Sunday, March 10, 2013

No More Wine...(for a while)

I'm not Catholic...I'm Lutheran...but we give up stuff for Lent too. All winter I've been drinking too much wine. I LOVE red wine but it seems to kill any motivation I have for working out and doing things after work. I decided to start working out finally, and didn't drink wine for over a week (a week before Lent started). I decided to keep it going through Lent and take up jogging, even if it's a few times a week after work, on the treadmill. The very 1st day I jogged 2 miles and walked for a 1/2 mile to cool down. I still felt good, but my feet were numb and I knew I was going to be sore the next couple days.

Now I'm up to jogging 3 miles and still walking 1/2 mile to cool down and rest my muscles. I started lifting weights (light ones) and doing push-ups and sit-ups. So far so good! One month into it and I think I've lost...one pound!

Today I bought Dave a bottle of wine and we watched Wreck-it Ralph. I didn't drink any of it but it smelled good! We're both trying to be healthier and I think it's working! Let's see if we can keep it up...

Sunday, March 3, 2013

February Update

I haven't posted anything for a while, so I thought I'd write a quick update.

February was busy for me, at least at work! I will have to post pictures later about my trip to Las Vegas. I was the only one able to go to the interpreter's meeting in Las Vegas at the beginning of February. I would have to drive down on Thursday because the meeting was Friday morning. Google maps says Las Vegas is 6 hours from Yerington, but everyone else said it was longer, so I had to plan for a full 8-hour work day of driving down and one back. Suzanne, a coworker, suggested I get permission to spend my days off down there and come back on Monday, so that's what I did. I work with some pretty smart people....because I wouldn't have thought of that! I drove my own vehicle instead of the state truck--partly because I was spending my days off down there, and partly because I was nervous to drive in Las Vegas and I didn't want to have to worry about the state truck on top of that. Plus, my car gets better gas mileage and I can get paid back! So, from Thursday, Feb. 7 to Monday, Feb. 11 I was in Las Vegas! I stayed with my step-brother and his family so I even had a free place to stay and people to visit!

On February 14, Valentine's Day, I gave a talk about Fort Churchill for the Douglas County Historical Society in Gardnerville. I worked part of the day in the morning, took off early, and then drove from Yerington to Gardnerville. I left home at 5 p.m. and got there at 6:30 so I had time to find the place and set up. It turns out it was in this big, nice museum that I'd never been to! I have to go back now, when I have time to look at the exhibits instead of worrying about my talk! I had 43 people and had to use a microphone because the celings are high, the room was full of older people, and I have a quiet voice. I didn't get home until after 9:30 p.m. so I took time off the next day too.

I spent one day at the Division office in Carson City with Suzanne, looking through old files for Fort Churchill that would be useful to have at the park, and that might help me learn about Buckland Station, where I work. None of the artifacts in Buckland are original to the family and they were bought at antique stores or donated, so I wanted to know where they came from and if I could find any other information on the artifacts. No luck yet...but I have some leads!

On February 21, a group of paranormal investigators came into Buckland Station to see what they could find. It was just a small group from Reno, Ghost Posse. They were nice people and it was interesting to follow them around to see what they did. They had a lot of fancy, expensive equipment and took everything very seriously. I have my doubts on whether they will actually get anything on their recorders and cameras, but they said they will get back to me in the next couple weeks.

...and finally, my friend from Vernal, Louise Murch, came to visit! She stayed three nights starting on the 28th and left this morning (March 3). We did a ton of bird watching and visiting, and on Saturday we drove up to Pyramid Lake. It's so close, but neither of us had been there. In the next month there will be thousands of pelicans coming in to breed there, but we only saw some gulls, geese and a flicker. Oh yeah, and a bunch of ravens.