I sprung to get my garage roof replaced as long as I was in the mode, and I finally finished the paperwork for the lawsuit against the old shingle manufacture. Hopefully, I'll recoup the cost of the garage roof.
I got my new mattress set on Wednesday. When the delivery guys arrived, I freaked out because it looked to me that they were missing a box. They said both box springs were in one box and the mattress in the other. The mattress looked right, but the box springs looks too thin. I called the company I ordered from, and she kept saying "we measured for this together." After a few minutes, she told me that the TOTAL height of the mattress plus box springs would be the same as I already had, which was news to me, and so we got everything set up, and I LOVE it. I can't believe I waited so long to get new mattresses!
Since the new box spring is lower than the old, my bedskirt is too long, and so I decided to make a new one myself. Of course, I want something with skulls, and I searched high and low online to find the right fabric. I found one I really liked, only nobody has it in stock. On Friday, I went to my local fabric store only to find it shuttered! Well when I checked online, it had a new address, and so I went there on Saturday morning and scored a different fabric by the same designer, and it's pretty wild, but it will be awesome. Plenty of skulls, and dead people, too!
It is nothing if not colorful, right?
On Thursday, I got my new treadmill, that I have named Hal, in honor of Hal 9000 from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Here's a picture of Hal next to LGL on the trainer:
I ran on it the day it was delivered, and I did an incline walking workout on it on Saturday. I LOVE HAL! I still have not been on the trainer, which is a good thing, as we have had just fine weather for riding on the MTB.
Oh yeah--Friday was my birthday. 54 years old--even I can't believe that! My age is visible in my face and skin, but I feel pretty darn good and am not on any medication except for Nasonex before I swim to prevent sinus blockage. I'm getting my blood drawn tomorrow to check out my cholesterol, blood sugar and the usual host of other measurements. I hope that all comes out OK! I did get a prescription for Ambien to help with the not sleeping, but I think that it's just a combination of trying to do so many things. I am starting to sleep a little more, and I've only taken the Ambien a couple of times. I really don't want to take anything on a regular basis.
Friday night, a friend bought me dinner, and as birthday gifts I receive the BEST bottle of olive oil from Italy and also a Barbie doll:
She's a collector edition from the year 2000. My friend Matt's wife, Jen, got it from her Great Aunt. And now I am about to be a Great Aunt myself! I haven't decided exactly where to put her, but she will be on display.
On Saturday, I did a 5K Breast Cancer Walk that was sponsored by my Y. I walked because I didn't need to run, but I enjoyed fast walking with one of the trainers there and we kept up a good pace. I had already biked 1:30 on a Star Trac spin bike, which was fun, and then after the 5K I got back on Hal and did another hour. I had to work Saturday afternoon, and I was frazzled because I had to learn how to do all these new things, but apparently I am still employed today so I must have done OK!
Yesterday morning I did a big home improvement shopping trip--paint for touchups, new hardware for all upstairs doors, a lampshade, some more CFL bulbs, etc. Then I went to Greene Valley to run in the flats. I did 1:45 and felt great doing it, then I saw a rainbow, which was awesome, then I ran partway up the big hill (sadly, my last time this year) and down to get to 2 hours total. I returned home and raked leaves for about an hour and then finally ate like a pig!
We are still having nice weather here, so off I go for a short run and then maybe I can get some more leaves raked up later today!
