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eye crutches | Still Waters Run No Mills
https://planetmort.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/eye-crutches
Still Waters Run No Mills. Random stuff, from me. At age 32 I got LASIK. Despite the fact that it was awfully, intensely, painful (once the numbing drops wore off; “feels like grit in your eyes”, my ass), it was an amazing benefit to my life. I don’t worry about glasses (breaking them, can I wear them for what I want to do? Or contacts (see above; hated those things). Two weeks ago I had a work trip to Europe and found that your can buy negative diopter glasses there without a prescription. Uh-mazing!
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What was I thinking? | Still Waters Run No Mills
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Still Waters Run No Mills. Random stuff, from me. What was I thinking? I recently applied for, and was accepted to, a 10 day silent meditation retreat this fall. You can ask the teacher questions during your rest hour, or in a half hour question period before bed. That’s it as far as communication goes. Other than that, you’re in that really weird and scary neighborhood of your own head, all alone. I’ll admit that when I applied for this, I thought it sounded blissfully restful. 10 quiet days? Flags on t...
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planetmort | Still Waters Run No Mills
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Still Waters Run No Mills. Random stuff, from me. An engineer, mother, adopted CA girl. Like a motherless child. I’m not sure what it is lately – maybe it’s the aforementioned “feeling old”. Maybe it’s hormones (see: feeling old). Maybe it’s the shortened days and upcoming holidays. But lately, I am feeling motherless. When does this perimenopausal bullshit end and is it better when it does? What do you think of this new way of applying eyeliner? And while I don’t miss my actual mother. Though I am, lite...
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Fun | Still Waters Run No Mills
https://planetmort.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/fun
Still Waters Run No Mills. Random stuff, from me. I have a former tri coach who was very big on every single event having a goal. A faster split somewhere, faster transitions, whatever. I’ve tried to do that in my racing life, though frequently, since my mode seems to be “sign up for crazy things you can’t really do”, my goal has often been to simply finish whatever race it is. I haven’t had a goal for Santa Cruz, though, other than my fundraising. But lately it feels that way. August 17, 2015. The Adven...
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Right doesn’t equal fun fabulosity | Still Waters Run No Mills
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Still Waters Run No Mills. Random stuff, from me. Right doesn’t equal fun fabulosity. So my husband and I have gotten pretty good at the childcare coordination dance, and having an older kid certainly helps as well. But this week, we had, as they they say on teh interwebs, a Fail. But in that tossy-turny night I kept thinking about which choice was *right*. And whatever that small voice is in my head is kept saying I needed to be the mom this time. This entry was posted in deep thoughts. April 24, 2015.
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17 | August | 2015 | Still Waters Run No Mills
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Still Waters Run No Mills. Random stuff, from me. Daily Archives: August 17, 2015. I have a former tri coach who was very big on every single event having a goal. A faster split somewhere, faster transitions, whatever. I’ve tried to do that in my racing life, though frequently, since my mode seems to be “sign up for crazy things you can’t really do”, my goal has often been to simply finish whatever race it is. I haven’t had a goal for Santa Cruz, though, other than my fundraising. August 17, 2015.
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Compassion | Still Waters Run No Mills
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Still Waters Run No Mills. Random stuff, from me. Eat, Pray, Love. Elizabeth Gilbert talks about having a weird thought crop up, over and over, while she went the nadir dark times of her divorce and subsequent relationship’s failure. That weird thought? 8220;I want to learn Italian.” (and hence a mega bestseller and a borderline cruddy Julie Roberts movie were born! What about if we didn’t react to prejudice and hate with death threats and even more prejudice and hate? April 2, 2015. A weighty post →.
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Oleander | Still Waters Run No Mills
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Still Waters Run No Mills. Random stuff, from me. Pron: /ˈnɪəriəm ˈoʊliː.ændər/)[2] is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family. Oleander is a pretty flower, but make no mistake, it will fuck you up. Wildflower the race is much the same. I posted awhile back about racing Wildflower. The beep-beep-beep of my alarm waking me up on race day. The gurgle-gurgle-gurgle of the coffee maker. Green-green-bubbles-flash-someone’s-wetsuit-clad-arm. Green-green-bubbles-flashbulb-of-sunlight...Nasty g...
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Race clothing: thoughts and musings. | Still Waters Run No Mills
https://planetmort.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/race-clothing-thoughts-and-musings
Still Waters Run No Mills. Random stuff, from me. Race clothing: thoughts and musings. Note: this post will likely be of interest only to tri/running/endurance geeks. In fact, I’m pretty sure it will be. Ah, the politics of the race shirt. Of course, you can also buy loads of stuff in advance of the race as well. This is pretty much the same (things emblazoned with your race name and/or date), but it lacks the “finisher” appellation. So what does yours truly think? An even grayer area is for spectators a...
