Today I wrapped up the last all of my push ups, sit ups, and forms. I have class tonight and I will finish up my rolls, then I will be done. Tomorrow is the test and plan on coming home and getting a nap before I head back out and take it on. I am a little anxious, but I I think that I will do well.
I am pretty jazzed today. The Panthers had a great win in Seattle and today was a little more fun at school today. School is always better when the kids are talking smack. I also found out that my Daughter and I are getting suite tickets for Sunday night's game. Very excited. GO PANTHERS!!
I took a field trip the Renaissance Festival with Davis today. I was a chaperone for him and two friends. Although I am not a huge fan of the festival, I had a good time with D. I was able to sign him out at 1:00 when the school left and we stayed an extra hour and a half. We had some good quality time.
I am not really sure if this is going to work. The site looks different and I am not sure if it is the site or the Windows 10 update. Either way, here we go. We had the Levine run this Saturday. It was nice to see all the support generated for the kids. I especially liked the costumes. One nice part, although not really important in the big picture, I was able o finish the race without stopping. I was pretty happy about that.
I have a dinner tomorrow night at Panthers ' Stadium for Ricky Proehl's foundation. We should get a nice dinner, meet a few players, and help raise money for charity. Looking forward to it.
I was able to do 2 minutes of whimpy jump rope last night. It hurt a bit so I did 15 seconds at a time. My leg is sore today, but I am hoping it isn't the jump rope. I will try again tomorrow.
We had a teacher workday today. There was training in the morning, but the rest of the day was chill. It was nice having a break from the students. I should probably get more work done. I will live.
I got to go camping this weekend with the family. What a blast! I owe a lot to my wife for making the weekend work. She did a lot of the work and it made a short weekend great. Can't wait to go again.
The leg is feeling ok lately. I still have to be careful with hop steps and pivoting, but is is a lot less sore at the end of the day. I hope I can add falls at the start of next week. May even try a slow jog.
Football is finally here. Pretty good day today. Cooked up some wings with my brother and his family and watched the Panthers win. I is always nice to share a win with family. Still some more football to go. It should be a great night!
I have spent the last two days going on freshman field trips. That will truly try your patience. It is challenging sometimes figuring out what is just "spazzy" little kid and what is a little kid being disrespectful. Overall it was a good day, but I am ready to wind down for the day.
The Hartles and the Lloyds came over for diner and a fantasy football draft last night. I had a great time. We introduced Chelley to "ENO." Wasn't sure we were going to get her out. As for the night...All I can say is Sangracias.
I took my first class since my busted leg yesterday. A bit on the ugly side, and a bit soar today. I still did some things, but I will definitely be taking some ibuprofen.
Day 5-Leg is about the same. I am a bit anxious and a bit frustrated. I can't get not being able to finish the BB cycle out of my head.
So it looks like I pulled my calf muscle pretty good on Saturday. It has been a long time since I have had a pain that bad. I may be out for a couple of weeks. Today is not much better than Saturday.
We had the pretest today. Overall I did well. I still have plenty of improvement, but assuming I passed the written portion, I passed. I will improve my numbers in October.
I went for a run tonight and it didn't go so well. I made it a little over 2 miles and had to walk the rest. The interesting part was that the reason I stopped was because my shoes are DEAD. I never killed a pair of shoes before. The have lost all of their squishiness. OK for wearing around town and what not, but not so good for running. I will have to get some more this weekend.
My oldest son had his first cross country meet today. He did well, but is having a hard time getting his homework finished at a reasonable time. I hate to be the mean dad, but I will have him quit the team if grades are going to drop.
Yesterday was my first 10K. I was very pleased with my time. I went into the race knowing that the last two miles were challenging. I was hoping to finish without walking and with a time under 70 minutes. No walking and a finish time of 102.53. I was very pleased.
Today was much better day for my requirements. Plenty of forms in. I was also able to get a little run in tonight to stay ready for Sat. I have been told that it is a bit hilly. I am not looking forward to that part. Hopefully I can get finished without walking. I hate hills.
I missed my Leadship class today. Traffic and rain was crazy. We needed the rain, but it backed up everything. I have a good number of credits, but I finished late.
I was able to run 7 miles yesterday. I was pretty excited about that. I have a 10 k on Sat and I feel pretty confident that I will finish without walking. We are running in the morning and it shouldn't be too hot.
I let my wife talk me into running today at 1:30. Bad idea. I know it isn't as hot as it as it has been this summer, but in the full sun I was burning up. I didn't make it very far at all without having to walk some. I am going to have to keep up with my running this week to be ready for Saturday's 10K.
Teacher workdays are over. We have an open house tomorrow and half day on Mon. I hope this year is as good as last. I am a little excited and a little bummed summer is over.
I took the kids and dog on a short run tonight. It was nice to get out there together. Mom will be very jealous. She will just have to live though. She is at the nights game in a box suite.
Made it through hump day of my first work week back. It is nice to be back with my colleagues, but It is still tough to get up. I keep falling asleep when I get home. I heed to make it through so I don't stay up late. I have to break the cycle.
Had our first teacher workday yesterday. It was nice to sew everyone, but I am not quite ready for the swing of things. The summer went fast. I cam homes and took a nap. I am not quite used to getting up early.
My daughter is away at the beach this week with a friend. I am very happy for the and I know they will have fun. Mom and I miss her though. It has a=only been one day, but you get used to having people around.
Went to Panthers Fan Fest. What a hot mess. It was clear that they were not expecting that crowd. We walked around for about an hour trying to get to a seat. Never made it. Left disgruntled.
My daughter is having a friend over to spend the night tonight. We are watching Insurgent tonight and going to lake tomorrow. It should be a good couple days.
Took everyone to Lake Norman today. Went to the state park and hit the walking trails. Found the perfect spot to chill, swim, and picnic. It was nice and private and made for an incredible time.
Took the NY cousins to Carowinds yesterday. I was planning on staying most of the day and then going to class last night. I didn't want to shortchange everyone's' experience so we stayed till close. I should have gone to class. I am so tired.
I did it. I have 20% or more on all of my requirements. I have 50% on my running. Feeling pretty good. I have to start doing the big runs on Sundays though. I was too tired for class today.
The goal has been set... By tomorrow I will be through at least 20% of my requirements. If I have a good day running, I will be 50 % complete with that. I like the progress. I just need to remember my dobok for class tomorrow.
Better day today. I was able to catch up on some of my requirements, finished laying tile, and ran 4 miles with the Mrs. Our time was about 42 min. I was pretty happy with that. Getting faster
I really don't like laying floor tile. It seemed a lot easier 15 years ago. I am just too old to be spending all that time on a hard floor. I still have to put in my requirements in, but my book is way out in the car. Almost done though.
The last few days I have been laying tile in my boys' bathroom. It has been tough on my knees and back which makes it tougher to do certain things in class. I can't wait for it to be finished.
Overall, today was a good day for credits. However, I am going to have to take a little something before bed for my back. I hurt it a bit doing back falls. The falls definitely make me feel old and awkward.
Went running with the Mrs. today. We didn't bring a phone to keep track, Just Forest Gumped it. We made it 6.7 miles. I never thought I would have been able to make it that far this soon. At the beginning of June, I could only make it 1 mile before walking. Good Day.
A friend and I took the kids to Carrowinds today. It was a blast. Nice breeze and not too hot. We did rides for a couple of hours, went to the car for lunch, and then hit the water park. The turkey got a little roasted.
I was a little disappointed with my requirements yesterday. I fell a little short. I didn't even put them for yesterday until today. I made sure to knock out a lot of my requirements early today. Hopefully there aren't to many of those days ahead.
I did the one mile again today. No technology glitches this time. I made it in 8:22. I started off too fast and began to loose wind. I steadied my pace and made it ok.
Today during classes I was able to get a lot of my requirements done. That's nice, but I forgot my rolls and falls. I forgot when Davis was on the cycle and it looks like I am on my way for mine as well.
I decided to run just a mile tonight and see how fast I could do it. I really don't enjoy running so when I take off for 3 or 4 miles I have a pretty slow pace. Tonight I just wanted a mark so I could have something to beat. I did pretty well. The phone keeping track of distance didn't work very well, but it was under 8 1/2 min; perhaps 8:20. Pretty good for me, especially with hills.
Black Belt class was a good one tonight. Good, but sweaty.(Thanks for the towel Master Hartle) We got a lot of much needed practice in. I showed up early and stayed a little late to do a bit of the cycle. Time to relax and watch Paul Blart. :)
We took the kids to go see the off-Broadway production of Annie tonight. What an amazing time! The wife and I are just asking why do we do this more often? Beauty and the Beast is coming in the fall. Can't wait!
I find it challenging being getting random acts of kindness being at home with the kids all day during the summer. I either need to get out more, or just be nicer to my kids. I guess I will get out more.
Today I took my first PMAA class. It was interesting to feel like a brand new white belt again. I know that we have a week of being a white belt as part of the Black Belt cycle, but today was truly a white belt experience. It was a class of a lot of question and a lot of mistakes, but I am sure I will improve with practice.
Today was the first day off classes and cycle requirements for me. I did well, but I am beat. Looking forward to a shower and (hopefully )and early bedtime.
1st day of the cycle is under the belt. I am out of town now, so I didn't get to start classes, but they will come on Monday. Decent start with the workouts and I hope the they become habitual soon. Good luck to everyone on the cycle!
