Swim Club
Otherwise known as Operation Hottness Squared.
JessTer and I are on a quest to change our bodies. We decided that one sort of exercise would not be beneficial and that by mixing it up we would be cross training as well as having fun. So after work we are /have been walking and running, playing tennis, strength training, etc. Every morning we have been swimming. It is SOOOO much fun. I was seriously against swimming in public due to my non-supermodel figure, but JessTer assured me that by going to the Jones Center I would encounter no more than "2 old dudes in the pool."
So this week I got the "swim club required uniform". Uber plain black tank, swim cap & goggles. JessTer explained that you have to "look the part" to really get into it. It's true. If I had showed up in my little fashionable swimsuit and hair everywhere, I would not be able to concentrate on my swimming. So yeah, there we are every morning. The swim cap brats. I need to take a photo of our shiny, rubber heads and goggled eyeballs. Oh and yeah, when we go...there are seriously just "2 old dudes in the pool." When I am getting ready for work after we swim the old ladies begin to show up. Today they were all trading vegetables they have been growing in their gardens. Will there be a time when the excitement of my day is trading squash for okra with JessTer?
Tonight is tennis night. I haven't ever REALLY played tennis, but when I was a child my dad enjoyed it and we would play a little in our yard, because we were ghetto and did not go to a court or own one. Maybe someones mom could teach me? (ha!) I hope I don't suck too bad.
My knee is healing. With Celebrex it feels pretty good, but I still can't land on it or kneel on it without pain, but walking, running, swimming seem to not hurt too bad.
Waiting on more test results from my doctor. Wish me luck.
In work news yesterday, Former Office Larry Norman was sentenced to 90 DAYS IN JAIL for the, in my opinion, murder of teenager Erin Hamley. The incident happened last year, when Erin was gunned down by a idiot cop that drove up to a scene that he obviously was not prepared to deal with in a professional manner. The police had been looking for escaped convict, Adman Leadford. They saw Erin Hamley walking down the side of a road. Several officers stopped him surrounded him and sorta had the scene under control. They were asking him to take his hands out of his pockets and lie on the ground. He was still standing when Norman arrived. In the video, you can hear Norman drive up...without his traffic radio on, listening to rando music. He sits there, loads his gun, gets out of his car, is told by the officer in charge to stop what he is doing and go direct traffic. Hamley eventually lies on the ground. Norman, disregarding the orders to direct traffic, proceeds toward Hamely and shoots him.
Apparently there is audio that reveals Hamley asking why he was shot, why he was going to die, what did he do, etc. It is all so incredibly tragic. The police found Adam Leadford, the escaped convict I believe the following day in a Wal-Mart.
The grand jury was given the choice of "premeditated murder" or "negligent homicide" which neither fit. Of course it wasn't premeditated, but a misdemeanor charge is ridiculous as well.
Yesterday after the sentencing hearing, the videos were released to the press as well as all the other court documents, our office spent most of our time going over them, editing all the video getting the stories, photos and videos on the web etc.
It was grueling, and I have to say, I was not down with viewing the raw video, but Hamley's mom wanted it to be shown to ensure that it would never again. Well Mrs. Hamely, don't hold out too much hope. These incidents will continue to happen as long as testosterone driven, gun happy cops are out and about.
Starving to death.
Lunchtime!
JessTer and I are on a quest to change our bodies. We decided that one sort of exercise would not be beneficial and that by mixing it up we would be cross training as well as having fun. So after work we are /have been walking and running, playing tennis, strength training, etc. Every morning we have been swimming. It is SOOOO much fun. I was seriously against swimming in public due to my non-supermodel figure, but JessTer assured me that by going to the Jones Center I would encounter no more than "2 old dudes in the pool."
So this week I got the "swim club required uniform". Uber plain black tank, swim cap & goggles. JessTer explained that you have to "look the part" to really get into it. It's true. If I had showed up in my little fashionable swimsuit and hair everywhere, I would not be able to concentrate on my swimming. So yeah, there we are every morning. The swim cap brats. I need to take a photo of our shiny, rubber heads and goggled eyeballs. Oh and yeah, when we go...there are seriously just "2 old dudes in the pool." When I am getting ready for work after we swim the old ladies begin to show up. Today they were all trading vegetables they have been growing in their gardens. Will there be a time when the excitement of my day is trading squash for okra with JessTer?
Tonight is tennis night. I haven't ever REALLY played tennis, but when I was a child my dad enjoyed it and we would play a little in our yard, because we were ghetto and did not go to a court or own one. Maybe someones mom could teach me? (ha!) I hope I don't suck too bad.
My knee is healing. With Celebrex it feels pretty good, but I still can't land on it or kneel on it without pain, but walking, running, swimming seem to not hurt too bad.
Waiting on more test results from my doctor. Wish me luck.
In work news yesterday, Former Office Larry Norman was sentenced to 90 DAYS IN JAIL for the, in my opinion, murder of teenager Erin Hamley. The incident happened last year, when Erin was gunned down by a idiot cop that drove up to a scene that he obviously was not prepared to deal with in a professional manner. The police had been looking for escaped convict, Adman Leadford. They saw Erin Hamley walking down the side of a road. Several officers stopped him surrounded him and sorta had the scene under control. They were asking him to take his hands out of his pockets and lie on the ground. He was still standing when Norman arrived. In the video, you can hear Norman drive up...without his traffic radio on, listening to rando music. He sits there, loads his gun, gets out of his car, is told by the officer in charge to stop what he is doing and go direct traffic. Hamley eventually lies on the ground. Norman, disregarding the orders to direct traffic, proceeds toward Hamely and shoots him.
Apparently there is audio that reveals Hamley asking why he was shot, why he was going to die, what did he do, etc. It is all so incredibly tragic. The police found Adam Leadford, the escaped convict I believe the following day in a Wal-Mart.
The grand jury was given the choice of "premeditated murder" or "negligent homicide" which neither fit. Of course it wasn't premeditated, but a misdemeanor charge is ridiculous as well.
Yesterday after the sentencing hearing, the videos were released to the press as well as all the other court documents, our office spent most of our time going over them, editing all the video getting the stories, photos and videos on the web etc.
It was grueling, and I have to say, I was not down with viewing the raw video, but Hamley's mom wanted it to be shown to ensure that it would never again. Well Mrs. Hamely, don't hold out too much hope. These incidents will continue to happen as long as testosterone driven, gun happy cops are out and about.
Starving to death.
Lunchtime!
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