Other: I made my own soap today -- coffee and turmeric scented, which I think is going to be a mistake. I should have just kept it turmeric -- awesome orange color. It's from a plant native to southeast Asia and in the ginger family. It's used in India a lot and is thought to have anti-bacterial properties and "skin lightening" properties. I don't think my skin could get any lighter, but, anyway, it makes a wicked orange color. Unfortunately, I turned that orange completely brown when I added coffee, hoping to get a coffee scented soap. It's all about experimenting with this kind of stuff. GroundUp Soap - definitely a good additional category to add to the energy bars. It has to harden for a week after I pop it out of its pvc tube tomorrow, so I won't be able to try it until I'm back, but it was pretty cool to poor sodium hydroxide into water and watch that stuff heat up. Kids! Don't touch the NaOH!!!
Exercise: Ran the HOD with Mark S's gizmo. Check it out:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/41431875
WOW! I tell you, having a gizmo like that makes the run a lot more enjoyable. There was a minor snafu in it because it was set to compensate slow-downs when roadies stop for stop signs, so the distance is about .7 miles off, but the heart rate was on and, man, I worked hard. It got me thinking about my heart so I took a fish oil pill. That's probably not a bad idea.
Vacation starts tomorrow.
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