July 30, 2015

Awoke in such pain – actually “the awaking” (new word!!) happened several times because of my back, but hopefully getting-into-this shape thing will help.  I had no idea what day it was when I got up – even after coffees (multiple), the day escaped me.  I finally realized it was Friday and felt all the better for it.  I had to pick Mags up at 10:30 and then head to the podiatrist to look at my foot.  When I was 17 at boarding school, I had something happen.  Initially I thought it was a shard of glass,  I was later told (much later, like 10 years later) that it was a plantar wart, yet today, my initial thoughts were verified when I was told it was caused by an injury – likely a shard of glass or something.  The doctor was amazing and the office reminded me of Dr. Allen’s office in Midland when I was a kid( my pediatrician).  He handed me the cup of liquid nitrogen, told me to dump it on the ground – where it completely disappeared.  So rad.

It wasn’t until I was almost at the gym that I realized it was actually Thursday.  Dammit.  Still – it was ok – my days are pretty damn awesome.  I did a quick cardio, the ab extensions and more cardio (with sweat pouring off of my head, of course) and then headed home, where Mags greeted me with a delicious post workout protein shake.  This kid.  I made arrangements this morning to have Carolene watch the dogs in a couple of weekends as I’m gonna surprise her with a weekend trip in Lizzie Mae up to Calpine to go see The Brothers Comatose play at Comatopia! – a two day mini-music fest with a lot of cool bands.  It was such a terrific venue during the Mother Hips shows, I think she’ll love it.

I had group at 2 and hurried in – Marcia wasn’t feeling well so I led the group.  Me being me, I had to incorporate some therapy into it.  Despite being in recovery, I’m not a certified addiction specialist, so I can’t do what Marcia does, but I hope I connected a little bit with some of those kids.  Group ended and it would appear I am a suspect of some office pranks.  While I will admit I am being taught by the master, and that my wheels are spinning…this is as much as I am able to do at this point, due to the 5^th Amendment and all.

Got home and the boy and girl were ready – my plan was dinner and a movie, which is rare for me.  Ok, clarification – dinner is common, movie, not so much.  A yummy schnitzel for me (I am missing Europe) and then we headed to see “Inside Out.”  I was puzzled during the beginning, because I recognized that man!!  It wasn’t until near the end when I realized who the actor playing dad was (the 5 o'clock shadow got me): JOHN STOSSEL!!!  I had no  idea he’d branched out into Pixar...good for him...

My sweet mags gave me a pedi at home and we re-watched The Office episodes.  Mags has a lot of them  memorized and knows where specific shows are– but that’s ok, I know that January 6 of this blog is when my nephew was first seen by my sweet niece, and that’s pretty damn cool.

 Pics 'n flicks: Ein koetsliches Schnitzel; The monsoon clouds, teasing us; John Stossel, playing the dad in "Inside Out"; Mags captured it on film - Dr. Wolff is AWESOME.