Apparently I don't do well as a #freeshit recipient.
Yes, I finally was offered some. And it was a product with which I have some experience and even LIKE. So I took it. It was a sweet deal. All I had to do was go to Costco and use a provided gift card to get #nuun.
Yes, Costco carries Nuun...and has since the summer...when they offered this to me. I don't go to Costco often because it's a zoo, and all the slow people getting all impatient everywhere you turn get on my nerves. And the parking lot is MADNESS. But I was kind of excited to have an excuse to go and see what I could spontaneously drop a couple of hundred dollars on (because 2-packs of 750ml Stoli and 5 lbs of kosher Kielbasa sausage and a vat of coconut oil not to mention a case of chicken pot pies are necessities when you're in the moment).
For the record, I exited Costco without a single purchase...because I could not, for the life of me, find the fucking #nuun. Granted, I had brought my kids which means zero ability to focus on finding anything I'm actually looking for.
Obtaining my free shit required a second trip...a kidless one. I found it in the health and beauty section, seriously between the Metamucil and the Polident, which cracked me up. (Does Costco alphabetize?) And then after I got my free Nuun I never wrote anything about it. I suck.
My son and I carried it with us on all of our summer hikes, using my old stash. Oddly, we haven't used any since I got this new supply at Costco. What I've noticed is I've started getting leg cramps in the middle of the night. Wake-me-up-and-bring-me-to-my-knees cramps. This might also have something to do with the fact that I started seriously training again and my electrolyte needs are greater. I'll be breaking out the Nuun for tomorrow's row.
I'll keep you posted on the leg cramp situation.
About my training...
I'm still not running. Remember, not until around Christmas at the earliest. I've started rowing again. My recent race experience got me all fired up. Races tend to do that, don't they? My training consists of this: 1) I get on the rowing machine about 4-5 times a week and go for time with an intensity I'd forgotten I had, 2) I head down to a nearby rowing facility and get on the water 3-4 times a week for some technical skill reacquaintance (it's been a really long time!), and 3) I'm trying to hit the gym 3x/week for strength-building. It is so fun. And it's surgeon-approved.
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| My new boathouse :) |
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Have you ever fucked up a #freeshit deal?
– evidently
Do you find that when you're pleasurably busy and satisfied in life, you tend to blog less?
–apparently
