My Journal

AM:
45 min elliptical machine

PM:
3 hour hike to see the Cherry Blossoms even though they are not in bloom.

It was quite a walk. We parked at Lady Byrd Johnson park and walked over the bridge the around the Tidal basin. It was a long walk but we did fine. We saw turtles, a hawk, all kinds of regular birds and some Cherry Blossoms. There were a handful of trees that were about 40 to 60% blooming but the vast majority of the trees did not even start yet. Next weekend will probably be the weekend to go and see them. Here is what we saw.

AM:
45 min elliptical machine

Bonus AM:
worked in the community garden as “Co-owners” of our neighbor’s plot. Lots of standing around, some weeding and carrying bags of clippings out to the curb.

PM:
25 min bike

Today was a good day. We did not take full advantage as we should have since we were tired but we did do the gardening thing, had my wife’s truck checked out, and we shopped at Target for some trip items. Not to bad of a day. I even had a nap!

AM:
50 min elliptical machine

PM:
48 min bike ride with my wife

Today was a slow day at work. I finished a project and worked some documentation. Once I got home the real fun began. We went for a bike ride and after that I performed some surgery on myself. I can hear your fears all the way through the internet, don’t worry I have performed this procedure before. This time I did not even drink any beer first. I had a skin tag on my side and it has been annoying me for a while. While I was having a follow up meeting with my doctor I asked her to snip it off and she would not and wanted me to go to a specialist! A dermatologist. But doc I cut off my last one, can’t you just snit it? NOPE. So today I snipped it off myself. It took me an hour to do it. I struggled with doing it much like last time. I tried snipping it a few times and nicked it so it was bleeding. At that point I was committed to finishing it off. I did it. I disinfected the snips with 91% isopropol alcohol and put anti-bacterial cream on the bandage and covered the bleeding properly. Hopefully in a few days all will be good. Sorry, I forgot to do the before and after pictures.

AM:
50 min elliptical machine

PM:
30 min home aerobics

So I went to bed at 7 pm last night and slept until 3:30 AM! Sure I got up to pee at 11:30 pm and was briefly worried that I might not fall back asleep, but I was out light a light! I woke up refreshed and feeling ready to conquer the day. Sleep does a body good.

AM:
Dumbbell routine! 25 lb dumbbells 5 rounds of 10 reps.

Push-ups
overhead press
squats
dead lifts
alt arm curls
sit-ups

Leg press
180-15
270-15
360-12
450-12
540-12

Smith machine up right rows
+50-8,8,8

Bench press
135-12
185-5
205-4
225-2

Leg press
450-12
360-12

PM:
24 min bike

Today was day 3 of 5 hours of sleep. I am beat! I have been waking up early before my alarm for a bathroom trip then not falling back asleep. Today it got the best of me. I did have a great weight lifting workout this AM but I kinda crashed later in the day and did not want to go to the gym, so I pedaled the bike as I watched TV at home. It is 6:45 pm and I am heading to bed in the hopes I will get close to 8 hours of rest tonight.

AM:
50 min elliptical machine

PM:
40 min elliptical machine

Today was a slow day. We had a rush job to do and we finished it quickly but outside of that it was all documentation. I have to say it is great that my wife has a new position at her work and is now getting off early. She has more time for errands and we have more time together. This rocks!

AM:
45 min elliptical machine
20 min walking at incline on treadmill

PM:
23 min neighborhood walk with my wife

WORK! ARRGH!!!!!! SO last week we received a request for a rush job. The request was missing information and we could not proceed. So we kick it back. We are told it will be corrected and returned to us shortly. Today we receive the fixed request. Only it is still missing information! So we kick it back. Dude asks how soon it can be done, well ONCE WE GET the corrected form we can start on it. By the end of the day we had what we need. Tomorrow we know what we will be working on.

AM:
50 min elliptical machine

Today was a rain out. We could not do anything outside at all. We did go shopping and to the library, but that was it. In the craziness of it all it was sleeting and snowing! Unbelievable. I did have some of the chili again last night and that gave my cat bad breath, really bad breath. See what I did there? secret code!

AM:
2 rounds of 8 reps dumbbell routine

Hack squats
90-15
180-12,12
270-10,10
180-12,12
90-12

Bench press
135-16
185-6,6,6,6
135-12,10

Today was a rainy day. We had to go out to the bank, the tax place, the bike shop and the post office to handle some business. The rest of the day was a nap, TV and having a few neighbors over to meet our cats and see if they all get along. The neighbors bonded well with our kitties and now we can feel good about them watching the kitties while we are away.

AM:
50 min elliptical machine

PM:
30 min neighborhood walk

Today was a crazy day. Our roommate at work showed up today. He is usually a Thursday guy but he had a meeting on Wednesday and was in then. The crazy bugger showed up again today! Insane. We had a rush job to work on and the knuckleheads had mistakes on the request. It got sent back and we never saw it again. The equipment is not mounted yet either. Yep, big priority.