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Today I have done productive things away from the computer: a solid workout (details below, cut as usual), marred only by bruising myself on a machine I wasn't even using, followed by talking to someone from the Department of Labor about my unemployment claim.
I told her that I'd been sent this multi-page questionnaire about my non-existent business because I'd misunderstood the question about "other source of income." She told me that the thing to do is to fill out such of the form as I can, include an explanation of what had happened, and send it back. So I put "I do not have a business. I misunderstood the online form because I do some freelance work" next to the first question, which asks whether my hypothetical business is incorporated, a partnership, or a sole proprietorship. I then wrote "N/A" on a bunch of things about corporate officers, left a lot of questions blank, said that any mail related to this comes to my home address, and no the business does not own a car or truck.
Then I crawled under the desk, rearranged phone wires, and faxed the thing to Albany. The wires are now back in place, so I can make ordinary phone calls.
As I understand this, it may take up to three weeks for them to reach a conclusion, but I'm supposed to call in every week in the meantime. What isn't clear to me is, assuming they accept that there is no business and that I get benefits, whether I'll get checks for any weeks missed while they're sorting this out.
Gym stuff:
Cardio, 24 minutes, top heart rate 146
Calf machine, 75 pounds, 12, 12, 10
Chest press, 70 pounds, 9; 65 pounds, 8 (I'd hoped/expected that lowering the weight would let me do 12 in the second set)
Leg press, 300 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Walking away from the leg press, I banged my right shin, hard, on another machine. I walked over to the nearest bench, sat for a moment with my water bottle against the leg, then got an ice pack (they keep disposables in an office on the gym floor, and hand them out on request). I iced my leg for a few minutes, sitting on a bench in the free weight area, then decided that since I was there anyway, I might as well do my bicep curls next.
Bicep curls, 25-pound bar, 3 sets of 25
Lateral raise, 5 pounds left/3 pounds right, 3 sets of 15
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 17--slower and more careful of form than I'd been in a while
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}
Wrist curls, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Adjustable row, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 15. Pushed hard to finish the third set, but between back and shoulder, this one is important.
Hip adduction, 110 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Hip abduction, 75 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Triceps pulldown, 50 pounds, 15, 10 (45 pounds, 2--I'd thought of trying to finish that second set at the slightly lower weight, but it wasn't there)
Stretches
I told her that I'd been sent this multi-page questionnaire about my non-existent business because I'd misunderstood the question about "other source of income." She told me that the thing to do is to fill out such of the form as I can, include an explanation of what had happened, and send it back. So I put "I do not have a business. I misunderstood the online form because I do some freelance work" next to the first question, which asks whether my hypothetical business is incorporated, a partnership, or a sole proprietorship. I then wrote "N/A" on a bunch of things about corporate officers, left a lot of questions blank, said that any mail related to this comes to my home address, and no the business does not own a car or truck.
Then I crawled under the desk, rearranged phone wires, and faxed the thing to Albany. The wires are now back in place, so I can make ordinary phone calls.
As I understand this, it may take up to three weeks for them to reach a conclusion, but I'm supposed to call in every week in the meantime. What isn't clear to me is, assuming they accept that there is no business and that I get benefits, whether I'll get checks for any weeks missed while they're sorting this out.
Gym stuff:
Cardio, 24 minutes, top heart rate 146
Calf machine, 75 pounds, 12, 12, 10
Chest press, 70 pounds, 9; 65 pounds, 8 (I'd hoped/expected that lowering the weight would let me do 12 in the second set)
Leg press, 300 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Walking away from the leg press, I banged my right shin, hard, on another machine. I walked over to the nearest bench, sat for a moment with my water bottle against the leg, then got an ice pack (they keep disposables in an office on the gym floor, and hand them out on request). I iced my leg for a few minutes, sitting on a bench in the free weight area, then decided that since I was there anyway, I might as well do my bicep curls next.
Bicep curls, 25-pound bar, 3 sets of 25
Lateral raise, 5 pounds left/3 pounds right, 3 sets of 15
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 17--slower and more careful of form than I'd been in a while
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}
Wrist curls, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Adjustable row, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 15. Pushed hard to finish the third set, but between back and shoulder, this one is important.
Hip adduction, 110 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Hip abduction, 75 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Triceps pulldown, 50 pounds, 15, 10 (45 pounds, 2--I'd thought of trying to finish that second set at the slightly lower weight, but it wasn't there)
Stretches
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