Back from my son-in-law’s graduation–first time since January that I haven’t worked out or done some type of physical activity for three days in a row! Felt like a slug at the gym this morning, but had a good workout. Worked with TRX and Kbs and then did 40 minutes on the elliptical (did intervals). Signed up for spinning in the morning. Think that will get me back into my routine.
<p>Slothful holiday weekend-- didn’t manage to get a workout in at all, partly my laziness, partly others flaking out on me.
As VeryHappy said, Tuesday is gym day, so back in the gym it was.</p>
<p>several minutes of
4 med ball burpees
6 v ups
8 double unders</p>
<p>followed by 5 rounds of</p>
<p>10 sit up to stand ups with OH slams with 14# med ball
15 push ups
20 body weight squats
100 jump rope jumps</p>
<p>20 flights of stairs</p>
<p>I had a blonde moment and misunderstood the stair portion and ended up doing double. More cardio - yay!</p>
<p>5 rounds in 30 minutes 35 seconds. The pushups slowed me way down. After number 11 or so, I end up having to rest a while and grind them out one at a time.</p>
<p>Done!</p>
<p>I just unloaded the car from the final trip. Had to go back today to clean the kitchen. Left the keys to the house on the kitchen counter, carried the mop out to the car, and pulled the door shut behind me. </p>
<p>Yesterday was pretty much hell as I did final clear out and cleaning, including all the nasty stuff: containers from the garage and under the sink. Car wax, cleaners, and on and on and on. Then, breaking down and carting 20 years of empty cardboard boxes to recycling from the attic. I was at it non-stop for 12 hours. Last night, I was completely fried, just trying to push through a final cleanup of the master bathroom. Got that done and made it back to my new place about midnight. </p>
<p>At about 10 pm, I told my wife what a great job she had been doing vacuuming and wiping off shelves in each room as we got it cleared out. She looked at me and said, “Well, I was hoping it would be a little more even Stephen on the cleaning”, as if I have been sitting on my bum for the last 15 days instead of carrying sofas and lifting riding lawn mowers into trucks and stuff… :)</p>
<p>Feet up tonight. I’ve been running on fumes since Thursday. Workout tomorrow. Yippeee! </p>
<p>I’ve been on a carb fest for the past five days as I’ve been in limbo trying to eat take-out and catch as catch can, but I think I’ve actually lost a pound during the last two weeks of</p>
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<p>And that’s undoubtedly part of the reason why you’re now separated.</p>
<p>^^ My thoughts exactly!</p>
I had help from my wife and daughter on cleaning the apartment so it only took us about an hour. I’m really fast with a bottle of 409 and a vacuum cleaner.
Ran a mile today. I started running and the plan was 4 miles and I got really, really hungry after a quarter of a mile and just stopped after one to get some food. Reminder: eat more in the morning.
I dropped off one monitor at the library this evening. The person that can accept it wasn’t there so I left my name, address and number. I said that I’d bring the other two if they were happy with the first one. I did have to haul out an old laptop to test the monitor (the one I brought only has a VGA interface) as most of the stuff that I currently use mainly supports DVI. I will test the other two before bringing them to the library. The basement is still an absolute mess but I’m going to dig into it now.
<p><me roaming="" the="" grocery="" store="" around="" 7pm="" a="" number="" of="" years="" back=""> “Excuse me, do you happen to have use for a lawn mower in good working condition? We’re moving and I need to find it a home ASAP.” </me></p>
<p>I made the mistake of giving away the edger at some point, too. Should have hung onto it. Hey, hindsight is 20/20. </p>
<p>Finding a home for the spare electronics/computer equipment was challenging as I recall, which is why I’m happy to help pitch in on the effort to find leads. :)</p>
<p>I was thinking of putting in an ad in the local town forum. I’ve found a ton of VGA and DVI cables, various USB to USB, USB to Mini, USB to printer and Mini to Mini cables. Tossing twin lead, coax, phono-plugs and I ran to the grocery store to get a 15-pack of zip-lock gallon bags to put the stuff that I’m saving in. If you don’t put it in bags, you get an incredible cord tangle. Also have a lot of CAT5 cables and telephone jack cables. I’m throwing out anything with signs of wear as we have way more than we will ever need.</p>
<p>Things are starting to look good as more space is showing up as I play the sliding tile puzzle game.</p>
<p>Did 4x8 Dumbbell Bench Press and 3x8 (each) SlideBoard Reverse Lunges. Had to quit at the start of my 4th set because my quad was cramping up!</p>
<p>10 minutes on the elliptical as well…</p>
<p>I’ve cramped up from ValSlide reverse lunges. I think there is a tendency to pull with the back leg. Now, I try to think about using all front leg with the back foot almost unweighted.</p>
<p>I was about to go out for a walk and got a call from dh - was I ready to go party? Uh no - apparently the grad student party was tonight. Well at least it was a lot of dancing along with the eating and the drinking…</p>
<p>IDad, sorry for that remark.
After helping son move, and more recently a g/f, I can understand why movers do not need to join a gym. Lifting, stooping, running up stairs. going thru one’own belongings is major stress, right up there with separation and divorce and illness.</p>
<p>There’s the physical aspects of a move, but there are also the emotional aspects – saying good bye to some aspect of your life. I’m finding it difficult to make a decision about every silly item I own and, for the ones I decide to get rid of, getting rid of them in an appropriate manner is difficult. (hazardous waste versus Limoges china . . . )</p>
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<p>My wife and my son are packrats - I tend to keep old records but toss out stuff that I won’t use. Getting my wife to agree on throwing out old shoes, boots, toys, magazines was pretty helpful. I think that the state of the basement was enough to convince everyone that stuff could go.</p>
<p>One thing that makes it a little easier, or maybe a lot easier is digital storage. For papers, we can just take pictures of things and store them digitally. My iPod Touch takes pictures quickly and I plan to use that to move things from paper to digital. I plan to start with my tax returns from the 1970s. Of course I might need to get a shredder too. I’m going to see how long it takes to do all of this and then see if I want to do more of it. Not only does it save space, but it makes access a lot easier than going through physical records.</p>
<p>Pictures can be taken of physical things thrown out or donated too - just for the memories.</p>
<p>Very high pollen counts have had me a little down lately - it causes funny little things here and there. I did have a good breakfast this morning so I should be good for a decent run today.</p>
<p>Why bother to take pictures of your 1970s tax returns and store them digitally? You only need to keep tax returns going back seven years. I had a jolly good time with a shredder getting rid of tax returns and Merrill Lynch statements from the early '80s. Very satisfying work.</p>
<p>I like to have personal history available.</p>
<p>I have only a few pictures of my parents and maybe two or three of my grandparents. I really don’t know much about my father’s history or grandparents. The advent of digital storage makes it possible to maintain detailed records at lost storage and retrieval costs - something that our kids or their kids or their kids’ kids may be interested in looking at decades from now.</p>
<p>I understand, BC. It’s good to know your history and your ancestry. Just make sure you don’t swing the pendulum too far in the opposite direction.</p>
Yippeee. Workout day today. First time in over two weeks, I believe. Not sure exactly what I’m going to do. Probably break in the new World’s Best Gym in the basement. We had the most glorious weather for the past week or two, but now it’s damp and wet outside. Whatever I decide on, I’m sure it will kick my butt and have me grinning from ear to ear.
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I slept really late this morning (note to self: you must spend several days finding what box the alarm clock ended up in…
Have a good workout, iDad. Make sure you do a few burpees to christen the new gym!
I am so grateful to live in such a beautiful place. I loved all my years in Texas, but going outside in the morning in middle Tennessee is just amazing. This morning was 62 with some fog still remaining. It is green and hilly and just SO pretty. (not to give the impression that I skipped out the door eager to do my run…) 4.2 miles done. May do a couple more after work since the latter part of the week involves a long car trip and some challenges with getting miles in.
You could start with a workout of moving the workout equipment to where you want it to be. Layout is important for convenience.
I scarfed up the alarm clock from the apartment with three-inch numbers and put it in the master bedroom to replace the old radio-alarm clock with one-inch numbers. Now I can read it when I wake up without putting my glasses on. The alarm clocks with huge digits are hard to come by.