Hey, it's Monday and I'm on call again. My life hasn't slowed down one little bit.
The house purchase is moving forward. I must admit it has slowed a bit as we wait for the appraisal and finalize financing.
I showed Guy's house on Sunday and have been frantically checking references, etc. We will sign the lease on Wednesday.
I discovered a letter in the mail last night from June 12, forwarded from the old house. It said I never renewed my membership in the Colorado Medical Society so I was no longer a member and therefore not eligible for insurance from my malpractice carrier. I never got a bill. So today I had to put out that fire.
Today was the last day for my malpractice insurance and I have been working with the underwriter on a renewal. Either he doesn't give a rats ass about his job or he's just incomptent but I have called more than monthly since December. Today I had to have another underwriter hurry and finish my policy before it expires.
There were more battles that were fought. It remains to be seen if they were won.
So I came home and "recreated" the dinner Colleen and I made this weekend. Salmon Burgers with pineapple, cilantro mayo. Here's the recipe.
Salmon Burgers
1 lb salmon, chopped in ¼# or smaller pieces
¼ C cilantro
2 T mayonnaise, just enough to moisten
2 T finely chopped red onion or shallot
2 T finely chopped red bell pepper
3 T bread crumbs
1 egg white, beaten
1 T lime juice
2 tsp grated lime rind
½ t salt
Ground pepper
Oil the Grill, it's essential!
Mix together all ingredients and adjust ingredients until you can make patties that stick together. Form into patties and refrigerate at least 15 min.
Place on oiled, hot grill grate and cook on one side for 4-5 minutes. Flip only once, using a greased spatula, and grill for 4-5 more minutes.
Pineapple Mayo
1 Tbsp grated lime rind
3 Tbsp Chopped cilantro
3 Tbsp Mayo
1 1” thick ring of fresh pineapple finely minced
Mix all ingredients. Let stand while you prepare burgers.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Manic Monday
So it's Monday.
So it's Monday and I'm on call.
So it's Monday and I'm on call and I didn't sleep well last night.
So it's Monday and I'm on call and I didn't sleep well last night because I have way too much stuff on my plate.
In the last 9 days I have...
Moved out of colorado Springs.
Looked at 24 houses in Fort Collins
Put a contract on a house in fort Collins
Closed on my house in Colorado Springs
Cleaned 2 houses in Colorado Springs (1 sold, 1 rental) for new occupancy
Assisted in looking for renters/advertising a rental house in colorado Springs
Had a house inspected in Fort Collins
Done a very detailed inspection objection for a house in Fort Collins "winning" $9000 off the sticker price
Arranged financing through not one, but two possible lenders
Fought the beginnings of a huge battle with my previous employer to get paid what I earned (calling a lawyer tomorrow)
Been on call for 2 days with my current employer
General maintenance on the rental house in Fort Collins
cooked meals for the whole week twice
Worked
Worked out
and who knows what else.
Here's what I'm looking forward to..
Being on call all night tonight
Working my arse off the next 4 days
Finalizing the loan on the new home
arranging homeowners insurance
renewing my malpractice insurance
finding new health insurance (price of cobra jumped 70%)
Setting up the appraisal on the house in Fort Collins
Fielding calls /trying to rent the house in Colorado Springs while Guy is in India for 2 weeks
Packing the rental house in Fort Collins
Dealing with a lawyer to figure out what to do about previous employer and getting paid for the work I already did (why the hell did I give him 6 months notice?)
here's what I'm really looking forward to...
Spending Friday with Amy, Kurt, and the kids
Spending Saturday with Ken and Colleen
A glass of cool white wine
Closing on the house in Fort Collins
Getting paid
Guy coming home from India
So it's Monday and I'm on call.
So it's Monday and I'm on call and I didn't sleep well last night.
So it's Monday and I'm on call and I didn't sleep well last night because I have way too much stuff on my plate.
In the last 9 days I have...
Moved out of colorado Springs.
Looked at 24 houses in Fort Collins
Put a contract on a house in fort Collins
Closed on my house in Colorado Springs
Cleaned 2 houses in Colorado Springs (1 sold, 1 rental) for new occupancy
Assisted in looking for renters/advertising a rental house in colorado Springs
Had a house inspected in Fort Collins
Done a very detailed inspection objection for a house in Fort Collins "winning" $9000 off the sticker price
Arranged financing through not one, but two possible lenders
Fought the beginnings of a huge battle with my previous employer to get paid what I earned (calling a lawyer tomorrow)
Been on call for 2 days with my current employer
General maintenance on the rental house in Fort Collins
cooked meals for the whole week twice
Worked
Worked out
and who knows what else.
Here's what I'm looking forward to..
Being on call all night tonight
Working my arse off the next 4 days
Finalizing the loan on the new home
arranging homeowners insurance
renewing my malpractice insurance
finding new health insurance (price of cobra jumped 70%)
Setting up the appraisal on the house in Fort Collins
Fielding calls /trying to rent the house in Colorado Springs while Guy is in India for 2 weeks
Packing the rental house in Fort Collins
Dealing with a lawyer to figure out what to do about previous employer and getting paid for the work I already did (why the hell did I give him 6 months notice?)
here's what I'm really looking forward to...
Spending Friday with Amy, Kurt, and the kids
Spending Saturday with Ken and Colleen
A glass of cool white wine
Closing on the house in Fort Collins
Getting paid
Guy coming home from India
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Big Thompson
If there is one thing I need to do in my workout routine, it's more biking. Well, actually, more of everything... but especially more riding.
Friday I spent most of my day off on my bike or in the pool. I rode to the gym, swam, rode to the office, then home. Not an intense workout but a good one. I followed it Saturday by a kickin' swim workout.
So today, we decided to ride from Loveland, CO to Estes Park before meeting our realtor to craft our inspection objections on the house we have under contract. (see photo)
Loveland is pretty much due south of our house in Fort Collins. Estes Park is mostly west from there... all a gradual uphill through the Big Thompson Canyon. Obviously, this is a popular tourist destination at this time of year so traffic can be heavy. The shoulders are wide though so it's tolerable. We did opt for a turn off on a more rural route through Devils Gulch.
We got a later start than planned, as usual. So, we parked a little west of our original starting location. We started pedaling up the canyon at 9:10 a.m. At about 10:55 we decided to turn around. It was obvious from my slow pace that we weren't going to make it to Estes and back in time to meet Kristine. Little did we know she was running late and we would have had the time, if not the energy.
The ride back was mostly downhill, most of it screaming downhill. We got back to the car pretty much at 12:00. A little quick change action at the car and we were ready to grab a quick lunch in Loveland at Henry's Pub. The food was pretty good, the atmosphere very nice. Recommended but not for the burger (the ruben looks mighty tasty).
Friday I spent most of my day off on my bike or in the pool. I rode to the gym, swam, rode to the office, then home. Not an intense workout but a good one. I followed it Saturday by a kickin' swim workout.
So today, we decided to ride from Loveland, CO to Estes Park before meeting our realtor to craft our inspection objections on the house we have under contract. (see photo)
Loveland is pretty much due south of our house in Fort Collins. Estes Park is mostly west from there... all a gradual uphill through the Big Thompson Canyon. Obviously, this is a popular tourist destination at this time of year so traffic can be heavy. The shoulders are wide though so it's tolerable. We did opt for a turn off on a more rural route through Devils Gulch.
We got a later start than planned, as usual. So, we parked a little west of our original starting location. We started pedaling up the canyon at 9:10 a.m. At about 10:55 we decided to turn around. It was obvious from my slow pace that we weren't going to make it to Estes and back in time to meet Kristine. Little did we know she was running late and we would have had the time, if not the energy.
The ride back was mostly downhill, most of it screaming downhill. We got back to the car pretty much at 12:00. A little quick change action at the car and we were ready to grab a quick lunch in Loveland at Henry's Pub. The food was pretty good, the atmosphere very nice. Recommended but not for the burger (the ruben looks mighty tasty).
Sunday, June 8, 2008
From a letter to a friend
I would love to tell you I ran a half marathon this morning but that would be a bald-faced lie. I hiked and ran a half marathon this morning. It was the Baker's Dozen at Horsetooth Mountain Park and it was pathetic and a bitch but I did it. It was a very uphill course... and then the downhill bits I ran. Not sure how they got in so much more up than down...curious that. I'm pleased though, it's my first "event" of any length in 1 1/2 years. Oh, and I won a pair of socks as an age group award... that tells you how few people did it. I was tied for DFL.
Last weekend I did my first triathlon in Longmont. Again, a fairly pathetic time but not all bad. I was mid-pack for my first one. The swim went ok, the bike went well, and the run went great though a little slow after all that other stuff. It was so much easier to just run but now I have an excuse for my sucky run times.
Yesterday I did my first open water swim. That was lame too. Do you see a pattern here? Actually, it was meant to be a learning experience before an open water clinic tonight. It was 61 icy cold degrees in the Aurora Res. Brrrrrr... but that hash name is taken. Thanks heavens for the full wetsuit I bought for swimming. Nevermind the fact that I have to smear butter on most of my bodyparts to wedge myself into it. I got semi-comfortable being in water that is super murky and instead of a little line on the bottom all you can see is fish - big freakin' huge fish. It was a little choppy which also took some getting used to. I managed a few lengths of the swim area and then practiced swimming into the chop around a bouy. Not much of a workout but then we got on the bikes for a couple spins around the res. I mostly loafed it and chatted with a friend I used to run with a lot a couple years ago.
Last weekend I did my first triathlon in Longmont. Again, a fairly pathetic time but not all bad. I was mid-pack for my first one. The swim went ok, the bike went well, and the run went great though a little slow after all that other stuff. It was so much easier to just run but now I have an excuse for my sucky run times.
Yesterday I did my first open water swim. That was lame too. Do you see a pattern here? Actually, it was meant to be a learning experience before an open water clinic tonight. It was 61 icy cold degrees in the Aurora Res. Brrrrrr... but that hash name is taken. Thanks heavens for the full wetsuit I bought for swimming. Nevermind the fact that I have to smear butter on most of my bodyparts to wedge myself into it. I got semi-comfortable being in water that is super murky and instead of a little line on the bottom all you can see is fish - big freakin' huge fish. It was a little choppy which also took some getting used to. I managed a few lengths of the swim area and then practiced swimming into the chop around a bouy. Not much of a workout but then we got on the bikes for a couple spins around the res. I mostly loafed it and chatted with a friend I used to run with a lot a couple years ago.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
The Real Thing - no, it's not Coke
Sunday June 1
Where the hell did spring go? Sheesh!
I kicked off the month of June with a splash. Well, actually, 15 minutes of splashing. I was in the second heat (second slowest) for the swim at the Longmont Triathlon this morning. The swim was harder than I thought. I'm not sure if I was nervous, tense, trying to hurry, or all of the above. But I was so out of breath in the swim and never really caught my breath the whole race. I swam 50 freestyle then 1 breast stroke to get through it. Climbing out of the pool I felt great if a little winded.
I got into the transition where my bike was placed in the second row (out of traffic) of the transition and only 2 rows from the bike exit. I ate a cookie; put on shoes, helmet, sunglasses, shirt, and number; hopped on my bike and headed toward the exit. I had to get back off my bike to walk across the chip pad at the exit... drat! forgot about that.
The ride went well. I rode better than I thought I would for the 3 loops. I would guess my time on the bike was about 42-45 minutes but I'm not sure. The ride started with a small uphill, then a loooong gradual downhill for two sides of the square. Then a gradual uphill followed by a steeper short uphill back around.
Back into the transition, I swapped bike shoes for runners and ditched the helmet. I ate another 1/2 cookie and downed 1/2 a bottle of water. I headed out for a 5 k. The run started out the same as the bike. Then I hit that long downhill. About 1/2 way through it I realized that a long downhill probably meant a long uphill. But it was a gradual hill so maybe I wouldn't notice. I barely did. In fact, the course didn't really seem to go back up hill but I know it did. I passed several people on the run but there was no telling what heat they were in. One was a really buff guy who looks like the tri type... I was pleased with that one. I finished in about 1 1/2 hrs. Not too sure of the time but I'll take it!!
Where the hell did spring go? Sheesh!
I kicked off the month of June with a splash. Well, actually, 15 minutes of splashing. I was in the second heat (second slowest) for the swim at the Longmont Triathlon this morning. The swim was harder than I thought. I'm not sure if I was nervous, tense, trying to hurry, or all of the above. But I was so out of breath in the swim and never really caught my breath the whole race. I swam 50 freestyle then 1 breast stroke to get through it. Climbing out of the pool I felt great if a little winded.
I got into the transition where my bike was placed in the second row (out of traffic) of the transition and only 2 rows from the bike exit. I ate a cookie; put on shoes, helmet, sunglasses, shirt, and number; hopped on my bike and headed toward the exit. I had to get back off my bike to walk across the chip pad at the exit... drat! forgot about that.
The ride went well. I rode better than I thought I would for the 3 loops. I would guess my time on the bike was about 42-45 minutes but I'm not sure. The ride started with a small uphill, then a loooong gradual downhill for two sides of the square. Then a gradual uphill followed by a steeper short uphill back around.
Back into the transition, I swapped bike shoes for runners and ditched the helmet. I ate another 1/2 cookie and downed 1/2 a bottle of water. I headed out for a 5 k. The run started out the same as the bike. Then I hit that long downhill. About 1/2 way through it I realized that a long downhill probably meant a long uphill. But it was a gradual hill so maybe I wouldn't notice. I barely did. In fact, the course didn't really seem to go back up hill but I know it did. I passed several people on the run but there was no telling what heat they were in. One was a really buff guy who looks like the tri type... I was pleased with that one. I finished in about 1 1/2 hrs. Not too sure of the time but I'll take it!!
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