My Journal

FAMILY FUN DAY!

Today was a great day!  I started it with a trip to the gym and 30 minutes on the elliptical machine.  I did some quick grocery shopping for some last minute items for Family Fun Day and then it was home to shower and grab some breakfast.

We had 3 generations of family there today.  I was in the elder group!  pretty wild.  We had some great fun laughing and joking.   As the young ones were watching Ghost whisperer  I would ask about zombies.  Over and over again.  It never got old for me.   The youngest generation was great to play with too.  Late in the day I found out growling like  a dog would bring such laughter!  I had run around in the back yard like a fool growling and giggling as the wee one would race into me then fall over, or the dog would race around me playfully snarling.   FUN!

There was family visiting from California that we don’t see much so it was a treat to see her again, and we also saw another family member that lives and works local and has grown up to be a good dude.  I learned he has a scooter and bought a camper as an impulse buy and has plans for fun while working to support him fun.   Who knows, me and the wife may be borrowing the camper some time in the future for some holiday trips.

Days like this is what life is all about,  and Bro,  Life is good!

What a hot morning!  I went for a 3 mile jog in an attempt to get myself acclimated to the heat.  We are going to be having more of it as summer goes on.  I was slower than I wanted to be at close to 12 minute miles but I felt OK with it at the time.

I was bad at work today with my eating.  I had a taco salad for lunch and I know it had to be maxed out in calories.  Dinner was at least better with baked chicken, asparagus and egg noodles.

My PM workout was 40 minutes on the elliptical machine.  The gym was really crowded today.  It was more crowded than I think I have ever seen it.  I picked a machine further away from folks but  still ended up next to someone as there was no other machines available.  I had a funny experience,  I started to race the person without them knowing it.  That is a game my wife and I play sometimes.  We end up asking each other, honey are you racing me?  I did not ask the other person if we were racing!  you can’t break the unwritten rule of pretending no one is next to you!

And on an unrelated note Nicky Catone made weight for his fight in the UFC tomorrow,  Go Nicky we will be rooting for you!

So the day was pretty good, I am prety tired and I look forward to tomorrow!

We jogged 4.25 miles this AM!  It was good.  It was warm and humid and I had a great sweat.  I am still not back to the speed I was at before torqueing my knee a long while back but I am inching there ever so slowly.   It is a cool positive thing to think about how our normal morning jog is now 4 miles.  We can just head out and do it.  No fus no muss.

I worked the day away and made it to the gym for 30 minutes on the elliptical machine.  I was having delusions of grandeur at work after lunch.  I was picturing myself jogging at the gym for my PM workout.  It all seemed so real and possible, until I sat down at work for the last half hour and needed to take off my hiking books and rest my sore ankles.  I even needed to take some Advil.  Obviously there was no extra running today.

Food was good today with dinner being the best!  Salmon with spinach.  YUM!