My Journal

AM:
20 min stair step machine
30 min elliptical machine

PM:
18 min elliptical bike

Today was a documentation day which means I sat at my desk almost all day. Not good for me. It was an easy day though and you have to take them when you get them.

AM:
We risked getting caught in a storm and went out for a hike. We went to Scott’s Run and hiked. We were out for a little over 2 hours. We had some good hills and some trees to climb over or crawl under. It was fun. We met a young lady on the trail that was a bit lost and scared and joined us on the way back to the parking lot. We made it eventually. It did rain on us some but nothing too bad.

We saw some cool things. There was a stick shelter, really weird fungi growing on some logs, butterflies, birds out on the river, chipmunks, squirrels, frogs the size of your pinky nail, and some little fish in the water.

Today was a great day!

AM:
I slept in really late today. I got up at 9am. I woke up at 3 am to turn off the generator when the power came on and that was no fun. I set out to get my scooter inspected and the one guy that handles that at the local shop was not their. I failed in my mission!

We got a late start but headed out to River Bend Park. We hiked for about 2.5 hours and had a good time. My left knee was bothering me a lot so Half way through I was ready to call it quits! I made it back but was not feeling my best. I guess it is time I give up running for a while. That sux!

Here are the pix from today. We saw a Heron, mushrooms, little flowers, and great scenery.

AM:
treadmill
21 min of 1 min walk/2 min jog
19 min of walking at incline

PM:
none

Today was take the cats to the vet day. It was also a day of strong sudden thunderstorms. We ended up having a tree come down a couple blocks over and we lost power. I debated long and hard on the no power on a Friday night situation and decided once the storm had passed I took out my generator and fired it up. We had cable tv service and lights. It was nice. The generator was loud so that sucked, but I was a good neighbor and offered the folks on each side of us to run a cord over to the generator if the wanted to. The on neighbor has family near by and went over their with her family. The neighbor on the other side decided to tough it out.
Power was restored at 3 am. We realized how unprepared we were once we looked for our battery powered lantern and could not find it.

AM:
super sets of hack squats and bench press
Hack squats
90-12,12
180-12,12

Bench press
135-12,12
185-5,5

45 min elliptical machine

PM:
21 min bike

Today was a busy day again. All went well since we prepped the hell out of the job. It was smooth sailing and completed in record time today instead of stressing on a cut-over. Our cats are amazing. These two are such lovebugs. they curl up on the couch and love to be touched. We love it!

AM:
15 min stair climber machine
30 min elliptical machine

Today was another go go go day. I made the deadlines and I think I set us up for an easy day tomorrow. I hope it goes well. It has been such a pleasure to come home to the kitties after work. Pandora gets up on my lap and falls asleep and India runs around a bit then sits on the window sill and relaxes too.

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

35 min elliptical machine

Today was a crazy busy day. I worked hard and will be doing the same tomorrow. I was hoping for an easy day but this week does not look to have one for me.

I took a picture of the kitties while they we close together. They get along fairly well.

AM:
20 min walk at incline
25 min elliptical machine

Today was a busy day at work. I was going like crazy. I got home before my wife and spent some time with the kitties. Today they were even more comfortable in the house. It started to rain so once my wife was home we were no longer able to take a walk. We are hoping for better weather tomorrow.

AM:
30 min elliptical machine

2ND AM:
30 min walk through the neighborhood

Today was a slower day. The morning was filled with rain. My wife and I did not mind because we were able to spend time with out new kitties, Pandora and India.

This is Pandora

This is India

Here we have a good sized wasp nest in a tree. We did not get stung which is a great thing!

We saw a baby robin hanging out in our back yard. There were adult robins around so we did not worry to much about this young one.

AM:
5 mile hike at Fountainhead regional park.

Today was a good day! We also picked up two cute kitties from the shelter. Pandora and India. India made herself right at home, Pandora has not warmed up to her surroundings yet.