I stopped at Trader Joe's on my way home from work last night, and it wasn't as much of a mob scene as I had expected (i.e. no line to get in), but I was slightly upset to find many of my favorite items missing. I'm not sure if it is because they were all sold out or if they aren't going to sell them here in NYC, but I was looking forward to my Matterhorn trail mix and yummy tzatziki. I still managed to find plenty of stuff to stock up on, though.

And now, for those of you who ever swam, you may appreciate my mini-rant on this morning's swim practice. Our main set was the following:
1x100 IM on 1:40
1x200 Free on 3:15
2x100 IM on 1:50
2x200 Free on 3:20
3x100 IM on 2:00
3x200 Free on 3:25
2x100 IM on 2:10
2x200 Free on 3:30
1x100 IM on 2:20
1x200 Free

The last 100 IM was brutal. I just didn't want to raise my arms out of the water. I led the set, though, and made all the times (the first few were the only ones that were hard to make, but still...). I'm pretty proud of myself. Makes me more confident in my ability to actually swim hard for 45 minutes at a time, like I will need to when I swim around Manhattan. I guess that's worth aching shoulders and thighs that feel like big knots.

Posted by dahl at March 22, 2006 9:35 AM

Hey, I tried to go to Trader Joe's over the weekend. But of course the line was longer than the ones at Disneyland in June! That's disturbing that so many things were sold out. Are we in the Soviet Union now?