{"id":2236,"date":"2011-11-03T09:04:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T16:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2011-11-03T09:04:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T16:04:33","slug":"such-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2236","title":{"rendered":"Such a Life!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }\n.flickr-yourcomment { }\n.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }\n.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/6296176965\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6236\/6296176965_28527f6561.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/6296176965\/\">DSC_0362<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/\">Random and Odd<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\n\tYes, it has been forever since I have updated Random and Odd.<br \/>\nFor the last few weeks, things have been very busy and I haven\u2019t been motivated to do much.<\/p>\n<p>2 weeks ago I moved out of the rental house and into an apartment.  Marina asked me, \u201cThis must be just weird for you\u2026you ok?\u201d  I told her after all the things that have happened in the last two years that this wasn\u2019t even phasing me.  <br \/>\nThe move went much easier than expected.   I had signed up for the apartment a few hours after being laid off and I was approved after I showed proof that I wasn\u2019t responsible for the excessive late payments on a car I no longer own.  There was a solid month of being able to be fully packed up and ready to go on move day.  <br \/>\nI really like my apartment. I\u2019m tucked into a neat, secluded corner that is surrounded by trees.  When the wind is blowing really hard, it sounds like I have a waterfall on my patio.  It\u2019s cozy and I have already made it feel like home.<\/p>\n<p>The week after moving, Team Hiking with the Exes  ran in the Merrell Mud Run in Folsom.  There were a few things I wanted to accomplish this year and this wasn\u2019t one of them\u2026this was actually a Dan and Tabitha idea.  Dan wanted to sign up for Tough Mudder which I believe is ran by the Marines and they have a part that you run through live wires and face getting electrocuted.  This wasn\u2019t my idea of \u2018fun\u2019. Tabitha wanted to sign up for the one that is in the middle of the desert  and again\u2026I vetoed joining that one.  We settled for a local one.   <br \/>\nLester came out to support me and take pictures (the one above) and I can\u2019t tell you how much it meant to have him there.  His smile when I crossed the finish line made it all worth it.  The smile of course was probably there because he knew he wasn\u2019t going to have to stand around waiting anymore and that we would be able to go home and get our nap.   <br \/>\nI don\u2019t ask him to come out to any of the silly things I do and I offer to take him out running with us, but he ever so sweetly declines.  I do believe that he will start hiking with me, if I hike and don\u2019t run.  (I\u2019ll move him slowly into the running after a couple months)<br \/>\nThe Mud Run was pretty neat though.  I have an issue with large crowds, but I had to just \u2018Let Go\u2019 and focus on getting there and doing what I had signed up for.  When I got there and saw all the people and the mud pit I just had to laugh and say, \u201cI really signed up and paid for this?\u201d  Tabitha was laughing because it wasn\u2019t any different than a typical weekend mind fuck.  I looked at her and said, \u201cthis isn\u2019t my thing.\u201d  She just rolled her eyes and said, \u201cYou haven\u2019t even done it yet!\u201d  It wouldn\u2019t be a typical weekend mind fuck if I didn\u2019t start complaining before we even got there. <br \/>\nIt actually wasn\u2019t any different than our weekend runs on the trail except crawling under the cargo net and through the tunnel.  During the winter the mud pit resembles an uphill stretch we climb when we are in training. <br \/>\nI did have a Tabitha moment during the run when I got over the cargo net and saw a fellow runner stuck on the top, one leg over and frozen with fear.  The next few minutes I stood there and coaxed him down.  By coaxing I mean I was yelling at him military style telling him to MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT and telling him that people were coming and that cargo net was going to get rocking. His best bet was to just fall off that damn thing than to just sit there.  \u201cYou can do this! You got this far! Look at you and where you have been!!! PUT THAT LEG OVER NOW!!!\u201d  and he did. He had pushed through that mental spot and got to moving.  I took off running after I saw he was okay. I heard his friend say a bit down the road \u201cThat\u2019s the woman that got you over.\u201d And him yell, \u201cThank you!\u201d  I waved and ran into the water to get the first part of mud out of my bra. <br \/>\nAll in all, it was a great day. I did what I set out to do, I started and I finished.  The bonus part was helping a fellow runner out.<\/p>\n<p>This week has been finally settling into my little world and getting ready for our vacation. Yes, I said vacation!!! <br \/>\nLester and I have been talking about going scuba diving for a long time and we often thought of going to Monterey, but it\u2019s too cold and not the diving we want to do.  <br \/>\nA couple weeks ago a bit of time opened up for both of us to drop everything and go scuba diving, so we booked it and have been counting the days.  <br \/>\nWe went to the scuba store and got some essentials. Got our suitcase in order for all our gear and tonight I will be packing up my clothes.  I have 3 pairs of shorts, a drawer full of tank tops and 2 pairs of flip flops.  I\u2019m going to also throw my trail shoes in there in hopes that when we finally come up for air that we can get a couple short hikes in.  I\u2019ll be happy if all we do is scuba dive, but since I have been to Maui two other times and did nothing other than scuba diving I would love to see something else on the island.    I can\u2019t wait to get back into to the water and see that magical world. <\/p>\n<p>Okay, time to unpack another box.<\/p>\n<p>Alooooooooooo-ha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DSC_0362, originally uploaded by Random and Odd. Yes, it has been forever since I have updated Random and Odd. For the last few weeks, things have been very busy and I haven\u2019t been motivated to do much. 2 weeks ago I moved out of the rental house and into an apartment. 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