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All clear

Posted by on January 17, 2008 2 comments

So yesterday’s post was in response to my father being admitted to the ER with the possibility of a stress induced cardiac issue.  He felt an odd pain/sensation that he had not felt before and due to the amount of stress that work has been for the past year he figured it would be best to get it looked at.  They held him over night to do a stress test this morning.  Everything appears to be fine but it is a clear indication that he, as do we all, need to manage our stress levels and find time to relax.

So relax we did.  My dad and I sat down today to watch the first disc of Battlestar Galactica Season 2.0.  It is a great series for anyone who enjoy sci-fi or quality interpersonal development.  (Weird combo but it works.)

This was after I had gotten up at 8:30am this morning to go play Hockey with JJ and his friend Drew at Bielenberg.  We played for a good hour and a half.  JJ is getting considerably better in goal and as for myself, well I had a big break through in my shooting today.  I feel that I was able to gain 25% accuracy increase along with a 15% power increase all by completing the shot motion.  I thought I had been doing it all along but not until I made a conscious effort did I realize what I had been missing.  After ourhockey endeavor I stopped at Anytime Fitness and put in a good hour workout.  That’s two and a half hours of exercise today.  I’m glad that I forced myself to workout after hockey even though I was already dead tired.  In fact, I’m surprised I’m awake right now to type this post.  I’m fairly certain that I am getting a second wind, hopefully it will die right as I finish typing.

Elizabeth was in the market to get some new glasses today so I tagged along to share my uninformed opinion on everything eyeware.  Our destination, Pearle Vision, was quite possibly the brightest store in the entire world.  I certainly looked like crap in all the mirrors, it’s no wonder I’m a night person, the dark suites me.  We were fortunate enough to find a pair of glasses that really had that “Wow” factor.

After that it was back to my house to watch some TV.  Reno 911 is back on, so “wizard” to that.  Oh yea, Elizabeth and I saw Juno last night.  Great flick.  Everyone should see it.  Also I’m 99% sure that it takes place in Minnesota.  Elizabeth and I kind of narrowed it down to being in Bloomington or somewhere around there.

That’s all the rambling I can think of now.  Ramble on children….ramble on…

Zoot!

Posted by on January 14, 2008 No comments

I picked up both of my suits today. They fit pretty dang well. I could get used to this custom tailored lifestyle.

In an entirely different category of suits, I picked up a goalie chest protector last week from play it again. It was a “sorta” birthday present for JJ because he can use it when we play now. I was able to use it yesterday when we played hockey with Elizabeth’s family. I stepped in goal and used my pads along with her brother Scott’s pads. Being a goalie is certainly different from being a regular player. It worked my legs a lot more. All the up and down is tiring but exhilarating when you make the stop.

I’ve fallen and I can’t get up

Posted by on January 8, 2008 1 comment

Fallen off the face of the earth that is.  I would have updated last night but the internets was teh slowzor.  Let’s see, what happened since Thursday…

Hockey games.  We swept Wayne State.

Resume is 90% done and in final editing stages.

Did laundry, twice.

Worked out and played hockey yesterday.

Saw Elizabeth for a week and a half straight.

Researched and purchased a DS homebrew device.

Set up Elizabeth’s new MP3 player.

Now it’s time for me to get back to getting things done.  Laundry, workout, cleaning and Life Development work needs to get done.

I Decree (1)

Posted by on January 3, 2008 1 comment

This shall be my first decree:

Thursday is Chore Elimination Day or CED for short.

There have been a few things like laundering new clothes, building/buying a tie rack, throwing out garbage, finish my move, get the oil changed and various other tasks that have been building up.  I will use Thursday morning and afternoon to finish these tasks.  Every Wednesday I will make a list of things to get done and evaluate how I did Thursday night.  Here is the list for tomorrow.

  1. Remove tags from new clothes and launder.
  2. Do “Day 1” of workout
  3. Get oil changed
  4. Put Clothes in Dryer
  5. Throw out old Minnesota Dailys
  6. Put resume on Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com
  7. Finish Workout plan
  8. Finish moving all clothes to the new room.

That should be a good start.  If I find myself with more time, I’ll try to get a few others done, but it’s best not to set unachievable goals.  I’ve got to be done with this stuff by 5:00pm because after that it’s dinner with Elizabeth and Nina.

If anyone else wants to put up a checklist of things to do in the comments and then a checklist showing what you completed in the CEDC (CED check) post I will make tomorrow, it would be a good way for us to hold each other to be accountable.