Carpe Diem—Seize the carp!
OK today was not a great performance day. I was sore from doing the 4 miles yesterday and dragged through my am workout. I did 15 minutes on the treadmill, 15 on the elliptical and 15 on the bike. I only did 45 minutes. I did need to buy some groceries at the store on the way home for breakfast for our company so I left the gym early. 45 minutes was enought for a crappy feeling workout.
I ate ok for breakfast and we went site seeing at Arlington National Cemetary. We saw the Changing of thr Guard.
That was special for me. I never saw it before but I was a member of the the 3rd US Inf. “The Old Guard” almost 20 years ago and should have seen this fine tradition that I supported as a cook. Hiking the ups and downs of the place was something. It brought back memmories of the 2 hour run I had to do in there once, it was known as the TOG Jog. I am glad I only did it once.
We also were saddened to see a Honors Funeral presession pass by. We respectfully stood by and silently watched as they passed.
That was a grim reminder to live each day to the fullist. Carpe Diem, Seize the day!
We walked around for over 3 hours and I decided that as my legs were sore I would consider that my afternoon workout. We shared a great chicken dinner with our guests. It included some fiesta rice, chicken fajitas, sangria with fresh fruit cut up into the wine, and a pan “fried” banana with a touch of brown sugar and cinamin. Dinner was potentially a 1,200 calorie meal into itself. I did my best to estimate the sizes and calorie counts. If I was close to being right I ate 2,613 calories. That was too much. I should have skipped the wine. and my portion of chicken consumed might be wrong so I could be closer to 2,400 calories. Either way I feel like I ate alot. One more full day of company then back to the grind once the weekend passes. It has been great being off th
