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I haven't been to the gym in about three weeks, and for some months before that my gym time was somewhat less than satisfactory, due to not being able to run much if at all.

Well, three weeks with no exercise whatsoever seems to have been enough to reset my joints to 'never been to the gym before' factory settings. This is both good and bad. The lingering knee pain I've been having since mid summer seems to be gone. I ran three miles (well, 2.8, technically - I walked a couple .1 mile segments the last mile) and the pain that has been plaguing me seems gone. However, I do have the other knee pain - the one that makes going up and down stairs less than delightful. However, this is a predictable pain. It always occurs the first few times I run after a long break. It should be better tomorrow (and then will hurt again after I run on Friday), and it will only do this for the first few runs before stopping altogether.

In other news, it's snowing this morning. Just little flurries, and I don't think we'll see any accumulation here in the city, but it made for a pretty if chilly walk this morning.

a pinprick and a drop of blood

Everything takes longer than anticipated, of course, but this skirt is starting to look pretty darn cool. I still have to sew the front panel in, and I haven't even started on the back panel yet though, so tomorrow may be a long night. Depending on how things go, I may have to do a quick and dirty job for this weekend and then take some time later down the road to do it right (the plan is to use this again for Dragon*Con, only elaborate things a bit more - better make-up, accessories, etc.).