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The zodiac ride from the mainland to the ship seemed to take forever. We ran up the gangway, stripped off our waterproof gear, and jumped in the shower. Our suite had the only bathtub on the sh...

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I like to think I am so fucking tough, which is not always a strength. The past twelve months have been the most extraordinary and most painful year of my life. So much activity, and I just kep...

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After the China trip, I threw myself back into the mini-busy season at work. Overall not bad and it went by fast - lots of work trips - I did get stuck upstate one trip due to rumors of a blizz...

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I want to do justice to the whirlwind 2015 has been so far, but realistically, it’s not going to happen. So, bullets and photos: China - First week of January I flew with A to Shanghai to repre...

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Our last morning in Tallinn, we packed up and grabbed breakfast at a cute spot the girls had grabbed brunch at just before meeting up with me the first day. Of course the staff remembered my love...

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My last morning in Paris, I had a million things I meant to do for work, but barely managed to get up, shower, pack, and get myself to the airport. Short flight from CDG to Tallinn, Estonia wher...

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After the awards ceremony Mo bought a bottle of vodka from the bar, then we walked to the dorm. Had a couple of shots there, then walked to the post-Gala disco. (We were on this compound where ...

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After a night of celebration and not much sleep, the second and last day of competition was a packed one. We got ready, went to breakfast, and got ready to go. I’d somehow lost my credentials b...

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Finally the day of the endurance swim was here. We ate breakfast (eggs and this very heavy Russian porridge, rough but I needed the insulation.) I didn’t drink any coffee because I was petrifie...

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The next morning we had an early start and a day of sightseeing in town. We started off at the Trinity Cathedral, which was nice. I lit two candles, one for my father and one for myself. Then ...

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So after that dark night of the soul, I pulled myself together, showered, and met my friends for breakfast. It was a beautiful buffet - I had eggs and like 7 kinds of fresh fruit, with coffee, w...

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Went to doctor yesterday, they are still waiting to review one part of the pathology from the surgery but it’s looking like I will need 6 weeks of radiation, 5 days a week, starting ASAP. But do...

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Busy season is over. No more 100 hour weeks, no more planes, trains, automobiles. This is the time of year when the body takes over, and my mind hibernates. All I want to do is sleep, work out ...

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Thanks for the well wishes everyone. I’m here, I’m functioning, mostly. This time of year is usually kind of a blur anyway. Maybe all this just ups the ante a bit, more likely it’s just put of...

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My dad passed away last Monday. My dad. My sister found him in his chair in the morning, resting peacefully. I went up to my parents’ house as soon as I heard, then the visitation was on Thu...

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An Early Valentine - 2/4/2004 “In telling the story of my father’s life, it is impossible to separate the fact from the fiction, the man from the myth. The best I can do is to tell it the way he...

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Friday I had to get up early, make myself presentable and fly to Chicago for a quick in and out trip. Flight surprisingly uneventful after all the problems they were having with that air traffic...

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Two Fridays ago…yoga was good (I like the Friday instructor, a curvy actress type with a throaty voice and a slightly twisted sense of humor.) Went home and A had picked up white wine and fresh ...

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Week before Labor Day - Worked out a lot, Wednesday went for rooftop drinks at Brass Monkey with my friend Dustin, got caught in rain. Had Friday before Labor Day off for a 4 day weekend, went o...

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Last Sunday we went to open houses - saw a place I loved, then went out on a mini-bender through the East Village. Great use of time. Woke up at an ungodly hour on Monday, chatted with a far-awa...

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It seems like a month since I last wrote - my two weeks in Argentina were truly epic. I won't say they were life-changing, but something approaching that maybe. This was a bit of an impromptu t...

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Okay, I haven't written in one million years. Past few weeks were mostly the usual - work, HIIT classes, yoga, food, you know. We did go to this one "Sensory Gallery" party where we were blindf...

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Last Wednesday - I had my beet/cabbage/broccoli raw veggie bowl with baked chicken for lunch. Went to the uptown gym after work, by myself, because the timing there worked well to do a yoga and ...

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All I can say is carpe diem babies, seriously. Yesterday lunch - baby kale salad with $14 worth of almond breaded chicken tenders from Hu Kitchen. (A picked this up the day before.) It was a g...

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Okay...all I want to do is post Lana Del Rey lyrics like an obsessive teenager and moon about in smudged eyeliner and slinky white dresses...instead I am here at work like a boring grownup in a ...

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