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Ethiopian food eaten with "food club" friends last night. Yum!

My new habits have not had a very good week. I'm hoping that this weekend will mark a new start. I have been swimming/exercising as much as usual, but with some sadness because my pool will be closing for "maintenance" starting Monday for 3 weeks. Yes, that's right, exactly when I need to really buckle down and start hard-core training for the triathlon...

I have done some good stuff this week, though (see the demolished food platter, above). I also went to a bike workshop at this wonderful do-it-yourself community bike shop and it was kick ass. I even have a total crush on the instructor, but I didn't really know how to find out more info about him, like if he's actually available. (I did go out of my comfort zone and ask him questions about his life; you would have been proud of me.) I also have no plan on how to see him again, as he lives far away in another part of the city.

The main thing I realized at the workshop, though, is that I think I need to buy a new bike for the triathlon and the training for it. I am hoping to find some super bargain used road bike that fits me perfectly. I started scanning CL and ebay today.

I stayed home from work today to clean, sort and look for my car title. I haven't done any of that yet, but I have slept a lot, eaten chocolate, gone to an estate sale, and started tilling a garden bed in the back yard with a new hoe I got for $1.50 at said estate sale. I'm planting sunflowers. It's a gorgeous day.

oh how

One of the many supercute babies in my office. It's a freaking baby boom at the folk school.

Ugh, the hell week at work has begun. It's the kind of week where I am afraid to check my voicemail - the little red light just taunts me. I wish I could just go shopping (something I don't even like to do, actually). For anything.

I do need to buy a couple of things:
1) a watch - I lost mine at the pool a few weeks ago
2) better flip-flops - the current ones have dog bite marks and hurt me
3) make-up; like foundation. The last time I bought this was like 10 years ago. Is that gross?
4) black sandals for summer. The ones I have are falling apart. I need something decent to wear on dates, right?

Date #2 was Ok. I like him. It's a slow thing though, still. I wonder if I am permanently damaged and un-fun from the whole dating guy debacle...