AM:
hack squats
90-12
180-12
270-12
360-12
270-15
chin up grip lats
100-15
120-12
140-8
160-5
120-10
25 min bike
My ankles were still a bit sore today so I took advil a few times. tomorrow I will be offsite and I am hoping for an easy day. It could happen.
AM:
4 hour hike! A little over 10 miles. My GPS stopped tracking on my phone and did a straight line calculation between 2 points. My wife’s tracker did not have the problem and reported over 10 miles.
Today was an Epic hike day. We did a bit over 10 miles today in 4 hours. We parked at the Seneca Tract and hiked to the left following the Potomac Heritage Trail to the Algonkian Regional Park. We followed the trail through a golf course and found nature was with us the whole way. Birds, squirrels, fish, frogs, turtles, and deer, we saw it all today. At one point we saw 4 or 5 woodpeckers in one area. We also found some ripe Pawpaws and shook some from the trees. Miriam enjoyed one on the spot giving me a little taste of it. We had lunch at the club house at the Algonkian golf course which is part of the regional park, or atleast right next to the park. The Picture of the water falls and club house was at the Trump golf course we needed to travel through (on the Potomac Heritage trail) to get to Algonkian regional park. With the exception of our starting point, this hike was almost all even terrain. Going to the right when hiking at Seneca Tract is not flat land hiking. Today was a great day outdoors with my honey bunny!
AM:
51 min elliptical machine
Today was a Family Fun Day with my Bro-in-law. We went to the Shooting range and put around 200 or 250 rounds through some paper targets. Once we were done we headed over to the car show being held in the NRA parking lot. There were some real beautiful cars there.
Afterwards we enjoyed a beer and some Chinese food. It was really great getting to spend some time with him. We don’t do that enough and my wife is hoping to be part of any fun we can have in the future. Thanks, Bro!
AM:
leg press
180-15
270-15
360-15
450-15
540-15
450-15
Bench press
135-15
185-8
205-4
225-1 185-5
185-5
135-15
16 min walking at incline up to 4.3 MPH
Work was OK today. My problem child finally contacted me at 2:15 to look at his request so he could finally understand his errors. Ridiculous! but he now knows and understands. Today for lunch I wanted to treat myself and get Chinese food. There is a place across the courtyard from my building. I walked over there and darn it! they were closed at lunch for a private party. The ONE time I want to go out and eat, and foiled! That is OK, I suspect Chinese will be on the menu tomorrow, I will be hanging out with my Bro-in-law. We will get some range time in and surely eat at some point. He likes Chinese as well.
AM:
45 min elliptical trainer
40 min
neighborhood walk with my wife
My boys at work are at it again. I had to explain to the one engineer connections should stay in rack instead of connecting to the next rack over. They both have the same network access though the top of rack switch. Him: I don’t know that there a top of rack switch there. ME: you gave me the port assignments for it a week ago, it is there. So he makes that change. Problem child #2 turns in a request with the wrong information. I ask for it to be updated, 24 hours go by and no response. 12 to 15 people have been included in the email, no one answers the questions. Government guy emails today asking if the situation has been resolved. I write back letting him know he was the first to respond to the email. That forced the engineer to respond he will get back to me with the information. Day ends and I never heard back from him. Simply shit, folks acting like this is rocket science, 2 identical pieces of equipment, which one do you need connected? Silence. how do you not know which one of 2 pieces of equipment you need connected. I mean really, one is new and one has been here for years. Do you really not know which one needs a new connection? Is this something that 36+ hours to figure out? I should have taken some engineering classes, I bet I could easily be better at these jobs than half the guys here. Atleast from my experiences.
AM:
45 min elliptical machine
So today the Pope was in town. The roads were empty but the hype was through the roof! All Pope coverage all day. I did not watch any of it.
I hope the Pope can find time in his busy schedule to address the world and ask for assistance to end all the beheadings, torture and raping of Christians that live in hostile Muslim ISIS controlled countries. I bet he only has time to talk climate change though. From what I remember in 3rd grade science, our world was covered in ice–the Ice Age. Over millions of years the ice melted and receded. We may be contributing to “Global warming” but the reality is our sun could be expanding (suns have their own life cycles and expanding is part of that) that could be causing us to warm up as well. So again I hope the Pope addresses the atrocities of ISIS which can be addressed, here and now, and in a very measurable way.
AM:
Hack squat
90-12,12
180-12,12
270-12,12
360-10,10
Chin up grip lats
100-15
120-15
140-10
160-8
180-8
EZ-bar curls
60-10,10,10,10
10 min Bike
Today was joke day in my mind so I posted some from my dad, and some from my mind, enjoy!
A judge goes to a dentist after experiencing some pain. The dentist discovers one of the judge’s wisdom teeth is growing into one of his molars. The dentist tells the judge he has 2 options. 1 he could have both teeth pulled since the molar is also growing in a a bad angle, or 2 he could just have the wisdom tooth pulled. The judge thinks about it, looks the dentist straight in his eyes and says, “I want you to pull the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth.”
What did the clam say to the lobster that would not share his beer? Don’t be so shellfish!
Did you hear about the honeydew breaking the engagement to the watermelon? She said Sorry but I cantaloupe.
Did you hear the elementary school janitor married the first grade teacher? He swept her off her feet.
Did you hear about the computer security specialist that quit his job after only 3 days? He couldn’t hack it.
Did you hear about the lumberjack that decided to retire? He couldn’t cut it anymore.
Did you hear about the flasher that decided to retire? He couldn’t stick it out for another year.
AM:
45 min elliptical machine
Today I did 2 ghost peppers in my omelet. Same effect, I ate it without issue. I did not even pour a glass of whole milk since I was pretty sure I was not going to be suffering. Either that or I am the conditioned to eat really hot peppers. I wonder if I can turn that into a multi-million dollar opportunity?
There’s no need to fear….I’ll eat that pepper right here! ( Cue the heroic music )
It could be a TV series, I could travel town to town saving people from eating hot peppers by eating them myself! And this idea could work as a comedy, a drama, or even a horror show!
Some days I just feel like a genius, other days I feel just like me, lol.
AM:
Miriam did the Navy 5 miler!
PM:
We walked back into VA from DC. We did not walk the whole way home since my feet were hurting(new shoes) but did walk 3.77 miles!
And my wife’s big moment…
AM:
leg press
180-12
270-12
360-12
450-12
540-12
630-10
540-12
450-12
Bench press
135-15
185-8
205-5
225-3
245-1
225-2
205-3
185-7
15 min bike
PM:
a hike!
today I ate the ghost pepper in my breakfast. It was hot, but not as hot as I thought it would be. Here is the video of me eating it.
Next time I will do 2.
We saw some great scenery on the hike and of course we took picture.
