My Journal

AM:
We did a long hike today.I unfortunately forgot to turn off the tracker app on my phone so it included the drive home making the information useless to me. We were out for close to 2 hours though.

I was not feeling great. On the bike ride home from the fireworks we needed to speed up a hill since we were riding in the dark on our bikes in the street. We had to be in the street since the sidewalks were full of people walking. Our hearts were beating out of our chests as we climbed the more than a mile hill. we must have pedaled between 4 and six miles total last night. My knee and both ankles were really sore and I needed advil. I needed more this AM for the long hike. On the plus side I worked on one school assignment and completed it. This one was over 1,000 words. Fun, fun, fun. I know tomorrow I can enjoy some of the day since my school work is going well.

I heard from my friend he will not be getting married on the 12th like they planned. She is having issues getting her paperwork from over seas and she needs that before they can get the license and get married. Bummer for them.

AM:
A long walk!

PM:
bike ride to see the fire works!

Today was good. I slept in until 7am, did a long walk with the wife and in an hour or so will be heading to a place in Arlington to see the DC fireworks. ALL GOOD ! Even for a cat that is blue. So is it Smurf blue or avatar blue?

AM:
16 min weight lifting

lat pull downs
100-15
120-10
140-5

Leg extensions
100-12
120-12
140-12

Tri’s
50-10
60-10
70-8

leg presses
190-10
210-12
230-10

50 min elliptical machine

PM:
30 min elliptical machine

So today we were due for some storms! It rained but here in Arlington we got lucky. In Fairfax 18,000 people are without power. Other areas of Maryland were hit with power outages as well. It is not over yet but we did well. No need for the generator yet. And I still don’t understand why the cat was compared to avatar but it was not blue. Some people are just crazy.

AM:
37 min bike ride and walking while my wife jogged and walked.

PM:
20 min bike

Work was busy, our house guests are gone, I am tired and ready for bed and it is only 6:25pm!

AM:
30 min higher intensity elliptical machine

PM:
30 min elliptical machine

I worked, I hit the gym twice today, I had middle eastern for dinner. It feels like a full day. I am hoping for a good night of sleep and then to rinse and repeat tomorrow. The gym will be closed again tomorrow for electrical repairs. It was closed today, but the door was unlocked so I worked out in the dark. Other gym patrons arrived but were afraid to work out. I figured why just sit there. We were doing a service to the company by being there. the place has thousands of dollars of merchandise unattended with the lights out the door unlocked. We kept it safe for them. Tomorrow looks like a bike ride while my wife jogs.

AM:
50 min

PM none.

I worked, I rode my scooter in today. It was hesitating and sputtering above 25 miles an hour. I made it in OK. I drove home and it was fine. Tomorrow is a new day, I am beat and am going to bed now so I can get a little sleep. 6:30 PM!

Family day!

AM:
30 min elliptical machine

hiked with the family at gulf branch. We had fun!

AM:
hack squats
90-12
180-12
270-12,12,12

overhead press with EZ Bar
90-5,5,5
70-10,10

Hack squats
270-12
180-12,12,12,12

EZ Bar curls
70-6,6,6
60-10,10

Walked 1 mile at incline on treadmill

PM:
37 min walk through Lubber run park with family.

Today was good. I turned in my paper, hit the gym, hiked, even took a nap, I was exhausted! 7 more weeks!

While walking on a trail in the park I spotted a marijuana pipe and lighter left on a bench. Someone got so stoned the forgot their shit! We also saw a chipmunk running around. After the walk we headed to a local Mexican restaurant and had a nice lunch.

AM:
50 min elliptical machine

WORK:
I demoed cabling for 2 hours. Lots of up and down off the floor, bending, reaching kneeling etc. It was a workout.

I struggled and finished my paper due tomorrow. It is 12 pages. WOW, 12 pages. That sucked.

AM:
hack squats
90-12
180-12
270-12
360-8
270-12
180-12
90-12

EZ Bar overhead press
80-6,6,6,6,6,6,6

20 min elliptical machine

Today I was busy at work and busy at home. I needed to skip the gym in the afternoon to work on my paper. It is due on Sat evening. I am half way there but I still need to type 4 sections so it looks like tomorrow will be a skip afternoon day and a good chunk of Saturday as well. YIKES!