In Which There Are Further Intimations Of Rightwise Doin'

Several of the blouses I'd bought when starting $JOB fit perfectly well except at the bottom, where I could not keep the lowest button buttoned on account of my hips of might and main. (See previous rants about how you are apparently not supposed to be hourglass shaped.) Now, however, that is no longer the case.

Cannot yet resuscitate any smaller clothes, but there is still a reasonable chance this could happen before vacation.

In Which I Learn Things About One-Worldness

sweh was, as usual, right. You do have to apply for a visa in advance to go a-holidaying in .au. Happily, in these magic modern times, you can do it online in about three minutes.

(I'd assumed it was like visiting .uk, where you just fill out a little card while your flight is descending, and then they grill you for a few minutes on the ground and *bam* you're done. Not so much.)

Jogging #21: From Complicated To Just Difficult

Today was the last iteration of varying combinations of running and walking; from this point on, it's all running, all the time, and it's just a question of increasing duration and speed. (Starting with 25 minutes, ZOMG.)

This leads to a bit of a quandary. The school gym only has four treadmills. And, for the last week, one of those has been out of commission; you would not think it would be that big a deal, but a 25% reduction in availability has definitely made an impact. I had to wait a good fifteen minutes to get one, and that only by utilizing my mad sharking-for-table-at-mall-food-court skills. Based on usual school procedures, the thing could be out for weeks. Now, there are signs all over the gym saying "Maximum 20 minutes on cardio equipment!" (with requisite deformed fonts and extra exclamation points) , which no one pays attention to--but that's probably because most of the time there's enough to go around. If there isn't going to be for who knows how long, then it would be wrong of me to bogart it for better than half an hour (once you count in warm-ups and cool-downs). So I guess I should go back to doing it in the morning? Meh meh mrfl meh. I like having the steady indication of how fast I'm moving, because my internal measure is crap.

Today was 10/3/10. Hardest at the start, this time. However, at the end, I was getting seriously overheated; I have achieved the point where that's the weakest link, not tiredness or breath. I don't know if that's supposed to get better or not.

I'm also a little unsure about heart rate stuff. According to the little chart...which, admittedly, is based solely on age and is thus probably mostly worthless...it says that for cardio work I should aim for about 148. When I'm running for more than 5 minutes, I'm in the 170-180 range. I don't feel like my heart is going to explode out of my chest, so I wasn't worrying about it, but should I?

Did 3 reps of 10 at 2# on the modified shoulder press, and 2 reps of 10 at 1# on the lateral shoulder thingie.

Down a pound, in spite of crappy eating habits yesterday.