Live With The Nerds
Don't Be One
May 2001
Today I was going to work, but then the spending urge hit me, so I wandered off
to Gilroy to shop. Started slow then built up pretty good momentum, finally ended
up with 2 pairs of shoes, 1 pair of sandals (all Nike), 3 pairs of atheletic shorts,
5 pairs of walking shorts (replacing just about all of the ones I've been trashing
lately), a carpet runner, set of sheets, new comforter, assorted kitchen trinkets,
and some cool mini-silver statues from Dansk. That took all of 7+ hours since I
didn't want to move my car from lot to lot and ended up hoofing all 4 mall areas.
Somewhere in there Miki invited me to dinner, but I was running/shopping pretty late
so I wasn't going to make it, finally while passing by their place I figured I'd stop
by, good thing too, not only was the food excellent (as always ;) but Jen (the
startup queen) was there, she's very cool, and if Miki had just bothered to say
she'd be there, I'd have probably been on time ;). In fact, shes moving into the
neighborhood, so maybe she'll be around a bit more.
So this past week I dropped Fila's insulin dose from 3.5 units to 3 units, seems
like sporadic results though, because I was out late Sat, his shots were not
timed too well, and his peeing pattern (and amount) has changed a bit, hopefully
this week it'll settle down again and then I can drop the amount even more.
Booked my flight to LA for the Hermosa Beach Open, only I hope there really
is a tourny, the AVP is up in the air and it sounds like the BVA is tussling
with them over joint events.
Had lunch with Kiz, now she's off to St Martins, courtesy of some "friend"
so I keep telling her I expect her back with a new beau ... at least shes a good
sport even if shes starting to make those "you're such a good friend" statements.
I may have to cure her of that ;)
Tried to start eating better, had fish for dinner Sat, Sunday I tried to play
vball (indoor 6's) but I was soo tired, thought it was the lack of food, but
its been really hot lately so that may have helped too. In any case I ended up
taking a 3 hr nap that evening.
Today I was looking forward to trying yoga again, even went early to ride the bike
some, strange though, at 8:30 no one was there, went to look at the desk and there
was a cancellation notice, too bad it wasn't there when I came in, I'd have done
something else. Now I'll have to wait 2 more weeks to try it again since they're
closed on memorial day, speaking of which I think I'll try and find something fun
to do then.
On the social front not much going on, have a lunch scheduled with Lisa, and another
with Kiz, haven't seen much of her lately, and she's going to be off for a vacation
soon but I did hear that she dumped her boyfriend, so now she's off to party for a
bit, this could be very entertaining.
Taking that week off doesn't help me much, I was already scheduled to
be at Laguna Seca with Carey & Jo to see the Superbike races, so
now I have to find something to occupy the first part of the week --
maybe the Seattle NAGVA tourny on that weekend, but I'll even then I'll
still have 3 days mid-week to cover.
They finished off my root canal today, and my jaw is sore, good thing I
get to rest tonight, maybe I'll catch a movie or something.
Sunday, I played a bit of vball, then headed up to the city to meet with
Elaine and the rest of the Jackson Hole gang for dinner (Zazin in Cole Valley)
that was pretty fun, after I got home (at 10pm) I took my bp and it was still
really low (considering it was 6 hrs since I had played) 135/72 ... But today
after work it was 145/93 ... must be work ;) Did manage to finally find a Yoga
class to go to, at my Gold Gym, free even, after 15 minutes I was ready to quit
cuz I couldn't figure out all of the instructions .. it got better after that though,
I think I'll keep it up for awhile to see if I can get the hang of it. Forced stretching
is better than no stretching at all .. and since the class is at 8:30pm, I can
go a bit earlier and then ride a bike or something.
The weekend before last, I kept getting woken up by head/neck pains in the morning, finally
that monday I found a dentist, who recommended and endodontist, and then had a root
canal. He had to drill right through one of my crowns, at least most of the pain was
gone before I left for LA. Even still, after LA, my temp came off so they had to
refill it, next week I go in to have them finish the root canal.
LA was pretty fun, the vball matches were good, although BYU didn't look so hot on thursday
they were awesome in wiping out UCLA in the championship. I got to see Rod while I was down
there, but we missed on dinner since his new place wasn't open yet, and since he just
got a new apt (cool, by the beach, a mile from the resturant) he had to book to SF
to pick up all his gear. I did help him move in on sunday when he got back, so the
next trip should be the opening for real. Its a cool place ZaZen, right next to
The Cow's End on Washington, brand new building, can't wait to see the water wall in action.
I even got to the beach one day, sunburned to prove it, and although I was kinda injured
Lori carried me to a win on the beach, but I was still exhausted. I did manage to
meet Karen's friend Sabrina down there too, after much phone tag, next time she'll
join us at Rod's resturant.
Works been busy, going to pick up some different responsiblities soon so the
overlap, and completion is going to be pretty hectic. Still managed to sneak out
to a movie with Kiz (The Mummy Returns) and she suggested that I check out Golds
and see if they had Yoga classes, cuz the one I was going to take was actually
at a different time. Good thing too, not only is there a late class on a good day
(all walk ins) its included as part of the monthly that I've been paying for the
past 2 years ... might as well finally get some use out of that pass.
Well it was a pretty expensive weekend, spent all saturday with Lily, shopping
and movies (IKEA again for the sale, then up to Berkeley on 4th street).
Sunday was recovery day, slept late, did a bit of grocery shopping, then put together
my (new) coffee tables (everything in the living room is turning IKEA birch ;) and
just vegged out in front of the TV.
Busy week at work, managed to get a large chunk done, now there is just
some smaller pieces left that aren't under as severe time constraints. Totally
forgot that this weekend was a long weekend, not much to do, but I did arrange
to go to IKEA tomorrow with Lily, bummer though, they just started their "only
twice a year" sale, may be a madhouse, that and late travellers for the holidays.
Ok, kinda stressfull weekend, because of some last minute changes, I wasted
a week of work, and had to work saturday to try and catch back up, will still
be a couple of days late, but at least I'm not on the hook for it.
The economic downturn is hitting us a little closer to home now, NetApp
has announced that we're all to take the week of July 2-6 off as
vacation while they shut down everything but sales -- supposidly this
will save us on the order of $2M which should do wonders for the bottom
line, well at least they're not having layoffs .... yet.
Soreness abounds, managed to make it to IKEA this past weekend and pick up
a couple of lamps and some wheeled end/coffee tables. Was supposed to catch
up with Karen and the NSC gang, but I couldn't find the park in Alameda, wasn't
a total loss though, had managed to swing by Treasure Island and see Kiz play
on her soccer team. Well I know how she manages to hurt herself so often, she's
totally fearless, and in the space of 20 minutes or so, I saw her get injured 3 times
the last bump on the knee actually took her out of the game.
wow, updates are getting really sporadic, still haven't moved upstairs, or even
setup the new futon since I don't want to upset Fila with another move, he didn't
take well to staying at the vet's this past weekend -- they couldn't even give him
his shots, so we had to start all over again at the higher dose before backing it down.
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