Bleah

I'm having a shitty day, self-wise. I'm not sleeping as soundly as I want to because I'm not exercising enough...and I'm eating out all the damn time so I feel disgusting...gross gross gross. I hadn't had such a hard time getting out of bed to go to work in the morning since I left SI.

I really like the balance of my life where I exercise so much that I can and have to eat like an athlete and it's all good...I do not like the balance of my life where I eat like a slob just because. I don't believe in dieting, really. I believe in exercising enough to offset the deliciousness that I consume. I fell off the band-wagon right when I stopped running. Fortunately, I have my next doctor's appointment on the 20th. Hopefully he'll say something like: "hey your foot looks fantastic - go run your ass off." And then I will. He'll put me into his little physical therapy sessions to make that grinding in my knees less annoying...and I'll essentially live happily ever after. Can't wait. The days just go better when I'm physically exhausted.

I may buy the bike this weekend or early next week. That should help with the disgusting.

I say early next week because we might go camping this weekend. The issue is: I'm dog sitting for this very Melman like character...(remember the giraffe from Madagascar?). Well, he's really pretty weird as far as dogs go, but I think he's chill enough (or uncomfortable enough) that he would do OK on a camping trip. My concern is, if we were to climb at Seneca Rocks, he'd have to hang out at the bottom of the cliff, alone, for like 3 or 4 hours since it's a 300 foot climb. Even then, I think he'd be fine...but if there were a lot of other people around I'd have concerns with him being alone without us. Shame he's not a climbing dog. Side note - when I get my own dog, she's totally going to be the type who comes to the cliffs with me...runs with me (I'm excited about having a running dog) and potentially runs around the farm while I ride. Of course that would mean that I'm going to have that farm with horses one day too.

I'm cool with just camping somewhere else, but I feel like the opportunities to climb Seneca are going to be fewer and farther between as we head into rainy Fall season and I really want to see a few different places before I'm committed to being indoors for the season.

One thing that makes me really happy is the conclusion that I spent enough time outdoors this season: my hair is a little bit blonder. That hadn't happened in a really long time. I suppose I hadn't been outside as much as I used to be in years. Go figure.