Walking yesterday

[azurelunatic]

I walked the full half hour yesterday, plus some more over. Yay, me.

Though it isn't really "yay me" when I have to anyway, for picking up the Little Fayoumis and so forth.

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Yes, it's Darqstar, just using the other journal...

[darq-walk.livejournal.com]

Whoo! You did it, good for you!

Do you have a pedometer for keeping track of the miles? It's neat when you start to see you're able to go faster.

Re: Yes, it's Darqstar, just using the other journal...

[azurelunatic]

No pedometer, and I didn't see any of that water-stuff that had the pedometer giveaway in the store nearest me, sadly.

Re: Yes, it's Darqstar, just using the other journal...

[darq-walk.livejournal.com]

They don't sell Fruit20 near you? Too bad, it's good stuff!

You can get a pedometer in target or walmart, and usually a base one is 15-20 dollars. I love mine, because then it becomes a contest to me to see how many steps I can rack up. I probably put in an extra mile or two a day, because I'll see that "If I just do 50 more steps, I'll have this much!"

Re: Yes, it's Darqstar, just using the other journal...

[azurelunatic]

Hee, cool!

Do you get annoyed when you are walking in, say, a crowded mall or in some sort of place where there are a lot of people, or a people moving slowly, and you find that you have to slow down walking, or take shorter strides, or both? I get grumpy.

Re: Yes, it's Darqstar, just using the other journal...

[darq-walk.livejournal.com]

Yes. One of the reasons why I stopped doing the mallwalking and started doing the dancewalking. At least at home the only beings that get in the way are the cats. And I can move them.

Re: Yes, it's Darqstar, just using the other journal...

[azurelunatic]

We've got a half-sized being with toys. He's getting better about the "no toys where people are going to be walking" thing, though.

Re: Yes, it's Darqstar, just using the other journal...

[darq-walk.livejournal.com]

Well... to be honest, I'd imagine kids would be easier than cats. Kids know instinctively that being underfoot can get them hurt. Cats, you kick in the head then they stare at you like they can't believe that happened...

and promptly crawl underfoot again.

Re: Yes, it's Darqstar, just using the other journal...

[azurelunatic]

Our cats at least have some instinct of self-preservation, and shoot out from underfoot and stand a safe distance away sulking at you when you step on them. Complete with indignant yowl.

Re: Yes, it's Darqstar, just using the other journal...

[darq-walk.livejournal.com]

Chrissy is pretty good at doing that. But Goten doesn't seem to understand that if you do something that causes you pain, you should avoid doing it. Hope springs eternal in that bundle of fur.

Good example of this is our heater. Goten likes to lay on top of it. Just before it kicks on, it makes a clicking noise. Every cat we've ever had, Chrissy included, hears the noise and says, "Ooops, this means heater will get hot real soon. Better leap off." Not Goten. He stays on it until his little paws are red, then he leaps down and stares at it like, "How could you DO This to me? You BURNED me! WHY?"

Then, he usually gives me a dirty look too, like he thinks I have a hidden remote control and I turn on the heat just to piss him off.

*sigh* Cats...

[azurelunatic]

That cat isn't the brightest biscuit in the tin, is he.

Re: *sigh* Cats...

[darq-walk.livejournal.com]

Goten is a strange case, because in some cases, he does things that indicate he's brilliant.

I took him off the streets. The first night I brought him in, I fed him some dry food. He ate the entire bowl. Since I was afraid he'd barf, I decided he'd had enough. The little bugger lept on the stove, got up on his hind paws and whacked on the cabinet where the dry food was stored, several times. He'd only seen me go in there once, but he already knew that was where the food came from.

Considering his mental problems, and various other issues we've had, I wonder if he's either got some weird form of cat autism, or if he's an idiot savant.

Re: *sigh* Cats...

[azurelunatic]

He definitely has his priorities!

Re: *sigh* Cats...

[darq-walk.livejournal.com]

Yup. "Food means more than everything. Even being burned to death." Silly kitty!