Tuesday cardio workout

I did a full cardio workout at lunch today. 40 minutes on the elliptical. I upped the level to 3 for the first time. I burned 579 calories and went 3.10 miles. My heart rate is starting to come back down now that I’m getting back into the swing of things. It had been way [...]

Updates are coming!

No, I haven’t given up on the blog. I was away for the long weekend. Big updates and new is coming soon in back-dated posts. I will let you know when those posts have been completed. Stay-tuned… UPDATE: All caught-up. I’ve backdated the posts for the weekend so if you read this on your “friends” [...]

Heading home

We were up early again today, Memorial Day 2008, but we lazed around a bit before heading down to breakfast. After breakfast, we took another walk around the perimeter of the resort. Then we found a shady place to sit on the porch, and climbed into some rocking chairs to relax for a little while. [...]

Easy like a Sunday morning

We were up early on Sunday, before 7 AM. It was bright, sunny and warm out, a prelude to a perfect weather day. We had an early breakfast in the dining room. What a spread they have! All kinds of breakfast foods, buffet style, including a number of southern specialties like biscuits and gravy, and [...]

Engage(d)!

Not to bury the lead: Kelly and I are now engaged! I asked her to marry me today and she said yes. Now, let me go back and tell the story. I didn’t sleep much last night. Having gone to bed at 8 PM, I slept until 9 PM and then, it seemed, I was [...]

A last-minute vacation day

I realized last night that there was no way I could do everything I needed to do before our getaway this weekend without having more time. And the only way to make more time was to take a last-minute vacation day today, which I did. I was up at 7 AM, and between 7 AM [...]

Softball game results

Well, we lost our first game 27-18. But it was still fun to get out there. I went 3-5 with a 3-run HR on my first at-bat, a double, a single, and I got on base on an error also. In the field, I had 6 chances, made 3 assists and had one error. The [...]

Off to play my first softball game of the season

I’m off to play my first softball game of the season, and the first game in a few years where I am not team captain. The current captains have me playing shortstop and batting 3rd in the lineup. For kicks, I’m keeping track of my personal stats this year, in particular, defense. Those interested can [...]

Thursday strength workout

I’ve eased my way back into cardio and today I began easing my way back into strength training. But it by no means seemed easy. I felt like I was starting way back at the beginning. Knowing my penchant for overdoing it, I tried to keep it light, but not too light. I did 2 [...]

A friend in Iraq

I got an email from Rich this morning, telling me he’d made it safely to Balad, north of Baghdad. He is a Major in the U.S. Air Force and this is his first tour in Iraq. He is working at the hospital there as a trauma surgeon. I’ve known Rich since our first days at [...]

Lazy Wednesday evening

We had a really lazy evening last night. Kelly got home from work and we sat on the couch for five hours doing very little. We watched TV, mostly switching between the Yankees game and the Travel Channel, where we were amused by a show, “Disney on a Dime”. After that, we watched an episode [...]

Wednesday workout

I got in a full cardio workout at lunch today, 40 minutes, burning something like 565 calories and 3.02 miles. It felt pretty good. No knee pain, no headaches.

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