stepping up

Sunday steps: 8340

Decided it was time to step up a notch on the treadmill this week, so Sunday's steps included 50 minutes instead of 45. I've been doing 45 since 10-28, so it was time to make the move, right? The last 10 were pretty much the cool down phase, rocking on at about 1.6 mph.

Left knee has been acting up a bit when I first get on the treadmill, though. I have injured that knee in the past - the sort of injury where you plant your foot and then the knee goes P-O-P!!! and you go OW!! Yup, that kind. So, from time to time it flares up and I have to baby it a bit. But, tonight, even though it started out feeling really rocky, by the time I had been walking for 10 minutes or so it was feeling just fine. Yay!

This morning I helped hubby and his buddy reload the boxes into the van, then hubby pulled it out onto the road so his buddy could park in his spot. All of a sudden steam was blowing out of the van like mad. A blown radiator hose. Ack! So we unloaded the boxes again - and loaded them into his buddy's pickup bed. They hadn't wanted to use it because it is so cold outside, but he threw a tarp over it and away we all went to the first school - grades 3-5. Dropped off 15 boxes there. Also dropped off granddaughter for her classes.

Then we three went for a late breakfast before going to the next school. They had asked us to wait until all of the busses had dropped off their students - then we could have the bus lane as the drop off zone. Happy to oblige. Dropped another 15 boxes at the K-2 school.

After that I went to our shop to sit by the phone while they drove down to Kasilof to the Tustumena elementary school with another 8 boxes. They also delivered some individual boxes while out and about.

It was a full morning. While we were doing our deliveries, other members of ABATE were going to different schools making deliveries. My hat is off to ABATE on a job well done.

Did some "last minute" shopping for the big dinner and that pretty much did in my day.

Oh, I did get a call from the bookkeeper at work - she was checking on my "druthers" for some software for my new computer system. A grant is purchasing computers for our entire agency. What a blessing. We are all using Windows 95 and that sucks, frankly. We will be getting XP, which Kim Komando says is good. But, I asked for some software for use in the newsletters and web site which are under my responsibility. I will be getting an Adobe software package including PageMaker, Publisher, PhotoShop and Adobe Acrobat. yay!

Right now when I need something converted to pdf I have to borrow hubby's computer at the shop, or ask him to do it for me. It will be nice to have it there. I don't think I'm getting the digital camera I asked for, though. So, will have to continue using my own.

Well, tomorrow I have to get serious about cleaning - so I had best get off here for now. Have a great Tuesday, friends.

Posted by Purplemoose at November 24, 2003 10:31 PM