I just rolled out a new version of my site:
In honor of the upcoming Olympics, what could you win a gold medal in?
Submitted by TheFiercestCalm.
Attracting younger men.
]]>Have you ever broken a bone? If not, what's the worst injury you've sustained?
Never broken a bone. I refer to myself as an "indoor girl," which makes me rather unlikely to sustain major injuries. Yes I know that most accidents happen in the home, but nevertheless, I am not the type to be out camping or rock climbing or otherwise taking risks.
I don't have any scars to speak of. I have a very small one on my upper lip from when my great-aunt's Pomeranian bit me. My cousin and I have almost identical scars from the dog. Neither of us believed her when she said "keep your face away from the dog."
I twisted my knee pretty seriously in high school and had to have arthroscopy done to see if I'd managed to tear anything in there but I hadn't.
My heart though has given me the most interesting hospital stories. I have a non-life-threatening arrhythmia but it sure can be annoying. Occasionally my heart rate will shoot up to around 275-300 beats per minute and stay there. I've had a procedure done on it involving catheters going into my heart, and I've also had cardioversion performed on me to try to set it right.
Not an injury per se, but it's all I've got
I just wanted to thank everyone who supported me on the ride. It still feels like a dream... if everything works out, hopefully I'll be on the road again next year!
If you're wondering what the ride and the people were like, the AIDS/Lifecycle folks put together a blog and daily videos. The people who captured and edited this series of videos captured the essence of the ride.
Blog: http://aidslifecycle.typepad.com
ALC7 Videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/aidslifecycle7
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I just rolled out a new version of my site:
Sorry - I've neglected to update my Vox blog on the AIDS/Lifecycle ride. I've been pretty busy since I got back... like really crazy busy. I'll post a day-by-day account soon!
]]>What's the hardest part about the role you play in your family?
I'm the mom; it seems like the answer should be self-evident. The hardest part is everything.
But actually, right now I think the hardest part is understanding that my kids are still kids. Emily in particular is getting so old (14 going on 30) that I have to stop and remind myself that she is still, in fact, just a kid.
.. this is what it looks like.
I'm pretty impressed that Steve Ballmer kept it cool after being egged buy some protestor in Hungary not too long ago...
Me, my sister and my cousin didn't make the full 100 miles. The heat was too much for us to take. Me and my sister called it quits at 43 miles. My cousin made it to 49 miles (or maybe it was 55).
Too bad the weather was nowhere as cooperative as it is this weekend.
]]>So last night's weird dream seems to have centered around me setting up a bitchin' artist's studio in the top floor of an office building called the "Crow's Nest"
(which is about 10 times cooler of a name if you understand a few words of Polish)
It was a cool studio, too. There were some questions about getting a fairly large lathe up using an elevator.