Thoughts on a Saturday

Olympic table tennis (a.k.a. ping-pong) serves are weird.

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I wish I didn't bruise so easily. I had blood drawn yesterday morning to check some results of my weight loss program. I have very well-hidden veins and I always warn the people about to attempt to take blood from the normal spot. Due to this warning the tech started with a vein on my left forearm and lost the vein after one tube (though she did poke around a while to try to get it back again). Needing two more tubes, she moved to the fat vein on my right wrist and finished the job (yes, that one was painful). Both are massively bruised. A lovely look. Those numbers better come back good.

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I start my new job on Monday. I found out that my picture will be on the front page of their intranet on Tuesday. Great. Now I need to pay even closer attention to how I look Monday. I've already got to hide my arms, so I don't look like some sort of drug user.

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I jogged three intervals of five minutes today. As I move through the Couch to 5K plan, my third run this week will be for 20 minutes straight. That's a lot for me. Just 13 weeks ago, I couldn't jog at all as my shins felt like they would snap (due in part to my weight). Now I run without pain at all.

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Well, I think that's enough random thoughts for you all to chew on. Hope everybody's having a good weekend.