THR +117

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

I had a crappy sleep due to aches and pains from cleaning the apartment. I'm just not used to bending and twisting like that. But I did manage to hit snooze a few times to add a few more minutes of sleep.

It was a stupid busy day.

I poked away at things in the morning before heading to the airport (via downtown) to get a rental car. Then home (via downtown) to finish packing and cleaning. I also fit in a haircut, a visit to the clinic about my shoulder (Naproxen will help), another trip downtown to drop food stuffs off, and more stuff.

It's now 9:45pm PT and I'm knackered. I also have to get up in 6 hours. Which is actually not too bad.

Exercise: 1km walk, lots of stairs, moving stuff. NO physio. Bad boy.

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THR +116

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Another busy day:
- filed a story
- returned rental car to North Shore
- finished most packing
- cleaned and did final laundry
- had beers with DP


Exercise: A couple hours of scrubbing' + tons of stairs for laundry, 1.5km+ walk
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THR +115

Monday, October 28, 2014

As I get ready to fly south, these posts are going to start getting brief. Like this one:

- spent the day sorting and packing
- took stuff out to my storage unit
- spent the afternoon with REW on a heated patio
- consumed wheat in liquid (beer) and solid (pizza) form
- crashed early!

Hip feeling OK. Shoulder too.

Exercise: Moving stuff, skipped physio

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THR +114

Sunday, October 26, 2014

I had a restless sleep, waking up often. Stress of the upcoming trip and all the stuff I need to do? Probably.

But the right shoulder was BRUTAL. I'm going to try to pop into the walk-in clinic before I head out. That'll likely be Monday.


Busy day on Sunday/Funday.


First, coffee at Joe's on the Drive with REW. Then running around. I had to hit the North Shore to pick up some electronics to take down south.

Then I came home to pack. It's all going to my storage unit on Monday.

Before the sun dropped, I zipped over to Spanish Banks for a 2.5km walk. It was nice, but cold. And probably the last walk this year at this glorious place.

I think I've fallen in love with this stupid city all over again!

DAMMIT!

Regardless, just four sleeps and I'm outta here for at least a few months.

Here's some pix:

Pre-sunrise. 10/26/2014

Spanish Banks 10/26/2014

I can still walk! 10/26/2014

A glorious day! 10/26/2014

Temptress! 10/26/2014

And that's that.

Exercise: 2.5km walk, no physio (whoops! forgot!)

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THR +113

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Decent sleep last night. Hip is stiff and feels 'thick'.

Spent the day running around: fetching rental car, cleaning (fridge!), boxing up stuff.

Also fit in a quick visit to Deep Cove:

Deep Cove Marina 10/25/2014

Kicked back in the evening.

Exercise: Walk: 3km, some physio
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THR +112

Friday, October 24, 2014

I had a fairly decent sleep, but I'm still suffering from stiffness and aches and pains. I think a lot of it is due to sitting behind the computer for long hours this week.

The good news is that I'm almost done all of my work for the month (1 more piece to go) and then I can take a week off. Of course I have to deal with cleaning the apartment and moving stuff into storage... and getting ready to fly out in less than a week. But, it's all manageable.

Most of the day was taken up with sorting stuff and pitching new stories. After doing physio, I headed out to Fets for a couple of drinks on the patio. Then home to chill.

It's not even 10pm yet and I'm going to bed.

Exercise: 1km walk, full physio

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THR +111

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Another crappy sleep... more work...

At  2:45pm there was a partial eclipse. I poked a hole through a piece of foil and took a photo of the projected image on a piece of paper:

The clouds parted just in time for a partial eclipse!

I spent the rest of the day working and making packing/storage preps. And enjoyed some red wine and two episodes of Downton Abbey in the evening!

Exercise: 1.5km walk, some physio
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THR +110

Wednesday, October 22, 2014



Life is crazy busy as I get closer to departure day.

After a bad sleep (caused by the beer I had the previous night?), I spent most of the day inside, working. From 8am until 11pm -- with a break to go for a 2.8km walk.

Good thing the weather is so crappy. It has been raining constantly for some time now -- with just the odd break (see walk, above).

The hip is good, although I do have aches and pains. Nothing serious.

The shoulder is actually better -- no sudden sharp pain when I extend it. That's nice. The right hand is still sore, but I imagine that if I can take a week off writing, that should help. That's the plan for next week.

Exercise: Walked 2.8km, stairs, partial physio

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THR +109

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Any waffling I had about going south has disappeared after looking at the forecast:

The actual weather will likely not resemble this at all

Still, given the recent forecasts, the actual weather may turn out to be sunny and 20C.

I had a fairly decent sleep last night, although I did wake up several times. I think it's just a comfort thing.

I spent the day working on internet stuff and script editing. Late in the afternoon I was able to escape to get a short walk in -- and have a beer at the Storm Crow. It was the first beer since August.

I spent the evening working (it was one of those 14 hour workdays) and once I'm done writing this, I'm off to bed. Wednesday will likely be a repeat of today. Yay!

Exercise: 1km, some physio

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THR +108

Monday, October 20, 2014

Long day!

I got up early, stiff and sore from Sunday's big walk. It's funny how the rib pain has returned. It's not terrible, but it's there. The shoulder was a bit better, though.

I rushed out the door around 9, stopping for a coffee downtown before returning the rental car to the agency on the North Shore. This time I went via the Lion's Gate Bridge which was shorter in distance but about the same in time.

I took SeaBus/SkyTrain back to The Drive and walked about 1.4km home.

Despite the sun poking through, I spent the day working for two different clients. I had hoped to hit a patio for some sun, but decided to just plow through. Maybe tomorrow.

Anyway, I got lots done. But there's much more to do in these final days...

Here's what it looked like out my window:

Looking west from The Drive. Oct 20/2014 (iPod photo)

And now... time to kick back and fall asleep in my chair!

Exercise: 1.4km walk, no physio(!)

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