Yesterday after church Christine came by and with Tyler's help we made our vermi-composters. What is a vermi-composter, you ask? Let me tell you.
Vermi-composting is a cheap, clean, odor-less way to dispose of your organic garbage. "Why dispose of my garbage this way, and not just in my garbage can?", you ask. Well let me tell you.
When too much organic waste goes to the dump, it piles up, which does not allow it to decompose into the soil. This means it just rots openly in the sun, creating a nasty smell and methane gas, which contributes to the destruction of the biosphere, negatively affecting all forms of life (including you, a human!). Seeing as 2/3rds of your garbage can be recylced or vermi-composted, this is completely unnecessary, and, for Christians, a very bad act of neglect when it comes to our charge to be just and loving stewards of the earth.
Now, to the vermi composter. Here's how to do it:
Get two identical mid-sized rubbermaid containers. Drill about 10 holes in the bottom of one of the containers. The holes need not be bigger than 1/4 to 1/8 of an inch. These holes allow air into the composter so that the worms can breathe. :)
Fill the rubbermaid container with the holes with ripped up paper. It's ok if there's ink or crayon on the paper. They'll be ok. It just needs to be a paper "nest".
Add some leaves/foliage to the container.
Add worms.
Put the container in the non-holed container.
Rest the lid on top - but don't seal it too tight because worms like air too.
Then all you have to do is put food waste in it! Banana peels, vegetable waste, that kind of thing. No dairy, no meat. They can have (I think) a quarter pound of food a day. They'll end up eating the paper and stuff too.
"Where do I get worms?" you ask. You'd better just drop me a comment and I'll find out from Christine. However, if you wait for about 3 months my worm population will have doubled and I can set you up.
Worms worms worms! It's fun, and it's a good way to introduce your kids to environmental stewardship early. If our waste can be enjoyed by another organism (and it won't harm that organism), there's no reason not to share - and to keep all the waste out of the landfill that we can. :)
RK
Monday, July 16, 2007
Exercise Log!
Yesterday (Sunday) I swam for 45 minutes before church:
100 m - front crawl
100 m - kick with flutter board
100 m - front crawl
100 m - crawl with no kick
100 m - front crawl
100 m - side kick
50 m - front crawl then 30 sec break
100 m - front crawl then 30 sec break
200 m - front crawl then 30 sec break
50 m - breast stroke cool down
Total distance: 1000 m (1 km)
In our last class we did 1350 in an hour.
Christine and I have our Tri course tonight. We're running so I'm looking forward to that - I didn't run all last week - I guess I took a break after the 10. My left thigh was bugging me.
I find my back feels awesome after all this swimming, and it was really giving me some grief before I started. If your back hurts, go swim! It's cheaper than massages. :)
100 m - front crawl
100 m - kick with flutter board
100 m - front crawl
100 m - crawl with no kick
100 m - front crawl
100 m - side kick
50 m - front crawl then 30 sec break
100 m - front crawl then 30 sec break
200 m - front crawl then 30 sec break
50 m - breast stroke cool down
Total distance: 1000 m (1 km)
In our last class we did 1350 in an hour.
Christine and I have our Tri course tonight. We're running so I'm looking forward to that - I didn't run all last week - I guess I took a break after the 10. My left thigh was bugging me.
I find my back feels awesome after all this swimming, and it was really giving me some grief before I started. If your back hurts, go swim! It's cheaper than massages. :)
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Kicking Horse & Aboriginals
You'll never guess what I found on campus: KICKING HORSE COFFEE!!!!! YAY! Now I can drink organic, fairly-traded coffee on campus. This is a great discovery.
I also came to a stunning realization the other day when talking to/emailing my brother. In my Women & Religion class, there is an aboriginal lady. This is officially the first aboriginal person I have ever taken a class with in my bazillion years at U of C. She's a middle aged lady, I don't really know what her story is. She's got the accent and everything, so it's not like my Indian husband who grew up in Calgary. Question to U grads: Have any of you gone to school with aboriginal persons? Lyden hadn't. I'm just wondering.
It's only noteworthy because basically I've gone to school with every other nationality/race, but this is the first aboriginal.
Why do I feel racist? I'm not being racist! Seriously!
RK
I also came to a stunning realization the other day when talking to/emailing my brother. In my Women & Religion class, there is an aboriginal lady. This is officially the first aboriginal person I have ever taken a class with in my bazillion years at U of C. She's a middle aged lady, I don't really know what her story is. She's got the accent and everything, so it's not like my Indian husband who grew up in Calgary. Question to U grads: Have any of you gone to school with aboriginal persons? Lyden hadn't. I'm just wondering.
It's only noteworthy because basically I've gone to school with every other nationality/race, but this is the first aboriginal.
Why do I feel racist? I'm not being racist! Seriously!
RK
swimming and midterms
Well, yesterday evening was the second bout of triathlon swim training. I will say - it felt less brutal than Monday. Only 4 of the 8 in the class showed up, so there was more one-on-one with "coach" which was good, cause he was fixing our strokes. It turns out that I'm just an endurance girl - I was most content when we did our endurance exercises. Perhaps it's just from learning to put myself in "endurance mode" from running. I still find myself near hyperventilation from time to time - just getting used to the whole breathing thing is taking some work, but I'm getting it. I might go all by myself tomorrow, if I have time. Christine and I are going Sunday morning before church too.
So, I had my midterm in art history today, or as he calls it "test 1". There's only "test 1" and "test 2", so really, it's a midterm, but whatever. It's worth 50%. I thought I did pretty good on questions 2 and 3 (each worth 125 points), but I was pretty confused by question 1 (75 points) and question 4 (200 points). Question 1 looked absolutely unlike anything we had even remotely seen up to this point, so that was just random and hard. Question 4 was also very unlike anything we had studied thus far - I understood who the main characters were (Mary and baby Jesus, Elizabeth and John the Baptist), but WHERE they were was totally confusing and why they were surrounded by warrior saints was also quite random. I just made a bunch of stuff up on that. Maybe I'll get points for effort. The thing is, I studied lots for this, AND I haven't missed a single class, so if I didn't get it, then I'm probably not the only one.
I'm sure everyone bombed those question, so go team curve-the-grades! Hopefully it works out in my favor.
Tomorrow we're off to see Harry Potter in the IMAX!!!!! It should be pretty fun - me & Tyler and Lyden & Erin. That'll be pretty super awesome, if I do say so myself.
Well, time to get some reading done...
RK
So, I had my midterm in art history today, or as he calls it "test 1". There's only "test 1" and "test 2", so really, it's a midterm, but whatever. It's worth 50%. I thought I did pretty good on questions 2 and 3 (each worth 125 points), but I was pretty confused by question 1 (75 points) and question 4 (200 points). Question 1 looked absolutely unlike anything we had even remotely seen up to this point, so that was just random and hard. Question 4 was also very unlike anything we had studied thus far - I understood who the main characters were (Mary and baby Jesus, Elizabeth and John the Baptist), but WHERE they were was totally confusing and why they were surrounded by warrior saints was also quite random. I just made a bunch of stuff up on that. Maybe I'll get points for effort. The thing is, I studied lots for this, AND I haven't missed a single class, so if I didn't get it, then I'm probably not the only one.
I'm sure everyone bombed those question, so go team curve-the-grades! Hopefully it works out in my favor.
Tomorrow we're off to see Harry Potter in the IMAX!!!!! It should be pretty fun - me & Tyler and Lyden & Erin. That'll be pretty super awesome, if I do say so myself.
Well, time to get some reading done...
RK
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
damn Stampede!
Those of you who know me know that I detest the Calgary Stampede. So you can imagine my unbelievable rage at hearing that the Gov of Canada and Gov of AB are both putting $15 million toward the Stampede. THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS. HOW IS THIS NECESSARY?
Seriously.
We have a housing crisis because there is no affordable housing. Should we throw some money towards that to pretend we care? Maybe build some more affordable housing? Nah, let's put the money toward another casino near the Calgary Stampede grounds. Then gambling addicts can continue to bankrupt their families and we can have more people living on the streets.
We're building a new hospital in the south of Calgary. Do we have anyone to work at the hospital? No, but maybe magically some people would show up by the time it's done. Should we put some money toward recruiting and training more medical staff? No, let's build some more bars near the Calgary Stampede, so that the 90-95% of patients admitted to the trauma ward of the hospital due to alcohol and drug related incidents can continue to put a strain on the Calgary Health Region.
We have troops dying in Afghanistan very regularly as of late. Should we put more money toward the military, so that we might have some equipment that works and perhaps some robots to go forth on the roads and detonate the bombs before our troops do? Nah, let's put the money toward the Calgary Stampede.
Will I vote for Stephen Harper in the next election? I sure will. Who else am I going to vote for? Stephane Dion? I'd sooner elect my cat. (No, I don't have a cat). Jack Leighton? He thinks it's a good idea for national security to pull all troops out immediately. I don't think so. Elizabeth May? What does she even stand for? I like the idea of voting green, but I have no idea what she'd actually DO if she took the government.
Would I want any of those turds going to the G8 representing me? Of course not. Stephen Harper is the most well spoken Canadian politician, and he's the only person who has seemed to get anything done in Ottawa. I like him. But I'm more than a little annoyed with this $15 mil from the Cdn Gov going to the Stampede.
Will I vote conservative in the next AB election? With the way things are going under ol' Eddie, I doubt it. Especially after this waste of funds toward the Stampede.
DAMN STAMPEDE!
I feel better now. :)
RK
Seriously.
We have a housing crisis because there is no affordable housing. Should we throw some money towards that to pretend we care? Maybe build some more affordable housing? Nah, let's put the money toward another casino near the Calgary Stampede grounds. Then gambling addicts can continue to bankrupt their families and we can have more people living on the streets.
We're building a new hospital in the south of Calgary. Do we have anyone to work at the hospital? No, but maybe magically some people would show up by the time it's done. Should we put some money toward recruiting and training more medical staff? No, let's build some more bars near the Calgary Stampede, so that the 90-95% of patients admitted to the trauma ward of the hospital due to alcohol and drug related incidents can continue to put a strain on the Calgary Health Region.
We have troops dying in Afghanistan very regularly as of late. Should we put more money toward the military, so that we might have some equipment that works and perhaps some robots to go forth on the roads and detonate the bombs before our troops do? Nah, let's put the money toward the Calgary Stampede.
Will I vote for Stephen Harper in the next election? I sure will. Who else am I going to vote for? Stephane Dion? I'd sooner elect my cat. (No, I don't have a cat). Jack Leighton? He thinks it's a good idea for national security to pull all troops out immediately. I don't think so. Elizabeth May? What does she even stand for? I like the idea of voting green, but I have no idea what she'd actually DO if she took the government.
Would I want any of those turds going to the G8 representing me? Of course not. Stephen Harper is the most well spoken Canadian politician, and he's the only person who has seemed to get anything done in Ottawa. I like him. But I'm more than a little annoyed with this $15 mil from the Cdn Gov going to the Stampede.
Will I vote conservative in the next AB election? With the way things are going under ol' Eddie, I doubt it. Especially after this waste of funds toward the Stampede.
DAMN STAMPEDE!
I feel better now. :)
RK
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Triathlon-tastic!
Last night Christine and I started our triathlon course. It was HARD! I didn't know what to expect, but I was nervous.
Upon arrival, we all had to take our bikes upstairs and set them up on stationary stands. Then it was pool time. We swam for 45 minutes straight! I was dying! After two lengths I was pretty ready to be done. It was great though - our "coach" had us do a bunch of drills which really helped my front stroke a lot. I thought my cardio was good but suffice it to say that it will be much better after these classes. He's adding an hour on Wednesday evenings as well, but it's just swimming which is nice; no negotiating stairs with the bike.
After the swim we had to change real quick and get upstairs for the bike, which was another 45 minutes. It was PAINFUL! Next Monday we'll be doing running, so at least I'm stronger in that.
So, I'm back to the pool on Wednesday, and Christine and I are going to endeavour to go again on Sunday as well. Apparently we're supposed to swim 3x a week, bike 2x a week, and run 2x a week. I'll be running more than that because the half marathon is August 12 (the tri is August 26th). At this point I'm least concerned about the biking - isn't that funny? I thought that'd be the worst thing. We'll see how it all pans out.
RK
Upon arrival, we all had to take our bikes upstairs and set them up on stationary stands. Then it was pool time. We swam for 45 minutes straight! I was dying! After two lengths I was pretty ready to be done. It was great though - our "coach" had us do a bunch of drills which really helped my front stroke a lot. I thought my cardio was good but suffice it to say that it will be much better after these classes. He's adding an hour on Wednesday evenings as well, but it's just swimming which is nice; no negotiating stairs with the bike.
After the swim we had to change real quick and get upstairs for the bike, which was another 45 minutes. It was PAINFUL! Next Monday we'll be doing running, so at least I'm stronger in that.
So, I'm back to the pool on Wednesday, and Christine and I are going to endeavour to go again on Sunday as well. Apparently we're supposed to swim 3x a week, bike 2x a week, and run 2x a week. I'll be running more than that because the half marathon is August 12 (the tri is August 26th). At this point I'm least concerned about the biking - isn't that funny? I thought that'd be the worst thing. We'll see how it all pans out.
RK
Sunday, July 08, 2007
10 km finishing time
Today was the 10 km race. I did it in 1:16. My goal was not to walk. I was hoping after my last 5k to do the 10 in an hour, but after training I realized that was an unrealistic goal, so I revised it to 1:10. The first 4 km were pretty painful, but then I got into a good groove. Once in my groove, something very unexpected happened! - I made a friend.
Her name was Emma, and she was 10 years old. I was running by her, and I mentioned that she was pretty awesome, running the race. Well, she ended up passing me, but once she realized she did she looked back and waited. It looked like we were running together!
I got a bit of her story - her mom and 11 year old brother were "slow runners", so they were behind us, and her dad was fast, and he ran ahead. She has already run a couple of 4 km races. She was extremely cute, and we had some great conversation for the last 6 km. She ran a little slower than I wanted to, but I realized when we got to the end that we were going at a very achievable 21.1 race pace. So hopefully I can find that again.
All in all, it was a good run. The weather was nice and cool, and I had good company. :) After her dad finished his race, he came back and ran the last km with Emma and me - he thanked me for running with her, but I said it was my pleasure, and that she paced me really well! They seemed like a great little family, even though I didn't meet the mom or brother. She talked a lot about her mom, which I thought was really cool. I guess they're right about that whole "same-sex-parent-being-the-biggest-influence-on-children" thing. - Guess I have some soul-work to do before we have kids...
RK
Her name was Emma, and she was 10 years old. I was running by her, and I mentioned that she was pretty awesome, running the race. Well, she ended up passing me, but once she realized she did she looked back and waited. It looked like we were running together!
I got a bit of her story - her mom and 11 year old brother were "slow runners", so they were behind us, and her dad was fast, and he ran ahead. She has already run a couple of 4 km races. She was extremely cute, and we had some great conversation for the last 6 km. She ran a little slower than I wanted to, but I realized when we got to the end that we were going at a very achievable 21.1 race pace. So hopefully I can find that again.
All in all, it was a good run. The weather was nice and cool, and I had good company. :) After her dad finished his race, he came back and ran the last km with Emma and me - he thanked me for running with her, but I said it was my pleasure, and that she paced me really well! They seemed like a great little family, even though I didn't meet the mom or brother. She talked a lot about her mom, which I thought was really cool. I guess they're right about that whole "same-sex-parent-being-the-biggest-influence-on-children" thing. - Guess I have some soul-work to do before we have kids...
RK
Thursday, July 05, 2007
proudly eco-feminist
I'm coming out of the closet: I am proudly eco-feminist.
What is ecofeminism, you ask?
The best way to trace ecofeminism, and specifically spiritual eco-feminism is to explain it this way:
In the 1960s there was the birth of Liberation Theology. Liberation Theology believes that God loves the poor, the oppressed, and the orphans. Pretty Biblical. Liberation was born in South America when a group of nuns and priests fought for the liberation of these people.
Following this was the birth of 3 expressions of Liberation Theologies:
1. Black Theology
-led by Martin Luther King Jr.
-tied to the Civil Rights Movement
-belief that God loves black people just as much as white people, and that they are regarded as equal in God's sight, and that therefore they should be treated equally on earth (as it is in heaven!).
-belief that white people have oppressed black people for centuries, and that religion has largely kept slavery alive (this is quite factual).
2. Feminist Theology
-belief that God loves women as much as men
-belief that women are equally capable to serve God as men
-belief that men have oppressed women in religion for centuries.
3. Eco-theology
-belief that the environment has an inherent right to life because God blessed it and said it was good, EVEN BEFORE man was created. Therefore the environment has worth even before it can be used by humankind.
-belief that religion must shift from a focus on dominating nature to caring compassionately for nature.
Now, imagine that feminist and eco-theology breed. Their child is Eco-feminist theology:
-The earth and women have been similarly dominated by men and women alike.
-The earth and women have an inherent right to life
-We must do protect the earth's right to life and freedom, as we have protected the rights and freedoms of women and their inherent goodness.
More on this later.
What is ecofeminism, you ask?
The best way to trace ecofeminism, and specifically spiritual eco-feminism is to explain it this way:
In the 1960s there was the birth of Liberation Theology. Liberation Theology believes that God loves the poor, the oppressed, and the orphans. Pretty Biblical. Liberation was born in South America when a group of nuns and priests fought for the liberation of these people.
Following this was the birth of 3 expressions of Liberation Theologies:
1. Black Theology
-led by Martin Luther King Jr.
-tied to the Civil Rights Movement
-belief that God loves black people just as much as white people, and that they are regarded as equal in God's sight, and that therefore they should be treated equally on earth (as it is in heaven!).
-belief that white people have oppressed black people for centuries, and that religion has largely kept slavery alive (this is quite factual).
2. Feminist Theology
-belief that God loves women as much as men
-belief that women are equally capable to serve God as men
-belief that men have oppressed women in religion for centuries.
3. Eco-theology
-belief that the environment has an inherent right to life because God blessed it and said it was good, EVEN BEFORE man was created. Therefore the environment has worth even before it can be used by humankind.
-belief that religion must shift from a focus on dominating nature to caring compassionately for nature.
Now, imagine that feminist and eco-theology breed. Their child is Eco-feminist theology:
-The earth and women have been similarly dominated by men and women alike.
-The earth and women have an inherent right to life
-We must do protect the earth's right to life and freedom, as we have protected the rights and freedoms of women and their inherent goodness.
brief update
This Sunday is the HSBC 10 km race. I'm pretty ... excited? Let's say excited. Let's say excitement mixed with fear.
My training has been going fine, every time I go out for a run I go for at least 45 minutes, usually closer to an hour, and I'm running in the awful heat. I'm getting pretty damn tired of watching and listening to weather forecasts that say "OH, what glorious weather!" My foot! Are YOU running out in the blazing sun and 30 degree temperature? If so, you would realize that it's not glorious at all. AT ALL!
The good news is, according to my pal Todd Gallant on the morning news it's supposed to cool down this weekend. So, here's hoping for the normal 10 degree rainy day for race day.
In triathlon news, Christine and I start our triathlon training class on Monday. That's just going to be a good time. I'm going to look like a silly goose.
And no, I haven't started swimming yet. Next week? Let's hope for next week. I'm going to do the goggles and even the swim cap. Sexy.
I got a whopping B- in Art History 203, I guess that's fine. It was fine considering the circumstances. But I suppose I always say that. I haven't got the RELS mark back yet.
Tonight is the wrap up bbq for Focus 3 year 1. That should be fun times. It's been nice not having to worry about the F3 homework. I have already been having nightmares about choir in the fall so I should get organizing for that. mmmmmm organization.
In computer news, Tyler and I have a macbook now. In nerdy news, I had to ask a girl in my art history class (who had an iBook) to show me how to use said macbook. Now I have made a friend. This is a fairly major accomplishment for me. I'm enjoying the macbook but I seriously question whether I will ever understand how to use it as well as a pc. Perhaps in time. It's got a 3 year warranty and I expect it to last at least as long.
Well well - my number is almost up at the U of C service stop, which means it'll be back to the books for me....
RK
My training has been going fine, every time I go out for a run I go for at least 45 minutes, usually closer to an hour, and I'm running in the awful heat. I'm getting pretty damn tired of watching and listening to weather forecasts that say "OH, what glorious weather!" My foot! Are YOU running out in the blazing sun and 30 degree temperature? If so, you would realize that it's not glorious at all. AT ALL!
The good news is, according to my pal Todd Gallant on the morning news it's supposed to cool down this weekend. So, here's hoping for the normal 10 degree rainy day for race day.
In triathlon news, Christine and I start our triathlon training class on Monday. That's just going to be a good time. I'm going to look like a silly goose.
And no, I haven't started swimming yet. Next week? Let's hope for next week. I'm going to do the goggles and even the swim cap. Sexy.
I got a whopping B- in Art History 203, I guess that's fine. It was fine considering the circumstances. But I suppose I always say that. I haven't got the RELS mark back yet.
Tonight is the wrap up bbq for Focus 3 year 1. That should be fun times. It's been nice not having to worry about the F3 homework. I have already been having nightmares about choir in the fall so I should get organizing for that. mmmmmm organization.
In computer news, Tyler and I have a macbook now. In nerdy news, I had to ask a girl in my art history class (who had an iBook) to show me how to use said macbook. Now I have made a friend. This is a fairly major accomplishment for me. I'm enjoying the macbook but I seriously question whether I will ever understand how to use it as well as a pc. Perhaps in time. It's got a 3 year warranty and I expect it to last at least as long.
Well well - my number is almost up at the U of C service stop, which means it'll be back to the books for me....
RK
Saturday, June 30, 2007
last day
Today is (finally) the last day of school stuff for spring semester. My Christian eco-feminism paper is due today - just "today", so I'm assuming 11:30 pm still counts. Truth be told, I'm trying to get it done by the time Tyler gets home at around 4. Yes, that's right, Tyler's working the long weekend (no surprises there). He refuses to work Sunday, so we'll get that day together but Monday he'll be working. That will be my first real day off in around 6 weeks. That's not good. The Saturday school thing really threw me for a loop and my normal day off just went out the window. So, I'll enjoy my Monday. Thankfully, summer semester does not include Saturday classes so I'll get that day back.
I've already read 15 articles for this eco-feminism paper, so that's good. I'll bibliography it up, and then I guess I'll get writing ... writing is usually the easy part.
RK
I've already read 15 articles for this eco-feminism paper, so that's good. I'll bibliography it up, and then I guess I'll get writing ... writing is usually the easy part.
RK
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
all sorted
Well, I spent an hour at the U of C "service stop" yesterday, but not all my courses are sorted out. In the home stretch! After Saturday I have 9 courses to go. Pretty crazy.
Monday, June 25, 2007
A day in the life...
Do you ever wonder how other people spend their days? Do you ever sit around, just obsessing about me, wondering what I'm doing at every living moment? No? Oh.
Well I'm still going to blog my day. I MAY even take pictures but I will not guarantee you anything!
6:00 am - the alarm goes off. The alarm always goes off at 6 am. We never get up at 6 am.
6:20 am - Tyler mentions to me that it's 6:20. I grunt something in return.
6:30 am - Tyler asks me if I'm going to get up and have a shower with him (sorry for that image). I grunt something in return.
6:40 am - the alarm goes off, yet again (brutal). What kind of alarm, you ask? The loud beeping type, not talk radio or anything nice. Loud beeping. Tyler sleeps through anything else.
6:50 am - Tyler gets out of bed. I vaguely think about how the world is so cruel to have any time before 8:30 am. He's in the bathroom. I wait until he gets the shower going. I drag myself out of bed.
7:07 am - we leave the house. Impressive! We had planned 7:00 am, so only 7 minutes late, considering a 6:30 get-up time would have been preferred, was a victory.
7:30 am - Between 7:07 and 7:30 we managed to go to this great place called Gabz - Tyler goes there every morning for his coffee and muffin. The reason we had to leave before 7:15 was because I wanted a breakfast bagel, and that takes them a little longer to make. The breakfast bagel was delicious. It's so nice (and unusual) to get food out that is fresh and made with real egg and not like some weird egg concoction from a milk carton, you know? This place is owned by some French guy, and they bake everything fresh in there - croissants, breads of all different kinds, pretzels, everything. They're AMAZING. They make great cookies too. I got my coffee (in my mug from home - DON'T USE PAPER CUPS! IT'S A WASTE OF EARTH'S RESOURCES! *SCOWL*), my breakfast bagel; Tyler got his coffee and a breakfast english muffin. I dropped him off at work at 7:30. "Why did you drop him off?" you ask. Well, because he didn't work Friday because we had Scott's wedding, but people at work needed "his" van.
7:50 am - that's my guess at the time. I got home. I put away some dishes that Tyler washed yesterday evening. I got a big glass of water, I checked my 3 email accounts (one for work, one that I use all the time, and my old one because the university sends me mail there), and I checked my blogs. Then I wrote this post, and now it's 8. I'll let you know how things progress.
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8:00-8:40 am Upon the realization that today is registration day for fall and winter courses, I search online and choose my courses. I can't register until 12:00 pm (that's my "online appointment") but at least I know what I'm doing. It should be ok.
8:40-9:00 am Put on a load of laundry, made the bed, decided what was for dinner, made a short grocery list, took out some frozen chicken for dinner, got a snack (cherries). Got settled in on the couch to start reading articles for my research paper on Christian eco-feminism (it's due tomorrow - bah - thought about how tired I am!)
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9:00-9:45 am Read an article entitled "Ecology of Religion", and ate lots of cherries. Mmm, cherries. Tyler picked them up at a fruit stand on his way home from working in Kelowna last week.
9:45-11:00 am Napped - I had that eye-sting-ing feeling that happens when you've had too little sleep, and I realized that I was reading every paragraph multiple times to understand, so it was nap time. I only intended it to be 45 minutes, but as usual I slept through my alarm. Felt much better upon awakening.
11:00-11:50 am Got started on an article entitled "Women's Studies in Religion"
11:50-12:00 pm Checked work email, corresponded with my "boss" regarding some weeks I'll be away and worked on setting up a meeting. Made coffee. Mmmm.... coffee. Contemplated lunch.
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12:00-12:15 The incompetence of U of C continues. As my delicious Kicking Horse organic, shade-grown, fairly traded & delicious coffee brewed, I applied for my Fall and Winter courses.
-Initiate Rant-
I got into all of my religious studies courses, but the two music courses (for my MUSIC degree) rejected me saying I didn't have the prerequisites. My foot! Of course I have the pre-requisites. I need these two stupid courses to graduate. I sent an email to my advisor, but of course she's on mat leave, so then I forwarded it to the email her out of office message recommended. This email address doesn't have a name attached to it, because of course that would involve some level of accountability. BAH! I have never not had a problem with getting into music courses. This is my 5th (or 6th? eek) year of this. At least it's my last one. It just seems that all of the sub-par admin workers have been sent to the music department to work.
-End Rant-
So, Fall:
my music history course when they let me in - Classical and Romantic music
"New Religious Movements" with Irving Hexham
"Recent Religious Thought" with somebody Joy. I haven't had her or Hexham before but I suspect I'll like Hexham very much from reports from others. My music course will be painful because it's with DeLong and he's unbearable.
Winter:
more music history - Late Romantic and Modern Music, with some guy I've never studied with
"Council/Canon/Creed" with Anne Moore - that'l l be a great time
"Advanced Studies in New Religious Movements" with Irving Hexham
"Intro to Women's Studies" with someone I don't know. I needed a 200 level non-music course, so there you are.
I'm still contemplating lunch...
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12:15-12:52 - Ranted to Tyler about the U of C stuff, decided on a hot dog for lunch (mm mmm nutrition!), started reading an article entitled "Women's Studies in Religion"
12:52 - the power went out! Great. I silenced the stupid carbon monoxide detector that goes all nuts whenever there's a change in power and lit some candles, including the 5 "emergency candles" that was one of Lyden's gift to us for Christmas. We knew they'd come in handly! Continued reading my "Women's Studies in Religion" article.
1:42 - After almost an hour in the dark, the power came back on! Brilliant. Finished reading the "Women's Studies in Religion" article, (it was loooong), checked work email - just more spam. Boo to spam!
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1:42-4:00 - Research, research, research! I had given in to the fact that I was not going to get my F3 homework done for tonight and would have to go from memory, but I still decided to email my prof and ask for an extension on my paper. I could hand something in tomorrow, but even with an extra day it could be oh so much BETTER. Well, I got my email in reply - extension until Saturday! Yay!!! I've narrowed my focus to "Rosemary Radford Ruether & Christian eco-feminism", rather than just Christian eco-feminism on its own. I am VERY enjoying this research.
My friend Marilyn called so we ended up talking for a while - 20 minutes perhaps? That was good because I was waiting for some documents to print anyway, and was planning on a short break. After collecting and printing the last of the articles found online, I'm now off to Safeway for groceries. It's pretty rainy...should I wear my rain jacket or drive? Hmmmmmmm.
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Well I'm still going to blog my day. I MAY even take pictures but I will not guarantee you anything!
6:00 am - the alarm goes off. The alarm always goes off at 6 am. We never get up at 6 am.
6:20 am - Tyler mentions to me that it's 6:20. I grunt something in return.
6:30 am - Tyler asks me if I'm going to get up and have a shower with him (sorry for that image). I grunt something in return.
6:40 am - the alarm goes off, yet again (brutal). What kind of alarm, you ask? The loud beeping type, not talk radio or anything nice. Loud beeping. Tyler sleeps through anything else.
6:50 am - Tyler gets out of bed. I vaguely think about how the world is so cruel to have any time before 8:30 am. He's in the bathroom. I wait until he gets the shower going. I drag myself out of bed.
7:07 am - we leave the house. Impressive! We had planned 7:00 am, so only 7 minutes late, considering a 6:30 get-up time would have been preferred, was a victory.
7:30 am - Between 7:07 and 7:30 we managed to go to this great place called Gabz - Tyler goes there every morning for his coffee and muffin. The reason we had to leave before 7:15 was because I wanted a breakfast bagel, and that takes them a little longer to make. The breakfast bagel was delicious. It's so nice (and unusual) to get food out that is fresh and made with real egg and not like some weird egg concoction from a milk carton, you know? This place is owned by some French guy, and they bake everything fresh in there - croissants, breads of all different kinds, pretzels, everything. They're AMAZING. They make great cookies too. I got my coffee (in my mug from home - DON'T USE PAPER CUPS! IT'S A WASTE OF EARTH'S RESOURCES! *SCOWL*), my breakfast bagel; Tyler got his coffee and a breakfast english muffin. I dropped him off at work at 7:30. "Why did you drop him off?" you ask. Well, because he didn't work Friday because we had Scott's wedding, but people at work needed "his" van.
7:50 am - that's my guess at the time. I got home. I put away some dishes that Tyler washed yesterday evening. I got a big glass of water, I checked my 3 email accounts (one for work, one that I use all the time, and my old one because the university sends me mail there), and I checked my blogs. Then I wrote this post, and now it's 8. I'll let you know how things progress.
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8:00-8:40 am Upon the realization that today is registration day for fall and winter courses, I search online and choose my courses. I can't register until 12:00 pm (that's my "online appointment") but at least I know what I'm doing. It should be ok.
8:40-9:00 am Put on a load of laundry, made the bed, decided what was for dinner, made a short grocery list, took out some frozen chicken for dinner, got a snack (cherries). Got settled in on the couch to start reading articles for my research paper on Christian eco-feminism (it's due tomorrow - bah - thought about how tired I am!)
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9:00-9:45 am Read an article entitled "Ecology of Religion", and ate lots of cherries. Mmm, cherries. Tyler picked them up at a fruit stand on his way home from working in Kelowna last week.
9:45-11:00 am Napped - I had that eye-sting-ing feeling that happens when you've had too little sleep, and I realized that I was reading every paragraph multiple times to understand, so it was nap time. I only intended it to be 45 minutes, but as usual I slept through my alarm. Felt much better upon awakening.
11:00-11:50 am Got started on an article entitled "Women's Studies in Religion"
11:50-12:00 pm Checked work email, corresponded with my "boss" regarding some weeks I'll be away and worked on setting up a meeting. Made coffee. Mmmm.... coffee. Contemplated lunch.
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12:00-12:15 The incompetence of U of C continues. As my delicious Kicking Horse organic, shade-grown, fairly traded & delicious coffee brewed, I applied for my Fall and Winter courses.
-Initiate Rant-
I got into all of my religious studies courses, but the two music courses (for my MUSIC degree) rejected me saying I didn't have the prerequisites. My foot! Of course I have the pre-requisites. I need these two stupid courses to graduate. I sent an email to my advisor, but of course she's on mat leave, so then I forwarded it to the email her out of office message recommended. This email address doesn't have a name attached to it, because of course that would involve some level of accountability. BAH! I have never not had a problem with getting into music courses. This is my 5th (or 6th? eek) year of this. At least it's my last one. It just seems that all of the sub-par admin workers have been sent to the music department to work.
-End Rant-
So, Fall:
my music history course when they let me in - Classical and Romantic music
"New Religious Movements" with Irving Hexham
"Recent Religious Thought" with somebody Joy. I haven't had her or Hexham before but I suspect I'll like Hexham very much from reports from others. My music course will be painful because it's with DeLong and he's unbearable.
Winter:
more music history - Late Romantic and Modern Music, with some guy I've never studied with
"Council/Canon/Creed" with Anne Moore - that'l l be a great time
"Advanced Studies in New Religious Movements" with Irving Hexham
"Intro to Women's Studies" with someone I don't know. I needed a 200 level non-music course, so there you are.
I'm still contemplating lunch...
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12:15-12:52 - Ranted to Tyler about the U of C stuff, decided on a hot dog for lunch (mm mmm nutrition!), started reading an article entitled "Women's Studies in Religion"
12:52 - the power went out! Great. I silenced the stupid carbon monoxide detector that goes all nuts whenever there's a change in power and lit some candles, including the 5 "emergency candles" that was one of Lyden's gift to us for Christmas. We knew they'd come in handly! Continued reading my "Women's Studies in Religion" article.
1:42 - After almost an hour in the dark, the power came back on! Brilliant. Finished reading the "Women's Studies in Religion" article, (it was loooong), checked work email - just more spam. Boo to spam!
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1:42-4:00 - Research, research, research! I had given in to the fact that I was not going to get my F3 homework done for tonight and would have to go from memory, but I still decided to email my prof and ask for an extension on my paper. I could hand something in tomorrow, but even with an extra day it could be oh so much BETTER. Well, I got my email in reply - extension until Saturday! Yay!!! I've narrowed my focus to "Rosemary Radford Ruether & Christian eco-feminism", rather than just Christian eco-feminism on its own. I am VERY enjoying this research.
My friend Marilyn called so we ended up talking for a while - 20 minutes perhaps? That was good because I was waiting for some documents to print anyway, and was planning on a short break. After collecting and printing the last of the articles found online, I'm now off to Safeway for groceries. It's pretty rainy...should I wear my rain jacket or drive? Hmmmmmmm.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
run time
It seems all I post about is running and school, and occasionally work. But oh well. It's my blog, I can write about whatever I want. :)
Today I ran 7 km in 53 minutes, but that included a stop at McDonald's to go to the washroom. Man, what would I do without that McDonald's? Last week I ran 15 km total for the week, and my minimum run amount was 5.5 km. That meant, no matter what, I was travelling 5.5 km, it didn't matter if I had to walk part of it, the distance was getting done. This week is a minimum 7 km week, except for the runs I do with Christine - since we're doing a sprint tri, we only need to run 5 for that. I may have to have a few minimum 7 weeks before I up it to 9.5, but we'll see. The most exciting thing about this run was that I managed it in 20 degree weather, and it was only partly cloudy. Yay! Seeing as heat and sun are the things that are going to kill me on my races, the fact that I ran all 7 in those conditions are a good move forward as far as I'm concerned.
I've started getting articles for my Christian eco-feminism essay. Yay! Look at me, getting articles a whole 6 days in advance. I have like 30 books on the topic too, but these articles give me a good overview so that I have some idea what I'm talking about.
Tyler's been working out of town this week. You know how I feel about that? NOT HAPPY.
>:(
Oh well, at least he comes home tomorrow. :) We get to hang out all day Friday too b/c it's Scott's wedding that day! Yay Scott!
I am shooting to run another 7 (maybe 9 if I feel good) first thing tomorrow morning - as in 6 or 6:30. At least it will be cool and I'll beat the traffic (I run on sidewalks but there's a couple of streets I have to cross that have lights). Plus there won't be anyone out and about - today there were tons of 12-14 year olds out on the streets. Maybe they have a day off? They can't ALL be skipping. I wouldn't mind, but they're all pretty rude. (Now, to clarify: not all 12-14 year olds are rude, it just seems all the 12-14 year olds in my neighborhood are rude).
Anyway, I should probably read those articles - I suppose finding them isn't good enough. ;)
RK
Today I ran 7 km in 53 minutes, but that included a stop at McDonald's to go to the washroom. Man, what would I do without that McDonald's? Last week I ran 15 km total for the week, and my minimum run amount was 5.5 km. That meant, no matter what, I was travelling 5.5 km, it didn't matter if I had to walk part of it, the distance was getting done. This week is a minimum 7 km week, except for the runs I do with Christine - since we're doing a sprint tri, we only need to run 5 for that. I may have to have a few minimum 7 weeks before I up it to 9.5, but we'll see. The most exciting thing about this run was that I managed it in 20 degree weather, and it was only partly cloudy. Yay! Seeing as heat and sun are the things that are going to kill me on my races, the fact that I ran all 7 in those conditions are a good move forward as far as I'm concerned.
I've started getting articles for my Christian eco-feminism essay. Yay! Look at me, getting articles a whole 6 days in advance. I have like 30 books on the topic too, but these articles give me a good overview so that I have some idea what I'm talking about.
Tyler's been working out of town this week. You know how I feel about that? NOT HAPPY.
>:(
Oh well, at least he comes home tomorrow. :) We get to hang out all day Friday too b/c it's Scott's wedding that day! Yay Scott!
I am shooting to run another 7 (maybe 9 if I feel good) first thing tomorrow morning - as in 6 or 6:30. At least it will be cool and I'll beat the traffic (I run on sidewalks but there's a couple of streets I have to cross that have lights). Plus there won't be anyone out and about - today there were tons of 12-14 year olds out on the streets. Maybe they have a day off? They can't ALL be skipping. I wouldn't mind, but they're all pretty rude. (Now, to clarify: not all 12-14 year olds are rude, it just seems all the 12-14 year olds in my neighborhood are rude).
Anyway, I should probably read those articles - I suppose finding them isn't good enough. ;)
RK
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Yesterday Christine and I biked 20 km and then struggled our way through a 2.5 km run. She's a much better biker than me, but I'll get it! It was so much fun - we went and got helmets first and then off we went. On Saturday after my art history final exam we're going out again. It should be fun.
Tonight is the LRT Prayer Experience that I've been planning for the last little while. I've really enjoyed putting this together and I hope it goes well tonight. I trust it will.
My final exam for Religious Studies is next Friday - and you know, that kinda sucks. I wish it were sooner, because now I only get Sat/Sun/Mon off before school starts again. I was thinking I'd have closer to a week. :( That is followed by the 3 weeks from Hades - 16 hours of school a week for 3 weeks. But then that class is over and I'll have another sweet, nearly stress-free weeks of "Women and Religion" with my new very favorite prof, Anne White. Before you know it, it'll be September and I'll be entering my second last semester at U of C! WOO!
RK
Tonight is the LRT Prayer Experience that I've been planning for the last little while. I've really enjoyed putting this together and I hope it goes well tonight. I trust it will.
My final exam for Religious Studies is next Friday - and you know, that kinda sucks. I wish it were sooner, because now I only get Sat/Sun/Mon off before school starts again. I was thinking I'd have closer to a week. :( That is followed by the 3 weeks from Hades - 16 hours of school a week for 3 weeks. But then that class is over and I'll have another sweet, nearly stress-free weeks of "Women and Religion" with my new very favorite prof, Anne White. Before you know it, it'll be September and I'll be entering my second last semester at U of C! WOO!
RK
Saturday, June 16, 2007
I sit at 89.5% in Art History now - I did considerably better than I expected on the slide exam - 75%, getting 4.5 out of the 6 points. Yay, Jesus!
The paper I wrote on Byzantine representations of Jesus actually turned out better than I expected as well. I handed it in today - so I'll probably get it back next Saturday, just in time for the final exam. Gag!
Unfortunately I miss Tuesday evening's class, so that kind of sucks - it's no good to miss the last class before the final. I'll have to email my prof.
So, all I have left is the Art History final (next Saturday), research paper for Religious Studies due Tuesday the 26th, and the religious studies final, which I still don't know the date of (silly registrar).
Christine and I are taking a triathlon training course - it's 5 monday nights, 2 hours a night. It should be TONS of fun. I anticipate looking very silly. I'll definitely be cataloguing the embarassments here.
Alright, back to Greek architecture...
RK
The paper I wrote on Byzantine representations of Jesus actually turned out better than I expected as well. I handed it in today - so I'll probably get it back next Saturday, just in time for the final exam. Gag!
Unfortunately I miss Tuesday evening's class, so that kind of sucks - it's no good to miss the last class before the final. I'll have to email my prof.
So, all I have left is the Art History final (next Saturday), research paper for Religious Studies due Tuesday the 26th, and the religious studies final, which I still don't know the date of (silly registrar).
Christine and I are taking a triathlon training course - it's 5 monday nights, 2 hours a night. It should be TONS of fun. I anticipate looking very silly. I'll definitely be cataloguing the embarassments here.
Alright, back to Greek architecture...
RK
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
LOOOOONG day
Today was my double test day - midterm in religious studies, slide test in art history.
I started studying at 6:30 this morning and finally finished my 2nd test at 6:30 pm. Go 12 hour day! The midterm (worth 15%) went well enough, the slide exam (6%) was sketchy but whatever. This class doesn't end til 8 pm, but I'm out of here on the break - probably at 7:30. I deem a 13 hour day long enough.
...Plus, we have no groceries in the house and Ty is helping his uncle move tonight so he can't get us some. Pretty much all we have in the house right now is cereal and frozen fruit. Not much to build meals (other than breakfast) around.
This Saturday I've got my art research paper due... then the following saturday I have my art final, then the following Tuesday I have the religious paper due, and then after that the registrar scheduled final. Despite the momentary stress, I still prefer the shorter 6 week format.
All my talks went well on Sunday, but it was a long day. I still don't think I've recovered. I had such an insane headache yesterday that all I wanted to do was sleep but of course I can't sleep. It seems the only time I'm able to sleep is during the day - Tyler insists I'm nocturnal :) It's not like I'm not trying to sleep at night, I am!!!, it's just I plain don't sleep well during the night. Oh well. Despite my tiredness and general unwell-ness yesterday, I studied 4 hours.
Tomorrow I need to do all of my week's worth of GBC work in one day, and then possibly go and do some research for my paper. That sounds do-able. Well, maybe not. :)
Go team survival!
Ooh, Ty and I are going to the FIFA under twenty group A quarter final in Edmonton. We got good tix and they were only like $20. The tix started at $10. I'm looking forward to it (not NEAR as much as him though). It'll be a nice day trip - it's in July sometime.
Alright, time to pack up and go home. ... I mean, the grocery store. Blah! :P
RK
I started studying at 6:30 this morning and finally finished my 2nd test at 6:30 pm. Go 12 hour day! The midterm (worth 15%) went well enough, the slide exam (6%) was sketchy but whatever. This class doesn't end til 8 pm, but I'm out of here on the break - probably at 7:30. I deem a 13 hour day long enough.
...Plus, we have no groceries in the house and Ty is helping his uncle move tonight so he can't get us some. Pretty much all we have in the house right now is cereal and frozen fruit. Not much to build meals (other than breakfast) around.
This Saturday I've got my art research paper due... then the following saturday I have my art final, then the following Tuesday I have the religious paper due, and then after that the registrar scheduled final. Despite the momentary stress, I still prefer the shorter 6 week format.
All my talks went well on Sunday, but it was a long day. I still don't think I've recovered. I had such an insane headache yesterday that all I wanted to do was sleep but of course I can't sleep. It seems the only time I'm able to sleep is during the day - Tyler insists I'm nocturnal :) It's not like I'm not trying to sleep at night, I am!!!, it's just I plain don't sleep well during the night. Oh well. Despite my tiredness and general unwell-ness yesterday, I studied 4 hours.
Tomorrow I need to do all of my week's worth of GBC work in one day, and then possibly go and do some research for my paper. That sounds do-able. Well, maybe not. :)
Go team survival!
Ooh, Ty and I are going to the FIFA under twenty group A quarter final in Edmonton. We got good tix and they were only like $20. The tix started at $10. I'm looking forward to it (not NEAR as much as him though). It'll be a nice day trip - it's in July sometime.
Alright, time to pack up and go home. ... I mean, the grocery store. Blah! :P
RK
Saturday, June 09, 2007
school school school
So, I got my art history midterm back - B. Not bad for being unable to study 3 days before cause I was at camp (although I tried valiantly!). This means I sit at 91%, meaning I have about 5% breathing room if I want to get an A. *sigh*
As for religious studies, I got 100% on my video analysis paper - my first 100% on a paper. That was good.
Things heat up for the next week or so - Tuesday I have 2 tests, one in art history, one in religious studies; then on Saturday my research paper on Byzantine depictions of Christ is due. On the 23rd is my Art History final (and so ends that course), on the 26th my research paper for religious studies is due (and so ends that course). Whirlwind!
In the meantime, I'm just trying to be ready for tomorrow morning and my bazillion presentations - Focus 3 presentation in the service, "The World This Week" in the service, luncheon and a presentation for Focus 3 after the service, and a short presentation at the congregational meeting in the evening. BLAH!
RK
As for religious studies, I got 100% on my video analysis paper - my first 100% on a paper. That was good.
Things heat up for the next week or so - Tuesday I have 2 tests, one in art history, one in religious studies; then on Saturday my research paper on Byzantine depictions of Christ is due. On the 23rd is my Art History final (and so ends that course), on the 26th my research paper for religious studies is due (and so ends that course). Whirlwind!
In the meantime, I'm just trying to be ready for tomorrow morning and my bazillion presentations - Focus 3 presentation in the service, "The World This Week" in the service, luncheon and a presentation for Focus 3 after the service, and a short presentation at the congregational meeting in the evening. BLAH!
RK
Thursday, June 07, 2007
I didn't get fired
I had my performance review today and ... *drum roll* ... I didn't get fired! Hooray! In fact, I "met or exceeded expectations" in all areas. I'm even getting a "small raise". I'm not sure what that means - probably 50 cents, $1.50 at most. Then my wage will be a couple of dollars higher than the average Tim Horton's employee. ;) I'm actually fine with what I make, I just find it amusing that I could make marginally less or more working at Starbucks or Tim Hortons or something like that with a lot less stress - a lot less joy and meaning, but a lot less stress as well.
So Tyler and I are going to do up his resume hopefully tonight and upgrade mine as well. Then I can go to career services here at U of C and they'll basically rip it apart and reassemble it in a (hopefully) nicer form. It should be good. Career services does that every Wednesday from 11am-1pm - good deal, eh? Thank you, U. We'll then be sending them off to various people who work in the NAB (north american baptist) Conference - Harry (our senior pastor) was talking to people about me and Ty so they're expecting to hear from us. I don't know if anything will come of it, but we may as well put our names out there. We're still moving forward with the Regent stuff, so we'll just see what God sorts out for us.
Today we're talking about "Evil & Suffering" in religious studies - should be fun :)
RK
So Tyler and I are going to do up his resume hopefully tonight and upgrade mine as well. Then I can go to career services here at U of C and they'll basically rip it apart and reassemble it in a (hopefully) nicer form. It should be good. Career services does that every Wednesday from 11am-1pm - good deal, eh? Thank you, U. We'll then be sending them off to various people who work in the NAB (north american baptist) Conference - Harry (our senior pastor) was talking to people about me and Ty so they're expecting to hear from us. I don't know if anything will come of it, but we may as well put our names out there. We're still moving forward with the Regent stuff, so we'll just see what God sorts out for us.
Today we're talking about "Evil & Suffering" in religious studies - should be fun :)
RK
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Apparently I'm THAT hot.
I just got back from running 7 km in 49:44. That's basically 7 min/km. I'm pretty pleased with that. If I could keep that pace, I'd run 21 km in 150 minutes, which is 2.5 hours. It's not FAST, but it would get the job done. Take into account the weather though: 11 degrees, windy, humid, wet. Of course, the wind was against me for over half the run, but whatever. The biggest accomplisment of today was not giving up when I really, really wanted to. I have to win those mental games or I'll never make it through the 1/2 marathon.
Just to compare my accomplishments, on Monday, I ran 5.5 km in 58 minutes. It was TERRRRRRRRRIBLE. I ran past the McDonalds and thought "oh man I should go to the bathroom", ran about half a block more, and turned around and walked to the McDonald's to use their washroom. Suffice it to say it was an emergency. It was 23 degrees and the sun was beating down on me the WHOLE TIME, and I had dirty Ogden Pizza for dinner the night before and lunch that day. It was ugly. I walked a lot. I'm praying for nice overcast days for my summer races.
A few mini rants:
---Commence Rant---
GET OFF THE SIDEWALKS, PEOPLE! Seriously. I'm not prowling quietly and slowly like a baby kitten behind you. You can hear me coming - I'm the one huffing and puffing and swearing under my breath. Is it THAT much to ask that you move from the center of the sidewalk to the side of the sidewalk so I can pass you?
RING YOUR BELL, MORONS! Again, SERIOUSLY. If you're on a bike YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SIDEWALK. If you're going to whip past me at a hundred miles an hour, just out of courtesy, could you give me a warning bell?
Men, please explain this to me. Why do cars filled with teenage boys insist on honking loudly and hanging out their window yelling indecipherably at women running? SERIOUSLY! What are you trying to accomplish? It's not like I was out there in my mini running shorts and sports bra - (sorry for that mental image) - I was wearing capri running pants and a long sleeved shirt. Apparently I'm SO hot that you just have to hang out your window and yell and make gestures at me. Please, that SO turns me on. Could you stop at the end of the block so I can hop in the car with you? Give me a break.
---End of Rant---
So, I have my first performance review tomorrow. Well, my first one at GBC. I was telling Tyler the other night that I was nervous about it. Here's how that conversation went:
Ty: What are you worried about?
Rachel: I dunno, I guess I'm afraid of getting fired. :(
Ty: But then you could work at Starbucks!
Rachel: I COULD work at Starbucks! Maybe I'm getting fired! :)
No, I don't think I'll get fired. But I am nervous about the review. Maybe it's because I had a not-so-encouraging one at Rideau when I was there. But of course, working at Rideau was not-so-encouraging on the whole.
ANYWAY, that's enough for now. Yay, rain!
RK
Just to compare my accomplishments, on Monday, I ran 5.5 km in 58 minutes. It was TERRRRRRRRRIBLE. I ran past the McDonalds and thought "oh man I should go to the bathroom", ran about half a block more, and turned around and walked to the McDonald's to use their washroom. Suffice it to say it was an emergency. It was 23 degrees and the sun was beating down on me the WHOLE TIME, and I had dirty Ogden Pizza for dinner the night before and lunch that day. It was ugly. I walked a lot. I'm praying for nice overcast days for my summer races.
A few mini rants:
---Commence Rant---
GET OFF THE SIDEWALKS, PEOPLE! Seriously. I'm not prowling quietly and slowly like a baby kitten behind you. You can hear me coming - I'm the one huffing and puffing and swearing under my breath. Is it THAT much to ask that you move from the center of the sidewalk to the side of the sidewalk so I can pass you?
RING YOUR BELL, MORONS! Again, SERIOUSLY. If you're on a bike YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SIDEWALK. If you're going to whip past me at a hundred miles an hour, just out of courtesy, could you give me a warning bell?
Men, please explain this to me. Why do cars filled with teenage boys insist on honking loudly and hanging out their window yelling indecipherably at women running? SERIOUSLY! What are you trying to accomplish? It's not like I was out there in my mini running shorts and sports bra - (sorry for that mental image) - I was wearing capri running pants and a long sleeved shirt. Apparently I'm SO hot that you just have to hang out your window and yell and make gestures at me. Please, that SO turns me on. Could you stop at the end of the block so I can hop in the car with you? Give me a break.
---End of Rant---
So, I have my first performance review tomorrow. Well, my first one at GBC. I was telling Tyler the other night that I was nervous about it. Here's how that conversation went:
Ty: What are you worried about?
Rachel: I dunno, I guess I'm afraid of getting fired. :(
Ty: But then you could work at Starbucks!
Rachel: I COULD work at Starbucks! Maybe I'm getting fired! :)
No, I don't think I'll get fired. But I am nervous about the review. Maybe it's because I had a not-so-encouraging one at Rideau when I was there. But of course, working at Rideau was not-so-encouraging on the whole.
ANYWAY, that's enough for now. Yay, rain!
RK
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
a special Rachel moment
Today I've been running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to get everything done - going to meetings, driving across town for other meetings, trying to make sure I haven't forgotten anything. Well I did forget something.
I got to my religious studies class a little early - perfect, because all the good laptop spots near the outlets always go early. I get myself all set up - get my snacks out, get online, get ready to take notes, and then someone comes in and says "where is everybody?". Well, now that he mentions it, the class is strangely empty - now that he's arrived there's only 4 of us. It turns out it's reading day. FANTASTIC!
Strangely, I still have art history tonight, so I guess I'm just 4 hours early for that. It's actually a blessing because I have been trying to figure out all week how I'm going to get to the library and do some research for my 2 research papers. Looks like I can seize the moment.
RK
I got to my religious studies class a little early - perfect, because all the good laptop spots near the outlets always go early. I get myself all set up - get my snacks out, get online, get ready to take notes, and then someone comes in and says "where is everybody?". Well, now that he mentions it, the class is strangely empty - now that he's arrived there's only 4 of us. It turns out it's reading day. FANTASTIC!
Strangely, I still have art history tonight, so I guess I'm just 4 hours early for that. It's actually a blessing because I have been trying to figure out all week how I'm going to get to the library and do some research for my 2 research papers. Looks like I can seize the moment.
RK
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