Robyn vs. Pomegranate

I lost today. To a fruit. Well, technically in the end I won, but it was a hard fought battle.

I've always wanted to try a pomegranate. I have a thing for exotic fruits, even though I don't know how to eat them. I lost to a mango several months back, but in my defense, I believe I waited too long to cut it and it was just mush in my hands.

I was talking to a client on Monday about fruits and I was telling him how I wanted to try a pomegranate but didn't know how to eat it. He explained it to me and I came home and googled it as well. How did we eat fruit before google? My client told me he'd bring me a POM today (Wednesday) so I was so excited!

Today, I came home and began the battle. You cut the crown off and then score the POM. This is where I tend to have trouble, and where trouble did in fact begin. I probably should have scored it at, say, a place where the membrane was, but no I went right thru the seeds. With a brilliant hue of maroon on the wall, the score was Robyn - 0, POM - 1.

I got it scored (incorrectly, apparently) and put the pieces in a bowl of cold water like google suggested. Walked Junior. Came back and began taking out the seeds. I vaguely remembered google saying something about taking the seeds out UNDERwater (hence the bowl of water) but I disregarded that. Refrigerator and coffee pot are now spattered said shade of maroon. Robyn -0, POM - 3. DAMMIT.

I finally became smarter than the fruit and took the rest of the seeds out underwater. TWENTY minutes later, I had pomegranate carcass all over the counter, maroon splotches all over my hands (Robyn -0, POM - 4), but a de-seeded fruit. FINALLY!! Robyn - 1, POM - 4.

I may have lost the battle, but won the war on POM.

A few tips for next time...set aside a solid 20 minutes for prep and do not wear work shirt. Got it.

Triathletes do wear dresses!

See? I can prove it! Went to a cocktail party last night, hosted by the other lady in the picture, Leslie. She's the boss's (well, ex-boss) wife. It was a blast! I was just glad to wear something other than spandex, a bike helmet, or a 24HF shirt.
(For those who haven't met me, I'm on the right)

Trail Running

I just went trail running with Junior and I forgot how terrible hard it is! But also, how much fun it is! So much better than staring at chewing gum and random bits of car on pavement. However, now Junior smells like dirty park.

In other news, I picked up my Christmas cards today. It's a good one this year! If you're lucky enough to receive one, expect these in the mail next week.

Tonight is Brian and Leslie's Christmas cocktail party. I'm just excited to dress up for once, and now have my hair in a ponytail with a 24 Hour Fitness shirt on. Then I will be seeing Boy's band play. YAY for having some sort of life again!

I'm baaaaaaaack!

Yes, it is true. My computer is fixed!! Thanks to my mom's computer guy. He remotely fixed it from Kentucky on Saturday and I've been enjoying the 21st century ever since.

Everything is pretty much the same. Still working at 24 Hour Fitness, and, well, that's about it. I work, I sleep, I eat. Repeat. And Junior is still Junior. Currently he is growling at the vacuum cleaner because he thought it jumped at him while playing with his ball. I love my dog :)

This is an exciting and perfect time for my internet to be and for me to be blogging again. I started training again on December 1 for my tri season. Here's an outlook for next season:

LOTS OF CHANGES.

First off, I have a new team. Though I'm technically not a part of it yet (waiting until Jan 1, because that's when team dues are paid every year), I will be racing for:

I think this will be so much better for me than my previous team, because I will have people to train with (and race with) and they are involved in the community which I LOVE. I am excited to represent them!

Let's see, more changes:

NEW age group (not excited about moving up to 25-29);

NEW outlook on the season (now that I've done an Ironman, I'm a totally different triathlete...and person);

NEW races (hopefully I'll get to go to some new races that I've never done!)

Things that are the same:

COACH - Liz got me through the toughest thing I've ever done so I can't let go of her! She'll be coaching me all season to hopefully some very good finishes at one (or two) half Ironman races.

BIKE - Unfortunately a $2500 bike is not in the budget this year. Maybe it won't get cut next year....maybe.....

LOCATION - Still in good 'ol Memphis, TN. And there are currently plans being worked up that would guarantee me to be here for another 3 years. More about that to come....

Until then, I'm off. I'm getting sleepy and because I get up at the crack of dawn...I mean BEFORE the crack of dawn everyday, I must start getting ready for bed.

I'm happy to say I'm back to blogging :)