When you give blood these days they test your cholesterol, not good and bad, just overall. As a regular blood donor, I have been able to track my cholesterol level over the past year. I just gave blood last Friday, and I thought the results were so cool.
You see, I've been doing a lot of yoga lately. I'm in yoga teacher training school, so I'll do a good ten to twenty hours of yoga per week.
So for the past year my cholesterol levels have been: 175, 164, and 185. Not bad or anything, though I must admit that the 185 did irritate me a little.
But, this time, my cholesterol level was 149. 149! I think that is awesome. And I really think it might have to do with my yoga. I know it isn't that I've changed my diet, because I still eat the big breakfast skillet (inspired by the Bluebird Cafe) pretty much every weekend (two fried eggs, fried potatoes, sauteed onions, mushrooms, and onions, and cheese, and two slices of bacon,) and I still eat the occasional fast food burger and fries. I think there has been quite a bit of research saying that working out lowers your cholesterol, but it's pretty fun to see it at work.
So, if you have the time, definitely go get some exercise!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
New Rules for Travel
Last month I took a quick trip back to Wisconsin. I tend to be a perpetually late traveller. I've missed a couple flights in my traveling career, mainly because I just didn't get out the door in time. So on this particular trip to Wisconsin, I was proud to arrive at the airport a full hour before my flight was set to leave. I realize that it is generally recommended that two hours be given at the Las Vegas airport, but I still felt pleased with my one. At the ticket counter, I asked the attendant how far ahead of the scheduled departure time luggage had to be checked for that airline. She answered 45 minutes, looked down at my boarding pass, and turned back to me urgently.
A: "Here is your boarding pass and your claim check. Go straight to the gate. Your flight is leaving early."
M: (somewhat bewildered) "What?"
A: "Yes. Go straight to the gate. Do not stop anywhere. Go now."
So I walked to the gate and did not stop anywhere. I wondered why she didn't tell me what time the flight actually was leaving at. And I did actually make a quick stop to look at the flight status screens, but there was no change in the departure time for my flight. I ended up making it to the gate just as they started boarding. And the flight left fifteen minutes early.
A: "Here is your boarding pass and your claim check. Go straight to the gate. Your flight is leaving early."
M: (somewhat bewildered) "What?"
A: "Yes. Go straight to the gate. Do not stop anywhere. Go now."
So I walked to the gate and did not stop anywhere. I wondered why she didn't tell me what time the flight actually was leaving at. And I did actually make a quick stop to look at the flight status screens, but there was no change in the departure time for my flight. I ended up making it to the gate just as they started boarding. And the flight left fifteen minutes early.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Tree Hugger
So I didn't manage to post for all of May. Sorry about that; I got caught up in finals and job transitioning and birthdays and traveling. Maybe June will be better. I do have a funny story to start off the month. At least I think it's funny at this point. Most of you know that I can be a bit accident prone...
Yesterday night we left the house to go to a little get together at a friend's house. P&AF was walking way ahead of me, and I was walking along the side walk. I think I may have been looking at my phone. Or possibly I was just trying to coordinate everything I was carrying...phone, directions, purse. Somehow, I managed to walk into a tree dead on. I was just walking along, when all of a sudden, there were tree branches in my face. And caught in my hair. I had to spin around to detangle myself after the inital hit. I ended up with a huge scratch running up my right shoulder, and several scratches on my face. They were all bleeding. Needless to say, I was going to the party looking quite attractive. As I admired my handiwork (or the tree's handiwork, if you prefer) in the car, I could only hope that someone had happened to catch the whole thing so that at least someone would have gotten a laugh out of it--I mean, you would think it would be hard not to laugh at a tall brunette randomly walking head first into a tree, and then struggling to haphazardly free her hair from the tree branches.
To this point, I have not figured out exactly how I accomplished the entire episode. The tree (more like a really large bush, taller than me) is planted in the gravel next to the sidewalk in the condo complex. I never left the sidewalk during my little situation. The tree was also on my left side as I was walking, but somehow, I was able to arrange the incident so that the entire right side of my body was assaulted by the tree. It's a talent.
Yesterday night we left the house to go to a little get together at a friend's house. P&AF was walking way ahead of me, and I was walking along the side walk. I think I may have been looking at my phone. Or possibly I was just trying to coordinate everything I was carrying...phone, directions, purse. Somehow, I managed to walk into a tree dead on. I was just walking along, when all of a sudden, there were tree branches in my face. And caught in my hair. I had to spin around to detangle myself after the inital hit. I ended up with a huge scratch running up my right shoulder, and several scratches on my face. They were all bleeding. Needless to say, I was going to the party looking quite attractive. As I admired my handiwork (or the tree's handiwork, if you prefer) in the car, I could only hope that someone had happened to catch the whole thing so that at least someone would have gotten a laugh out of it--I mean, you would think it would be hard not to laugh at a tall brunette randomly walking head first into a tree, and then struggling to haphazardly free her hair from the tree branches.
To this point, I have not figured out exactly how I accomplished the entire episode. The tree (more like a really large bush, taller than me) is planted in the gravel next to the sidewalk in the condo complex. I never left the sidewalk during my little situation. The tree was also on my left side as I was walking, but somehow, I was able to arrange the incident so that the entire right side of my body was assaulted by the tree. It's a talent.
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