It seems like I’ve spent most of the day cleaning out and backing up files. So to treat myself, I made a yummy afghani dish (kadu) and we’re going to work out after dinner settles.

Last night, we watched Lucky #Slevin and Brick. Both were pretty good. I had orginally planned on working on some of my paintings, but my arms would start shaking if raised for too long due to the trip to the batting cages.

Tomorrow I take Buddy to the vet because he’s been grinding his teeth whenever he stretches, then work, work, work. Hopefully Cody and I can have an art night tomorrow night. He sent me such a sweet email after going to an all-you-can-eat sushi lunch with me friday (before which he brought me presents!). In the email he sent me some of the latest photos he took while walking Chance and thanked me for keeping him inspired. Do I have the rockin-est best friend in the whole wide world or what!?!??

So I had the bright idea of suggesting a client and I meet at the batting cages for our quick meeting. We were both having a crazy week and thought that swinging a metal bat at baseballs would help relieve some of our stress. We each decided to pay for 60 pitches, most of which we both hit. I’ve not picked up a bat since middle school, so I was quite happy with hitting a majority of what was thrown at me, but I’m paying for it. For the rest of the day after the batting cages, my right-hand grip was rather weak. This morning though, both arms were sore and my grip is still poor. I had a heck of a time brushing my hair this morning (which is waist-length and requires a large paddle-type brush) and trying to reach behind me is a slower-than-normal process. However the bruise that threatened to form on my forearm is already vanishing, while after her first 20 pitches, my client/friend already had a decent bruise appear from her watch.

All in all, we both agreed that it was a great way to have a quick meeting to end the week and we plan on doing it again…but with gloves on…and she suggested softballs…at a slower pitch.