Why is it that almost every time I get on here and write I am amazed that almost a month has gone by? Well just as an FYI and an update I got the traditional cold, BUT because I took more time off work ( December 24th to January 5th) I got a lot better. BUT I decided to ride into work at 36* closer to 28* with wind chill, and got worse and had to work from home for two days. I would have worked at the office, but was blamed for everyone else getting sick and banished. For the record you cannot catch a cold and present severe symptoms in less than 12 hrs.
Aside from that this first month has been Jam packed full of everything. I seriously cannot keep up with everything I want to do. I say want because these are not robotic "Must Perform" repetitive tasks. I have been a big believer in the fact that you knock out the dull repetitive stuff effectively and efficiently so that you can do other, more complex and challenging things. In fact My mom in a fit f near rage for taking 3 hours to clean a tiny guest bathroom was the one who taught me that lesson by screaming, "It takes longer to B*#ch about it that it does to get the job done!" Now if you know my mom you'll know that for me to get her to state something as adamant of that I was being a little Horror. But I digress
I have tasks at work, and tasks at home, none of which are expected or were asked to be completed. They are just things that I saw Needed to be done ("See a need Fill a Need" - a quote from Caleb and Isabelle's new favorite movie). That is the answer to where the time has gone. which is good, but I can be better.
The one thing that I have been neglecting since early November is my health.
I have always struggled with weight, not a great struggle, but I cannot seem to loose those last 40 pounds. As of late the suppressed Samoan Stomach I inherited from 2 years on an island in the south pacific has unleashed it's ever hungry head, and I am steadily marching on to a former weight. I have weighed 240 give or take a few pounds at my biggest, and do not want to have to work from there again. This has been weighing (no pun intended) on my mind a lot. I never lost if after the mission, didn't loose it before getting married, didn't make it for my 25th, and ignored it for my 10 year High School reunion. My Main reasoning for that is that I do not have any good eating habits, I think like a good eater, and eat like glutton. That's got to change.
While taking the trash out I did have a bit of an epiphany. I don't have to stick to the 5 am work out routine, with the kids wanting to go to bed early (thanks to a new bunk Bed set) I have a good amount f time at night, and I want to do this. Of course this means giving up on a few TV Shows, My Nintendo DS Strategy Games, and Guitar Hero ( I'm rockin' on Hard :D ) Those are my escapes. If you pay close enough attention to guys we all have 2 or 3 of them. Something we can do that keeps our ever spinning wheels, spinning for fun. I just happen to like Non-mainstream sports (Universal Sports is the best Channel ever), Being pressed into a militarily difficult situation from which I can conspire and strong arm myself out of , and rocking to good music and pretending I can really play the guitar.
If you cannot tell from reading this, I am getting spread mentally thin, but it is a wall and a process I have faced many times before. I am very thankful I can recognize it. Yesterday in President Obama's Speech he quoted Paul in a letter to the Corinthians saying, "[...] It is time for us to put off childish things [...]" and that is when I knew I had hit a growth point again. That now is time for me to focus, and shed off something that is time consuming and that wastes my mental capacity. It is time for me to suffer my growing pains and become better. Break the cycle, accept and embrace the change that I make. *deep breath* Now to crack open the calendar and my beloved 'To Do' List, and make sure hold myself accountable to myself at a later date.
P.S. The Pictures are from the past month and are me having fun at work and with Caleb on a bike ride. I decided to let the Movember Goatee keep growing until last week when it was reduced in stages, all of which the Mrs. deemed "Eeew" and I am now ... Less of a mountain man :(
Aside from that this first month has been Jam packed full of everything. I seriously cannot keep up with everything I want to do. I say want because these are not robotic "Must Perform" repetitive tasks. I have been a big believer in the fact that you knock out the dull repetitive stuff effectively and efficiently so that you can do other, more complex and challenging things. In fact My mom in a fit f near rage for taking 3 hours to clean a tiny guest bathroom was the one who taught me that lesson by screaming, "It takes longer to B*#ch about it that it does to get the job done!" Now if you know my mom you'll know that for me to get her to state something as adamant of that I was being a little Horror. But I digress
I have tasks at work, and tasks at home, none of which are expected or were asked to be completed. They are just things that I saw Needed to be done ("See a need Fill a Need" - a quote from Caleb and Isabelle's new favorite movie). That is the answer to where the time has gone. which is good, but I can be better.
The one thing that I have been neglecting since early November is my health.
I have always struggled with weight, not a great struggle, but I cannot seem to loose those last 40 pounds. As of late the suppressed Samoan Stomach I inherited from 2 years on an island in the south pacific has unleashed it's ever hungry head, and I am steadily marching on to a former weight. I have weighed 240 give or take a few pounds at my biggest, and do not want to have to work from there again. This has been weighing (no pun intended) on my mind a lot. I never lost if after the mission, didn't loose it before getting married, didn't make it for my 25th, and ignored it for my 10 year High School reunion. My Main reasoning for that is that I do not have any good eating habits, I think like a good eater, and eat like glutton. That's got to change.While taking the trash out I did have a bit of an epiphany. I don't have to stick to the 5 am work out routine, with the kids wanting to go to bed early (thanks to a new bunk Bed set) I have a good amount f time at night, and I want to do this. Of course this means giving up on a few TV Shows, My Nintendo DS Strategy Games, and Guitar Hero ( I'm rockin' on Hard :D ) Those are my escapes. If you pay close enough attention to guys we all have 2 or 3 of them. Something we can do that keeps our ever spinning wheels, spinning for fun. I just happen to like Non-mainstream sports (Universal Sports is the best Channel ever), Being pressed into a militarily difficult situation from which I can conspire and strong arm myself out of , and rocking to good music and pretending I can really play the guitar.
If you cannot tell from reading this, I am getting spread mentally thin, but it is a wall and a process I have faced many times before. I am very thankful I can recognize it. Yesterday in President Obama's Speech he quoted Paul in a letter to the Corinthians saying, "[...] It is time for us to put off childish things [...]" and that is when I knew I had hit a growth point again. That now is time for me to focus, and shed off something that is time consuming and that wastes my mental capacity. It is time for me to suffer my growing pains and become better. Break the cycle, accept and embrace the change that I make. *deep breath* Now to crack open the calendar and my beloved 'To Do' List, and make sure hold myself accountable to myself at a later date.
P.S. The Pictures are from the past month and are me having fun at work and with Caleb on a bike ride. I decided to let the Movember Goatee keep growing until last week when it was reduced in stages, all of which the Mrs. deemed "Eeew" and I am now ... Less of a mountain man :(
