Jun 02 2008

Making the Most of Each Day: Day 1 of 74

Tony| Category: General, In the Reflecting Pool | 1 Comment

I have 74 days until I go back to official school for the institutionalizing of teachers on August 15th.  It’s my goal to make the most of each day, in my own way. I don’t know where it will take me, but I want to be able to say that I enjoyed each and every one of my summer days.  This may get boring and inane to you, gentle readers, but it’s my part of the Internet, so suck it. :)

Today, on my first “official” day of summer, I went to my youngest sister’s bean bag tournament at her school. (Note to self: do this next year!)  I wasn’t paired with her and my partner was not what we could called motivated to win.  Still, after losing the first game of our double elimination tourney, we won four before losing to the teacher who set it up (and, incidentally, threw four in the hole in a row… tough to play against that…)

After that, I hit the Home Depot to pick up supplies for The Deflowering of the Kitchen. (sounds dirty… and it will be!). Tomorrow will start the process of trying to remove the wallpaper. I’m not in a hurry… I will be taking my time with it.  I’m very Zen about it right now.  We’ll see how I am in August!

Came back for lunch, a quick 30 minute nap, and then I did a short (35 min) cardio workout.  Hit the library, then tutored for 90 min.  Then I had a catch with Rich and played a little frisbee to run around just a bit more.  Checked on my flowers and tomato plants, watered some stuff so that it would rain tonight, and taught a trombone lesson. Finally, I grilled some chicken and enjoyed a beer on the patio.  It was a busy-ish day, but a good day.  We’ll see what tomorrow brings!

Jun 02 2008

In Which We Get Less Fat: Weeks 8 and 9…

Tony| Category: General, All about me, In Which We Get Less Fat | 0 Comments

Just a slight setback, dear Internets. In the last two weeks, I’ve only managed to lose about a pound. Well, less than a pound. I was down further, but between Memorial Day and the Cubs (glug) Game on Sunday, let’s just say I wasn’t at my most vigilant when it came to eating. The great news is that I’m on summer “vacation” (which is funny, because I looked at my Google Calendar for the summer, and I have about two weeks interspersed where I don’t have anything going on. More on this in a different column in just a bit.

Total weight lost: 12.6 pounds. It will be about 14 next week, I hope! Goal: By the end of the summer, I’d like to be down 30 total. That gives me about 9 weeks to lose 16 pounds. That’s probably a little optimistic, but I think I’m training for a 5K on the 4th of July, and it’s time to get the bike out more regularly (I’m biking to work the next two weeks I have to go– the 9th and the 16th.) Also, I’m ready to work out everyday, if possible. (See my next post — Making the Most of Each Day– Day 1)

Summer is here. Time to enjoy it!

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