Yes, I had acupuncture. So far this week, I’d been pain free in my hip, groin & related areas. Then I woke up Thursday morning with the dull ache back in my right hip. Dang! Well, at least I didn’t have a heavy field work day scheduled & I had an acupuncture appointment already on the books! The appointment went well. Its so interesting what we learn. She had some concern that I might have a soaze injury tieing all of these little bits together, but after some uncomfortable digging to isolate that muscle, it didn’t seem like that was the case. Anyway, she did find several other points that were problematic. The needles felt “hot” and “tight” this time. Sometimes they feel “sharp”. Sometimes “dull”. Its interesting how it changes each time. Now, I have been tasked to get a tennisball & roll on it in the hip joint area where it is sore to keep trying to work it out, along with continuing to stretch my hamstrings & IT-band with a strap. The damage is pretty deep in the ball/socket area — Yuck! So, onward!

All of this meant, I skipped yoga on Thursday night. Acupuncture left me a bit out of it, so I hung out with Mom and did some light work in the garden instead & made dinner. Friday dropped by to visit with Shiloh for the first time in a long time; that little puppy is almost as tall as Shiloh now. And, they had loads of fun playing.

Mom and I took a short walk with Shiloh after dinner. We picked up a couple of rental movies, some ice cream and some cookies. It was PMS heaven around here last night…well, except for the movie Perfume, which was pretty morbid but a psycological thriller, so okay.

On the food front…obviously the ice cream & cookies weren’t on the 100 Mile Diet. Neither was the lunch mom treated me to at Swanson’s Nursery. Nor was the oatmeal for breakfast, tho the milk & honey in it were local. Dinner was from the diet — roast Skagit River Ranch Chicken stuffed with local garlic & herbs from my garden with local potatoes, onions & carrots plus a green salad (all local). So, we’re starting to balance out even more, sustaining what’s sustainable for us.

Friday Mom and I will hit the Phinney Ridge Farmer’s market to refresh our fruit & vegetable bin. This cool weather Seattle’s having is slowing down my vegetable garden & frustrating me. I’m about ready to put my plastic “greenhouse” back up to cook these plants!

Workout:

  • Type: Walk
  • Date: 08/09/2007
  • Time: 21:00:00
  • Total Time: 00:20:00.00
  • Distance: 1 miles
  • Average Pace: 20:00/mile