Simba is out of control this week. Completely out of control. Two days ago I was practically crying as he continued to make hooting, howling, whopping sounds, hyena laughs, HMPHS, HMMMMMs, pre-laugh shrieks and more. I work in a company that is in the news quite a bit these days, and as thousands are being laid off — including on our very own floor — Simba continues to laugh. And laugh. And laugh. And laugh.
I can’t get my work done when he is on one of his phone calls. Right now I am wearing my noise canceling headphones, but the other days this week I had too much work and don’t like the distraction. Every time I hear him my chest tightens and I feel like I can’t breathe. When I arrived at work yesterday the very first thing I heard were his howls. He stayed on the phone for 48 more minutes. And got on the phone again in the afternoon. The day before was even worse. I was stressed and nervous about an upcoming test for a job interview, and I couldn’t focus because he would. not. stop. Many hoots. And screams. Loud sounds. Shrieks. Screams. Plus that pre-laugh shriek he does. Every time he is about to laugh for a long time he lets out a shriek first.
And then there’s today. As I came back to my desk from running lunchtime errands I hear him shouting on the phone. Not shrieking this time, not hooting this time, simply shouting. Then…. the two loudest HMPHS I have ever heard from his already loud mouth:
“HMPH!”Â
Then more shouting. I couldn’t believe I heard such a loud one until he did it again, louder:
“HMPH!”
I can’t. I just can’t. Nothing makes me crazier. The boy says something is definitely mentally wrong with him to have absolutely no concern for those around him, but I don’t know!
Spin Update
I went to class this morning at 6:30 and while I still can’t snap the shoes in the way everyone else can, I was able to get them in place by partically using my hands and partially just banging around. Class was amazing. I figured out why I used to hate spin — I used to listen exactly to what the teacher said and ended up working way too hard in the beginning of class, which made the class feel like it took forever, made me feel like hell and made me miserable. Now (partially thanks to my Polar F7 and partially thanks to gaining some insight) I am able to pace myself so that I save my hardest work — and highest heart rate — for the last 20 minutes or so of the class. Getting up to 194 in minute 11 of a 45 minute class is not a smart way to work! I am really happy I got my HRM because it really does help me with this, and it shows me that even though I don’t necessarily feel like I am really pushing myself, I am still working hard.
The teacher was a really cool guy who I’ve had before, most notably one early morning class when he played Dave Matthews Band #41 which made me really happy even though the class was torture for me, since I have always been one of those kids who love DMB. This morning’s song that made me extra happy was Miami 2017 by Billy Joel. What a perfect spin song! It starts out slow so we were going pretty slow at this point, which some high resistance — and then the second the music turns fast, he had us going fast and it was awesome and I love that song and I love Billy Joel and I love the teacher for choosing such great music. The music really makes SUCH a huge difference in spin!
Class ended and I took the boy’s and Heather‘s advice and moved my heels outwards and the shoes snapped out of the bike! Thanks! This weekend I will try out my new Asics with a treadmill run!
 One more thing
A few people have commented on my interpretation of Kelly’s protein post. Some say that it doesn’t matter how much of what you eat is protein, that calories are calories and that is the number you can’t go above. Honestly, I don’t know. I do know that I eat way less calories in a day than I burn but I feel like eating almost all protein is not beneficial for my weight. It seems like a topic that is up for debate, and I want you to know I am open to hearing anything at this point!
