15 minutes OF FURY!

Used the Exercise Room at work tonight for the first time ever. I did this because I am nearing my pre-atkins weight again and I really don't want to be going there. And to add insult to that injury, I'vew also found myself getting tired and out-of-breath from stuff that I've always been able to do efortlessly! Stuff like take the stairs instead of an elevator, clean for more than 5 minutes without needing a break, walking from the car to our front door, USING TOILET PAPER...

It was that last one that really pushed me over the edge. The only grunting and straining I should be doing in the crapper is when I'm Doing My Doody Duty, not afterwards!

Also, I'm concerned that I won't be able to enjoy The Convention in April properly if I'm still like this by then. And what about 4 years from now when I want to take Molly to DisneyLand?!?!? You can't properly experience the park with a 4-year-old if (a) you can't fit on any of the rides, and (b) you need to find a bench every 3 minutes!

So like I said, I went and experienced The Exercise Room here at work. A treadmill, a Stair-Stepper and a Nautilus Machine (I think that's what youc all it... like 3 different seats for 12 different types of weight training). I decided I would start out with a little Cardio, get the blood pumping and see where it took me. I seem to remember that I should always try to get my blood rate up before moving on to bigger stuff. So I stepped on The Stair Stepper and set it for a nice 20-minute work-out.

2 minutes was more than enough of THAT nonsense! I sat down at the weights and decided to do the leg weight lifting thingee instead. The plan was for 2 "Reps" of 15; What I got were 7 reps of 7, 2, 4, 5, 3, 7 and 2. Good enough!

I then tried the Treadmill - couldn't get it to work. It beeped at me alot.

So back over to the stair stepper! I found a setting for a 5-minute routine and decided if I couldn't do THAT then it was time to give up. Call up Maurey Povitch and gets me a Helper Monkey to wipe my ass for me, dammit!

Well I made it through the 5 minute routine, so no Helper Monkey for me :( But if I'm lucky, at least I'll be able to fit in to all my cool shirts by this time next month!

Night of ONE THOUSAND Maniacs!

Well okay, maybe just three. But I've had three very interesting calls tonight!

#1: Guy who had made his very own "Computer Network" at home using Cat5 and USB cables spliced with regular phone cords and a LOT of duct tape. 'Cuz the RJ5 connector was just to big to fit in to most of the modem ports on his computers. And he wanted to know why it wasn't working, and insisted that it was Comcast's fault.

#2: Lady wanted to know if we could check and see if anyone had broken in to her home and installed spy cameras that use the internet. Each time I said No she would come up with a different qualifier to try and get me to say yes. "How about if I turn off my computer? Could you tell then? Or what if I turn off all my lights and look at the cable modem... could you do it then?"

#3: Another lady was havi9ng a completely different conversation than what I was having. She had no internet; I had to send out a technician. "I can have someone out there between Noon and 4 tomorrow... would anyone be home, or shall we look at other options?" She replied with "Oh, it'll be fixed in just a few hours? That's wonderfull! Thank you very much! Bye!"