Cav's Place

Been participating in the protests here. First the two Sunday marches, and now since Wednesday every evening. Tomorrow, or in fact today, I’ll need to be there quite early as a march is to start at 4 PM. Been sleeping little, these days went to bed after 6 AM, a neighbor is drilling and banging and waking me up early… Or was, woke me up early Monday and Wednesday last week, then again for the first part of this week, but over the past couple of days it seems to just be a little early on and then I could go back to sleep. Still, slept a total of some 17 hours in four days before getting seven or even a little over that today, or more exactly yesterday. Will get less again this morning though.
Mostly walked to the protests too, and since it’s at Victoriei now, that means well over one hour. Since dad needed the metro card, went there by metro only Thursday, and returned on foot both Wednesday and Thursday, only now taking a bus because I left early, making my way out around 10:15 PM. Wednesday I left just around midnight, when I got a feeling of danger as the gendarmes rushed at some hooligans making a mess of the area, just a handful of them marring an otherwise completely peaceful protest attended by up to 150000, but doing so for some two hours until that moment, clashes escalating and people scattering as a result. Thursday I left at 12:15 AM. Both days I meant to take a night bus back, first waiting at the nearest stop, where it may not actually stop even though the site says it should, then the second where it definitely should stop, a couple of others who stopped to wait with me even checked on their phones and the schedule I remembered was right, but it never came, so after wasting some 30 minutes waiting each time I went back on foot.

Just adding run times here now. Last week’s run was Monday, after maybe three hours of sleep due to neighbors, and with the time being too poor to stay at seven kilometers, I continued to ten. Also used those old shoes that are falling apart again, and for the last time. Just after I finished, something came loose again and I didn’t use glue again, and threw them away after also trying the new ones, which I did for this week’s run. That was Tuesday, again after some three hours of sleep, for the same reason. And again ten kilometers, just with different shoes, to also try these while still saving my running shoes for better weather.
Last week’s time was 54:14, with sector times of 4:42, 5:55, 6:37, 4:57, 5:29, 6:41, 5:07, 5:44, 6:54 and 2:08, making for lap times of 17:14, 17:07 and 17:45. This week it was 52:40, with sector times of 4:41, 5:32, 6:18, 4:49, 5:32, 6:32, 5:02, 5:37, 6:41 and 1:56, making for lap times of 16:31, 16:53 and 17:20. Not sure when I’ll run again now, but I have a buffer of three weeks, so I can afford it.

Otherwise, a complete mess due to the protests and being among people and pretty much just waking up, checking news and posts, going there, coming back, checking news and posts, grabbing a few hours of sleep and repeating. Back in 2013 it took more than a week to get to the state I was in Thursday night after coming back and very clearly today while there. But back then during those initial daily protests I stayed there much less, walked less to get there and came back by metro, and there were a whole lot fewer people. Now my mind just can’t wrap around the sheer scale of it. Also not taking pictures, as what I’d see wouldn’t be representative of anything and either way it’s an effort I can’t spare.
Throat is also very sore, how much due to the shouting and how much because I’m getting a cold or flu, I can’t tell. Eating honey by the spoon, a bit too many sweets otherwise as well… Also grabbed some stuff while there. Didn’t grab anything Wednesday, but Thursday did get a couple of biscuits from those offering this sort of thing to protesters for free and Friday I grabbed a larger pack of biscuits, of which I ate half and saved the other half so I won’t be taking anything again Saturday, and also went to get a cup of hot tea from some who offer that nearby. Rather burned my tongue and throat with it. Oh, and also found 1.5 RON while helping a little with the cleaning as the protest was winding down Thursday evening.