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OmniPod Goddammit

Had the last pod in my box fail tonight while I was changing out my expired pod. I have five pods in the mail to replace the 5 that have already failed. According to the woman on the phone (I was stunned that Insulet has 24/7 support. That part is nice, at least), those are […]

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Friends in the Garden

This small male mantid showed up yesterday among my morning glories: This morning, when I pulled out my bike to go biking, I found an enormous female. Seriously, this thing is as long as my hand. I generally find small bugs pretty cool, but after South Africa, the big bugs give me the shivers, initially,

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Good Signs

I find it a good sign that my date for Saturday sent me an email this morning full of pirate-y goodness. If nothing else, should be a swell time. Mmmm rum.

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Well, shit

The pool at the gym is out “until further notice.” When I inquired at the front desk if the pool was having repairs done or something, he said, “Oh, I have no idea what’s going on with the pool.” Way to go Urban Active customer service! You know the one thing gyms could TOTALLY improve

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The Calvary

I seem to be one of The Few, The Proud, The Brave who had power restored yesterday. It came on about 6pm. It was beautiful. This morning, I saw three power trucks on the road, and though there were still quite a few street lights out on my route in, and several blocks still without

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Tonight’s Training

Tonight it’s 20 minutes swimming and 25 minutes running. These are the times at which I start to get a little nervous. I’ll do fine and all, but you start giving me 30 min of an exercise (my first 30 min swim is next week) and 20-30 of something else, and… whew. It’s the anticipation

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