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April 26, 2005

things are looking up

This blog stands as a microcosm for what I've been doing lately: nothing. Life is rough here on the CNY homestead: fighting kids, monster toddler (who I've now named Destructo Boy, because he can tear up a room faster than the speed of light)...

Here. See this is why I haven't posted. It will just be more of the same. The kids drive me nuts, the baby is crazy, my brother is so fried that we can't figure out how he makes decisions. I do have a story about him, I guess:

He finally drove his Escort into its grave. He has now inherited our Caravan, which *was* a decent vehicle. Once he started driving it, we started getting parking tickets in the mail from the city. So Brian said, you know, look, you've got to switch the plates over to your name and get it insured so that we don't have to worry about your shenanigans getting put onto *our* record.

Well. No, he didn't immediately get the plates changed, because that is how he is. Instead, he proceeded to back into someone in a bank parking lot, which crunched up the back bumper, passenger-side reverse lights, and a portion of the hatch. The person he backed into (allegedly) sustained no damage, but still insisted that they (do the right thing) and call the police to file a report.

Yeah. The punchline is that if there any claims against the brother, it's OUR insurance.

I think. Because really, I don't know how insurance works, especially here in NY where everything is "no fault." Whatever. Maybe it won't matter at all. But geez.

OK: in other (better) news, I finally broke down and went to Fleet Feet in Syr to undergo "gait analysis" and get some "good" running shoes. The salesperson who helped me was fabulous, and while I was skeptical that a thing called "gait analysis" was a scientific, useful, legitimate procedure, she proved me wrong.

She put me on a treadmill and FILMED my feet from the back. Then she showed me, in very slow motion, how my left foot turns in and overpronates. She fitted me with several pairs of motion control shoes (which I knew existed but didn't know I needed).

AND the best of all, she turned out to be a massage therapist who offered me half-off on a sports massage so she could work on my IT band.

Also best of all, I ran last night without pain. It was only 2 miles (and then we walked three), but still, I'm thrilled to be getting back (finally).

Things are looking up. Now if only the weather would cooperate.

Posted by mryonker at April 26, 2005 08:21 AM

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Posted by: ABDmom at April 26, 2005 06:56 PM