The Car and I Need TLC

Workout: [62 minutes elliptical] Today is one of "those" days. The outsides of my calves and ankles are sore from the treadmill yesterday so this morning I decided to give myself a small break and do the elliptical. 12 minutes in, my toes were already numb and sending mad spiky pains up my shins. The workout itself was fine, easy even, but the pain in my feet, heels, and shins was almost unbearable. I had to stop a few times just to shake my feet to try to restore some feeling to them. I went backwards periodically to change the pressure on my feet. Still, the entire hour was pain. I think running in my $15 shoes from Target is going to cause more setbacks than anything else. I need to look into better shoes. The arch on my right foot hurts to even walk on. I don't want to sweep and mop and I don't want to peel things for the crockpot meal I had planned.

Oh speaking of that... guess what? We bought a Crockpot! I like gadgets. Even if they are for the kitchen. Last night I went to the grocery store and after several confused minutes staring at raw meat, finally picked out a beef roast. I have an onion, potatoes, and carrots to add to what is supposed to be a meat roast dinner thing. The recipe is actually from the instruction booklet from my Dad's crockpot, mine might have one of those too, I haven't opened the box yet to find out. But... I just want to elevate my feet and think about how nice a massage and a hot tub would be right now.

We have our car back now, my Dad replaced whatever belt was burning and making all the smoke. The AC compressor is door knobs.. as in dead as. Long hot car rides don't agree with me. They make my grumpy and when I am grumpy and hot I just want to be left alone. Picking up A every day from work is going to be interesting, especially if Ara shares my low tolerance for sweating in the car for an hour.