Category Archives: Random

09.27.12
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Thoughts of Late

I gave blood the other day and I had full intentions of not giving them my phone number.  In the past they have been relentless about calling me and asking me to keep donating.  It’s not like I even have the blood that can be received by all.  They called everyday and at horrible hours – super late and super early.  So freaking annoying.  So, I was going to give them my phone # but change one of the numbers so they couldn’t reach me.  BUT, they already had my number!  Crap man, they better not start calling me after 56 days or whenever I can donate again.

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Had my 2nd PT sesh the other  day.  He basically pressed and pressed this tendon near my ankle and up my leg.  It’s still tender.  He also pulled and pushed my ankle around.  Then he kept pressing this area on my knee that hurt – I didn’t even know that part hurt.  He was also massaging my IT band.  I asked him how many sessions he thought I would need – he said it really depended how the first few treatments were.  I’m curious as to how what he is doing is going to fix me when I stop going to see him.  I’m going again on Monday.  The ankle does feel a little better.   Knee about the same.  Feels fine walking but sometimes when I sleep, go down stairs, or when my knee is in a certain position – it still hurts. =

Color run is in about a month – at this rate, I’m a little doubtful about my condition.

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There was this family at CBC main a few years ago.  I think the family ended up moving back to China for missions.  They had 2 young twin boys (maybe about 5), 2 older sisters (maybe around high school age), and an older brother that is now 19.  The seemed to be a close, healthy, Christian family.  They had lived in China for a few years, they were also home schooled when they were younger.  I guess something happened with the older brother – had some troubles and alot of angst.  He left his family at age 17.  He got into cocaine, alcohol, and street life.  He got in trouble with the law and almost took his own life.  But he met a rapper that saved his life and so he now raps.  I just discovered his music.  The lyrics are so raw, so filled with pain.   Check it out here:  The Underdawg His story – http://simplifiedrecords.yolasite.com/the-under-dawg.php

09.15.12
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Doctoral Visit Expectations

Going to the doctor is an interesting idea.  It’s interesting because of the expectations which I’m assuming most people would have in order to deem it a worthwhile experience.  When you go to the doctor, something is usually wrong with you.  Not only do you expect them to tell you what is wrong with you but you expect them to tell you how to fix the issue.  Not just fix the issue, but fix it in a timely manner.  When you go to the doctor, you also have an acceptable waiting time in mind.  You also have expectations on how the doctor will talk to you and how they actually visit with you.  Did they ask me questions?  Did they let me talk?  Did they spend enough time with me?  Did they sound like they actually cared?  Were they personable?  Did they give satisfying answers?

Dang, it must be hard to work in the medical field.  I feel like a lot of the times, we have a lot of complaints about doctors and how difficult it is to find a good one.  I also feel like that’s because patients have a lot of expectations.  And it’s hard to be fully pleased.

Why am I writing about all this?  I’m not sure.  Is there a point?  I don’t know.  I guess, people are hard to please because of all their different expectations.  We’re probably expecting too much – yet at the same time, these days are common and really at the end of the day, we just want to be fixed, have a good experience at the doctor, and not wait too long.  Yeah, demanding.

07.22.12
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Parking Tap

If you’ve driven with me before, you know I hate and have great difficulty parallel parking my car.  I can’t see jack out the back and can’t tell how far away I am from the cars.  Today I went over to C’s place and there was a premium parking spot right in front.  It looked a little tight but it was right in front so I decided to try.  My first attempt I went in too sharp and then a car was waiting for me – so I got extra nervous.  Then I tried again and then I still couldn’t see and then there were all these people on the sidewalk so I got even more nervous because I was afraid I might tap the car behind me and that would be NG and EXTRA NG with people watching.  So I gave up and drove away.  How embarrassing.  =

I parked extra extra far away and walked to C’s place.  Then as I waited for C to open the door, this corolla tries to park in the spot.  It’s an older man and woman and they try several times and they get into the spot fine.  But then for whatever reason, they keep backing up and I was thinking, “hmm, he’s getting awfully close to that Nissan.”  Then he pulls forward again.  He’s in the spot perfectly already so I’m not sure what he’s doing (but maybe he can’t see either).  Then he decides to back up again.  Back up…back up…back up…um…TAP!  He totally taps the car behind him!!!  I was just staring at them.  Then he pulls forward and parks as if nothing happened.  Just at that time, C came so went in and didn’t see if they even checked the other person’s car.  But I’m so glad that it wasn’t me!!!  And so glad people weren’t watching!  I should practice parking my car sometime lol.

03.28.12
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Pick 6

Mega millions jackpot is near $500 MILLION.  That number is ridiculous.  That number is so large that I can’t even imagine how much money that is.

Anyway, I spent $5 on 5 sets of numbers.  Haha.

It’d be fun to even just win a small prize.  =P

02.02.12
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Interesting

Not necessarily the good kind.  How strange, how strange.  A bit mind boggling?  A bit unsettling?  Yes.  All of the above.

Friday, come faster.

11.02.11
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Miramar Lake Run

I’ve only been to Miramar Lake 3 times in the many years I’ve been in San Diego and all of them were within the past 1.5 months.  Miramar Lake is pretty nice to watch the sunset.  Actually, the sunset was pretty amazing on Sunday, I wish we would have stayed 10 minutes longer to watch it.

Anyway…

C. and I had plan to run a 5K at Miramar Lake on Sunday but on Saturday I had further hurt my ankle since I hurt it the previous weekend working out.  The previous weekend, I was sprinting and I stepped on root or large piece of bark on the grass, rolled my ankle, and fell over.  Surprisingly it wasn’t that painful throughout the week.  Then on Saturday, the last drill we did, I totally hurt it again.  Partly my fault because earlier on during practice, I had adjusted the straps on my ankle brace to be higher up, since it was kind of cutting into my heel.  And then what?  Well, I ended up rolling it right under the strap.  Fail.  This time hurt way more than last week.  But C. was telling me that “a hurt ankle is no excuse to not go running”.  Dang, I didn’t even get to use the excuse before it got rejected.  Haha.

I limped around all Saturday night, iced, and wrapped it.  Tried to elevate while sleeping, that failed.  Still felt pretty sore on Sunday but I decided to suck it up and try running.  C. was like, its a 4.92 mile loop, be ready to run!  I was like, “what?! just because the loop is that long, doesn’t mean you have to run the whole thing…”  She thought otherwise.  Whatever.  So, I taped up, ankle braced it up and off we went to the lake.

Less than 30 seconds into the run, my leg cramped!  It was the side tendon, outside part of my leg between the calf and shin.  Less than 30 seconds.  How lame is that?  I felt so embarrassed and lame.  We didn’t come all the way out here to not run!  I realized it was because I had been limping around all night and morning that I had fatigued that muscle so when I tried to run, it just cramped immediately.  So, I sat down, ripped off all the tape and ankle brace stuff because I also think that every time I have that stuff on, something else on my leg gets jacked up.  So I massaged it for like a minute and got up.

I felt really lame.  So I had to go on.  So off we went.  Multiple times I thought it was going to just die and cramp but I kept running.  Sometimes, it felt like when I went slower, it was going to cramp so I had to go faster!  So the goal was to run 10 minute miles.  C. was going to pace me.  The first one was around 9:45 I think.  I think we ended up just over 20 for mile 2?  C. was trying to get me to pick up the pace but I was too tired cause we ran too fast earlier.  Mile 3 she took off so I just ran myself.  I ended up at 34:24 minus the time I stopped to remove the ankle brace and massage my cramp.  Man, running 3 miles is tiring especially when its not flat.  My ankle and leg also starting hurting more in the 3rd mile.

I decided to walk for awhile after 3.  The original plan was to walk the last 2.  C. just took off and ran all 4.92 miles.  I decided to walk for 1/2 a mile and then try to run the rest.  I ran probably just over 1 mile when I saw C. start walking my way with water.  WATER!  So thirsty.  So I walked the rest.

All in all, I ran 4 miles (even though I had a break)!!  That’s the most I’ve run since 6th grade!!  I felt so accomplished, especially with a bum leg and considering I couldn’t even run 1 mile to MOL’s house a few months ago.  :)

The end.