SUMMARY: Conditioning hikes...wellllll... plus Tika's butt and agility training...wellll...and about that camera.
I am swamped this week. THREE projects for work simultaneously. I can handle it, really I can--
But no energy to call the insurance company and ask to rescind my claim. NEXT week maybe.
Camera: It occurred to me that I must be able to RENT one of the cameras that I'm thinking of buying. Looked online, sho nuff, lots of places. So I reserved a camera (plus battery plus memory card--extra fees of course) and hopefully can pick it up Friday before heading for Yosemite. I have a borrowed lens that'll fit--18 to 200mm, which isn't quite as nice as a 300, but I didn't want the additional rental fee--not surprisingly, most lenses cost more to rent than the camera body.
So what kind of conditioning are we up to this week for the grueling 3000-plus-foot trek up to Glacier Point on Saturday--T minus 3 days and counting? Monday, a mile and a half on the flat with the beasts. Typical brisk walk. Yesterday, a mile and a quarter on the flat with the beasts. Another typical brisk walk. PLUS i went up and down my 3/4 story stairs 25 times! I added that up--that's about 150 feet elevation gain! omG I'm nowhere close to 3000 feet.
This evening planning on joining the sierra club group for a 5 mile, 500 feet brisk hike from Skyline Ridge to Russian Ridge (love those names). Then, to make up the additional 2500 feet of conditioning, I'll come home and climb up and down my stairs 416 times.
Or not.
Tika's anal gland is looking somewhat better. Monday she definitely drooped; yesterday her usual perky over-the-top self returned in full force. We're using hot damp compress plus antibiotic ointment twice a day. It's still bleeding a bit but not nearly as badly. I'm almost out of ointment, crud. Plus I doubt the renter's going to want to do that on Saturday.
And we're a week and a half from the SMART USDAA warm-up for the Western Regionals the following weekend, and what have we been working on? Noooooothing! Plus missed last week's class; it was rescheduled for earlier in the day because of World Team practice, and I couldn't make it. NEXT week I'll get serious again.
I mean, we do do a few drills every day, but just kind of general things: A little contact work, a little weave pole work, a little running and jumping. And now--on to Projects A, S, and P!
Things are looking up. Or, at least, I am.
Don't bother with rescinding the claim. I'm told that, once you suggest to them that you have a problem where you might need to file a claim, it's in the system and there's no way out. You're just screwed. (That's from an insurance agent.)
ReplyDeleteWhen my car was broken into, I started my calls to the auto insurance and home insurance people with, "Hypothetically, if [blah] happened and I reported a claim, what would I be able to ..." Their answers made me sad. "So, do you need to report a loss?" "No, ma'am."
BTW- I would be ecstatic to be proved wrong on that point. :-)
ReplyDeleteIn theory the worst they can do now is say "no." So it's worth a try.
ReplyDeleteGoing to make watermelon pickles out of those watermelon rinds? Have a good hike tonight!
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