Pedicures

Well, this coming Friday will be a milestone in Jazzergigi's life. At the tender age of...uh... Forty-something, I'll be going with a few lady friends to get my very first pedicure. Coincidentally, I heard on the news just this morning about a recent treatment that's popular in spas in Turkey involving flesh eating little fishies who nibble away at dead skin on one's feet.

I don't know whether or not this option is even available in the small town of Marysville. Plus I'm not sure whether I'd ever be able to actually stick my feet in a tub of these hungry little buggers without having flashbacks about movies involving piranhas, but then again if Joe's Yuckas were on hand, who knows? Jazzergigi might then be brave enough to give this a try.

For an even better look at this interesting pedicure treatment check out the YouTube

Finally!

At last, I'm offering an inside peek as to what Jazzergigi actually looks like when warming up for her Jazzercise class. Via my Meez. Although not all of the animations come across from the Meez website. I'll have to ask my fellow Jazzercise gal-pals if my feet really do look that large, and my legs that darned skinny. ;-)

Reflections

I can't believe that we're at the end of this incredible experience! I have to say that my favorite discovery in all of this is that I came to love blogging! Initially it seemed more than a little daunting to me to have my thoughts out there for all the world to potentially see. Which surprised me because I consider myself to be a rather open person, but then again I guess I can also be very private. In any case I quickly realized, along with many others I'm sure! that I was in control, and that I only had to put forth thoughts that I actually wanted others to see. Silly me!

I truly enjoyed most of the exercises. Some were a little more difficult than others, but nothing was overly so. And many were just plain fun!! The avatar comes to mind! Overall I have to say that this program affected my lifelong learning skills by teaching me that I actually still have some! I think that perhaps I was just getting to a point in my life where I was feeling that technology was moving past me and that I was helpless to keep up with it. All of these exercises, difficult or otherwise, taught me that indeed that just isn't so! And not only that, it taught me that I have more than enough capabilities to continue to learn as I move through middle-age and beyond. I couldn't be more thrilled by this knowledge.

When we first started this process I went into it thinking that I'd create a blog just long enough to complete the tasks and then I'd delete it. However, as we progressed and I added more and more to the look of it and connected to people in ways I'd never even imagined, I became completely attached. And now I can't imagine disabling it. It's become a wonderful way to connect and share with people that I'd never have had an opportunity to connect with in any other way. It's a powerful and direct channel for interpersonal communications and proved to be a fantastic morale booster as well. I know quite a few people who have become very excited and happy with this process.

Without a doubt, if another such program is offered here at SIL in the future I will participate without hesitation. Thank you for the golden opportunity!

Games

I played some Crazy Pool. Kind of fun. Although, if I play it again I need to remember to turn off that hokey little tune. I now have it stuck in my head and can't get it out! Then I had to play a little Scrabble, as it's one of my all-time favorites. Very fun! I even won. :-) I'll have to try to forget that is there as I could easily become addicted to it! Yikes.

Now I'll have to hum the theme to "Love Boat" or "Gulligan's Island" as they're two of the old theme songs that I keep in my repetoire as clearing my mind when I get a tune stuck in there that I can't get out. Weird I know. But since I was a kid it's been my own version of Mental Floss. :-)

Google Earth

I didn't have very good luck with this one. The first time Google Earth encountered an error and shut itself down. The second time it just stalled, locked up most of my computer and I had to go into Task Manager and end program. What little bit I did see seemed disappointing considering all the hoopla. The buildings were just big grey things and the two different addresses I put in (our current house and a previous address) the houses were either flat looking or really blurry when I tried to get close. But maybe that was all a part of Google Earth not responding as it should have and why it locked up. I don't know. Maybe I'll try again later, but for me it pretty much seemed like a waste of time. Sorry.

Lamenting a looong week

For some reason it's been my experience that the weeks where there's any type of Holiday involved can often be the longest week at work. Why is that? Is it the expectation of a shorter week? Although this week for me really isn't any shorter than usual, I work 10 hour days with Friday's off anyway. Still, this week seems particularly long to me. **Sigh** Although, now that I think about it, it's probably because I'm missing my Explore Partner and dear friend, Groovelily, who is right now relaxing and enjoying the sun and Bavarian fun in Leavenworth, WA. Whatever you're up to right now Groovy one, know that you're missed and that I look forward to seeing you and hearing about your trip next week.

I'd like to shout out a very heart-felt "Thank You!" to Thisandthat, who without her incredible help on Tues., we'd have been behind in the Explore Collection all week!

To all my friends, Blogger and otherwise, have a Happy and Safe!! 4th of July!