And They Care

More caring happened today and it was wonderful.  My office landlord came in today to check on a "beeping"  noise that I was totally ignoring because I was too lazy to get up and see what it was about.  Landlord Doug came in with his superstar sidekick Lisa and they looked at me sitting at my desk and said, "don't you hear that?"  I shrugged my shoulders and said "yeah...."  It was that kind of day.

Superstar Sidekick Lisa said "my dear, you don't look like you feel good."  I said, "yeah, I've got shin splints or something or the other."  Doug, who's awesome and wears basketball shorts to work most days, said "are you icing those legs?"  I said, "uh huh.  I've got some super frozen peas."  Then Doug turned to me, pointed his finger like all dad's do when they're serious, and said, "I'll tell you what I tell my daughter.  You're running too much.  And it's not going to stop hurting until you stop the pounding on your legs."  Doug's two children are/were college athletes you see, and since he was wearing basketball shorts, he looked like he knew what he was talking about.

I said "but, I can't stop now!"  Sir Doug said, "No, no, you don't have to stop.  You just have to stop the pounding.  You can get on an elliptical and get the same benefit without the pounding."  Ahhh.... Landlords in basketball shorts are so wise!  "That's not a bad idea," I said. 

Then I told Doug and Superstar Sidekick Lisa about my new shoes that I ordered.  Doug agreed and said the shoes could be part of the problem too.  Lisa said, "aren't you supposed to get new running shoes every six months or something?"  Doug asked how old mine were and I said with a half-shoulder shrug, "a year and a half."  Doug rolled his eyes, pointed his finger at me again like all dad's do when they're serious and said, "elliptical," as he walked out the door.

Why hadn't I thought of this before??  Doug's so smart.  So, I'll tell ya what I did.  I went to the gym after work and paid my $6 to beat up on an elliptical machine for 45 minutes.  I went 4.6 miles in 45 minutes on the "cross-trainer" setting (which is pretty intense mind you).  I thought for a minute that my legs might start hurting and I begged them not to so that I didn't have to stop.  And wa-la.  Super workout, no pain (though still icing tonight Just in case), and I feel better about life than when Doug and Superstar Sidekick Lisa first found me this morning completely ignoring the blaring beeping they heard from next door.

And then I came home and had hummus and blackberry cobbler for dinner.  Don't judge.  ...And FYI, "New Girl" is the funniest show on earth right now.  I'm in love.