On a somewhat related front: I contacted Regina Williams in Dr. Lane's office regarding a reallocation of our Fall 08 SSFAC funds, and from what I gather so far, we are okay to reallocate however we see fit. Time to place a reorder to champ-sys!!