Author: cheerfulchaotic

Good:

• finally installed rear rack on bike
• got name on the mailbox
• healthy breakfast (greek themed egg-beater fritata w/ fat free greek yogurt, flax seed, & low fat granola)

Bad:

• hideously unhealthy lunch: leftover pizza, blech, saturated fat city.
• Not enough sleep last night (board gaming on saturdays is good. Board gaming until 2am on Saturdays is not. =)
• to much general lounging
• so far have failed to hit the important items on my todo list
  • one page summary document for union voter education outlined, but not drafted
  • failed to move an inch towards completing applications for west coast environmental policy jobs.
  • haven’t coded any interviews for work.
  • haven’t cleaned my room.
  • haven’t beaten my linux desktop into working properly with the wireless card.
• too much couch lounging (even with very little WoW).
• declined an opportunity to go running with Don in favor of said loafing.

I’ve been biking running and swimming for the past few weeks. I’m trying to train for a triathlon. Why? I don’t really know. But, as repeatedly noted while we were living together, I am goal oriented.

I was going to get into the chicago triathlon, but that’s already closed. On the other hand I’ve been meaning to see vancouver for awhile now, and they have a triathlon on labor day. It’s tremendously expensive to fly directly to vancouver, but I could just fly to seattle with a free southwest voucher & then bus it up to vancouver for less than $100. That would make the out of pocket travel expenses plus the registration for such a trip less than the registration for the chicago triathlon. Hmmmm.

I should hop on this one pronto.

Yeah, well, it’s true. Kinda sad too. I’ll be fine.

My 4th of july plans may involve me heading off southern illinois for quality extended family time. Which always brings up the question of how to get there. I’m thinking if I can find a friendly st louis local to hang out with for a bit I could take a chicago to st louis red eye, then rent a car to get to grand chain. Perhaps this crazy.

Have a good day. You made me not mind the temporary train breakdown so much. <insert wistful sigh here>

wednesday night boardgames

I’ve had thoughts about dropping WoW for a bit and seeing how this affects my time allocation. Like more sleep, more exercise, more cooking (instead of eating out) all seem likely. Maybe I should…

A friend of mine is seeking a neat, ‘mo friendly roommate for his very nice condo. He lives a 5ish minute walk from the sheridan station on the red line. He’s a musician, a UU, a generally smart and affable guy. Fairly quiet, but quirky sense of humor.

About 600 / month

I’m also seeking, pending the results of this evening’s interview. =)

4 mile run last thursday night
2.5 mile swim practice on saturday morning
6 mile run sunday evening
4 mile run wed morning

Bike as transportation probably covered 20 miles in the same time span.

I am serious about the full length (not iron man) triathlon in SF in november.

I am also serious about getting back to a more ideal weight for me and improving my general cardiovascular condition, though that will require some dietary changes as well. Most notably: less cheese. Just about all cheese is a heaping helping of saturated fat. Which is both a bunch of calories and a precursor for LDLs. I just got my blood work back. They want LDLs to be 160 or below. Mine were at 160. Das not good. I hear flax seed may help too.

liver enzymes? no alcohol? but I barely drink as is?