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judifilksign) wrote2011-07-20 07:58 am
judifilksign) wrote2011-07-20 07:58 am
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Forty one is a number with some weight behind it. I nearly didn't make my trip yesterday, because I was pal-ing around with J, D, M, R and FVM. They fed me a diabetic-friendly pasta, and then I ate not one, but two apple dumplings with Breyers lower carb ice cream.
I didn't swim yesterday. Instead, J took me back to a charity shop where we'd seen a swim suit maybe in my size from an expensive company that has long-lasting chlorine resistant suits. The place does not have changing rooms, but we worked around that by going to the shorts rack and getting some spandex bike shorts which I put on under my skirt, removed my skirt, then tried on suits. The suit was still there, and we ended up buying it, and a pretty lounge around the hotel pool blue and silver one at dirt cheap prices. Thank you J! I hate swim suit shopping, except when I'm with you!
So, even though I got home at the sun was setting, I hopped on the bike and set out in the misty glow. The light seemed to catch the foggy mist and make everything brighter than I'm used to at this time of evening. It was muggy, and I got covered in sweat even before leaving the driveway.
I'd intended to just do a couple or three laps around the neighborhood, but habit took me down the trail (a habitrail?) and I rode to the first road and back within twenty minutes, which is faster than usual for me, especially in heat.
I swerved to avoid a branch, because I worried that having blown one tire, a bumpy branch might do the same to my last ridable bike, and it slithered away from me! It was a black snake, out on the hot blacktop thermoregulating.
I startled a black and white cat, who dashed across the rail road tracks to escape me, then turned around and dashed across the path ahead of me with a racoon chasing it. The racoon, spotting me, veered back toward the tracks and startled a possum, who ran ahead along the tracks and scared an orange cat, who ran towards the path, then veered to go back across the rail road tracks behind me. It was a Keystone Cops kind of moment. I'm sorry I scared them all.
Bugs kept pinging off my helmet and stinging onto my face. No bats out. Maybe the eerie glow kept them away.
On the way back, I kept a sharp lookout for the black snake, but did not see it. In the townlet, a baset hound that used to bark at me every time I passed but has now stopped was baying shortly at something. Looking in his yard, I noted that he was riveted on something in the air, following its progress with his nose in circles. A firefly glowed, and he bayed, jumping for it. Then, he'd sit at attention, following, following, BOOOOWL! I swerved on the uphil and lost my pedal for a moment, it was so cute!
I took our gravel drive at full speed and had a heart-stopping moment when I skidded to the side, but the skid took out most of my speed, so I was able to put my foot down right and stopped without falling.
My blood sugar this morning was 97, which amazed me after my dessert blowout yesterday. Thank you, ride 41. I'm certain you saved me.
I didn't swim yesterday. Instead, J took me back to a charity shop where we'd seen a swim suit maybe in my size from an expensive company that has long-lasting chlorine resistant suits. The place does not have changing rooms, but we worked around that by going to the shorts rack and getting some spandex bike shorts which I put on under my skirt, removed my skirt, then tried on suits. The suit was still there, and we ended up buying it, and a pretty lounge around the hotel pool blue and silver one at dirt cheap prices. Thank you J! I hate swim suit shopping, except when I'm with you!
So, even though I got home at the sun was setting, I hopped on the bike and set out in the misty glow. The light seemed to catch the foggy mist and make everything brighter than I'm used to at this time of evening. It was muggy, and I got covered in sweat even before leaving the driveway.
I'd intended to just do a couple or three laps around the neighborhood, but habit took me down the trail (a habitrail?) and I rode to the first road and back within twenty minutes, which is faster than usual for me, especially in heat.
I swerved to avoid a branch, because I worried that having blown one tire, a bumpy branch might do the same to my last ridable bike, and it slithered away from me! It was a black snake, out on the hot blacktop thermoregulating.
I startled a black and white cat, who dashed across the rail road tracks to escape me, then turned around and dashed across the path ahead of me with a racoon chasing it. The racoon, spotting me, veered back toward the tracks and startled a possum, who ran ahead along the tracks and scared an orange cat, who ran towards the path, then veered to go back across the rail road tracks behind me. It was a Keystone Cops kind of moment. I'm sorry I scared them all.
Bugs kept pinging off my helmet and stinging onto my face. No bats out. Maybe the eerie glow kept them away.
On the way back, I kept a sharp lookout for the black snake, but did not see it. In the townlet, a baset hound that used to bark at me every time I passed but has now stopped was baying shortly at something. Looking in his yard, I noted that he was riveted on something in the air, following its progress with his nose in circles. A firefly glowed, and he bayed, jumping for it. Then, he'd sit at attention, following, following, BOOOOWL! I swerved on the uphil and lost my pedal for a moment, it was so cute!
I took our gravel drive at full speed and had a heart-stopping moment when I skidded to the side, but the skid took out most of my speed, so I was able to put my foot down right and stopped without falling.
My blood sugar this morning was 97, which amazed me after my dessert blowout yesterday. Thank you, ride 41. I'm certain you saved me.
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I'm so happy your numbers were good. Dreamfields pasta really is an important part of our family plan now!
Yay you just pulled into the driveway -- swimming swimming swimming -- yippeeeeeeee
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I bet your blood sugar numbers have been pretty good this whole time you've been riding so much :-) Go you!
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