Ramblings of a geek with a few hobbies…
Today marks a year since I started regularly exercising. Every weekday after work I’m in my basement lifting, with very few exceptions (which has been a pleasant surprise). Now that the weather is turning nice, we’ll be able to get our bikes out and get back into that routine too.
Wooo!
Well it’s a week and two days later than desired, but it’s finally here. The first beta of the new Chef! For those of you that are going to be trying it out and providing your feedback, thank you very much – I really appreciate it.
Details available at www.ejichef.com.
I took a nice bike ride today on the Lost Bridge Trail to Rochester. Ana went shopping with her mom so I figured it would be good to get some exercise. It was a 21 mile ride, which is longer than I’ve ridden before. I made a mistake and didn’t eat any lunch before riding (and only having half a bagel for breakfast), but I made it just fine. Initially my legs were hurting a little bit, but they just feel a little tired right now, 3 hours after the fact.
Today is also the 5 month mark of regular exercise for me. That’s 5 months of weekday weight lifting and bike riding (lifting on MWF, biking or leg weight training on TuTh) with more bike riding on the weekends. I’m happy to report that, while weight loss is negligible, I’m much stronger, I gained 3-4 notches on my belt, my clothes fit better, and I feel all-around better.
In the spirit of the oranges, I’d like to report that this week I have eaten 4 apples! Two more remain on my desk for today and tomorrow. I think this breaks a 10 year apple hiatus. Amazing.
In related news, I also ate a serving of oatmeal this morning at my desk. That’s probably a 12-15 year record. Hopefully I won’t be so hungry later this morning.
Today Ana and I celebrate our 3 year anniversary!
Wooo!
I just purchased a bag of oranges and actually ate one here at my desk. I’m 99% sure that’s the first time I’ve eaten an orange. I’ve had a piece or two from others that were eating them, but never a whole orange.
That, combined with my first eating of eggs at a restaurant a couple weeks ago… Sheesh! What the heck’s going on?!?
In an effort to actually make the subtitle of the blog correct, I have given Ana an account so she can start posting!
The piano was delivered on Friday, courtesy of Gene Grman Music. Ana is now able to practice almost daily which she’s really happy about. And I no longer have to listen to that damn electronic keyboard she has been practicing on!
I’ve never in my life been able to read music, let alone ever tried to play anything remotely musical. But this piano has been very interested and I’ve since purchased a few books on how to read music and introductions to piano playing. I find that whenever I sit down to practice, several hours goes by without me knowing it. I must say, I can see progress in just the few days I’ve played around on it, and that makes me happy.
It has been a long time since I was last sick with flu-like symptoms. 4 years or so. It hit with a vengeance last night, whew! I only got a couple hours of sleep, and have spent the morning on the couch by the fire. Ana is also not feeling good, but its something she did to her back. She has been sitting down here with me with a heating pad on. Between the two of us, you’d think we were 150 years old the way we are moving!
Can’t wait for this to get out of my system.
This is a little overdue, but Emily Nolting was born Saturday morning (2/4/2006) at approximately 3:30am. She’s beautiful and doing great. Parents are doing great and are going home sometime today. We’re all very happy to have her as part of the family!
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