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Thanks to the lovely daq42, all necessary information has been retrieved from the ibook and the hard disk has been b0rked so that it's shiny and as empty as my brain. We didn't want our Quicken information floating out there somewhere.

ez_mo now has an ACAC membership, so I decided it was time to get back into the water, whether or not my scalp is healed (no, it's not. In fact, it's WORSE than ever.) and so we've been putting our feet in the water. Well, the rest of us, too.

Today, we did the AquaStrength class in the therapy pool. I think the old ladies totally kicked my ass. We were a good 40 years younger than the other participants. On the other hand, I'm more flexible than the "OH MY GOD, you're NOT 50" lithe and impossibly fit instructor. This probably isn't a good thing, but hey--it's fun to be a freak. I had to keep moving to shallow water for any bending exercises, while moving back to deep for the resistance arm/hand weight exercises. I had to skip several of the reps, as certain movements make my muscles and nerves go "COLLAPSE!" And I discovered that a lot of the strength I gained last year in PT has disappeared. I'm going to have to build up my hips/pelvis/abdominal stuff all over again--I knew this was an issue, I've been having issues with walking and such.

Anyhow, I feel accomplished. I think the arthritis range-of-motion class will be more suited to me. Ali wants to try the "go at your own pace" deep water running/jogging/slogging. I can swing that, I think, unless the family pool is too cold for my muscles.

I also feel sore. I was sore before I did this, though. When the instructor told us to quit if anything hurt, everyone said, "We already hurt!", so I helpfully said I'd quit if I hurt *worse* or differently. ;)

The nice thing about our gym is that you can just go in and soak in the hot tub. No need to feel odd if you don't use the bikes or swim. Of course, I always get in the pools, but stretching for a few minutes in the jacuzzi is a good way to alleviate a few trigger point issues in my back and legs.

I need new shoes so that I can do the recumbent bikes again. Those are pretty easy on me and seem to help my hips.
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jericho_the_dog and I went to the dog park and after lots of frisbee fetching, we went over to the playground to play with ez_mo and the kids. Fun was had, then we came home.
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The new Mac should ship whenever Apple receives notice from FedEx that the old one is en route.

curry chicken noodle thingy

Get hungry. Want chicken. Take bag of frozen thigh meat from Trader Joe's out of the freezer. Wash 1.5qt saucepan. Put dried onion, some veggie broth, some water, and some minced garlic in the saucepan. Add a chicken thigh and a handful of baby carrots. Think about spices, add a generous heaping dump of curry powder. Sprinkle some lemon zest, salt, and garlic pepper in there. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low boil/high simmer and leave for 15 minutes. Come back. Add a nest of sai fun. Add a generous sloshing of frozen peas. Bring back to full boil for five minutes. Fight boy for servings. Try not to splash curry broth all over tablecloth, magazine, and clothes. Go back for seconds.

(The curry powder I use has a decent amount of chili peppers of various sorts in it. If yours does not, add something that will give it a good kick.)