{"id":2605,"date":"2014-02-12T09:58:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T14:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2014-02-12T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T14:58:14","slug":"the-calm-before-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/12\/the-calm-before-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Calm Before the Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, another giant snowstorm is coming.\u00a0 The forecast ranges I&#8217;m seeing are anywhere from 4 to 14 inches.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not a real forecast.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, it&#8217;s hitting just as I have things planned.\u00a0 I managed to get an endocrinologist appointment for tomorrow morning.\u00a0 That&#8217;s getting cancelled, just in case. They have a $75 cancellation fee, and I don&#8217;t want to risk it.\u00a0 Hoping I can get another one scheduled soon.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow night is also swim practice night.\u00a0\u00a0 Snow should have stopped by then, but who knows what the roads will be like.\u00a0 I&#8217;m ready for spring.<\/p>\n<p>I skipped yesterday&#8217;s swim because I wasn&#8217;t feeling it, which turned out to be good, since thanks to work, I ended up not getting lunch til 4:30.\u00a0 Then I went home and rode my bike on the trainer for an hour while drinking a beer and watching the Olympics.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure this is the best method of training.<\/p>\n<p>So this morning, I got up and hit the pool before work, which felt great.\u00a0 And now, if tomorrow&#8217;s swim doesn&#8217;t happen, at least I got in one pool workout.<\/p>\n<p>Plus I guess I&#8217;ll have a few snow shoveling workouts to do as well.<\/p>\n<p>I just really really don&#8217;t want to lose power.\u00a0 Fingers crossed!\u00a0 Stay safe everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, another giant snowstorm is coming.\u00a0 The forecast ranges I&#8217;m seeing are anywhere from 4 to 14 inches.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not a real forecast. 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