melog-20110104.log.0

a bit grumpy this evening. took my daughter to the doctor. he's a pediatrician, but his office isn't equipped to do x-rays. but he had her do some activities to asses whether she might have a broken bone.

he determined that she didn't have that, though she may have some pulled muscle or something. he figured it would go away on it's own, but told me to call him if the pain continued. he'd refer me at that point to a specialist.

that money i spent on that would have served better as tissue paper for my ass.

my nephew went out with a friend, but neglected to buy another air mattress. he's hanging out on the couch again watching tv. he'd better not get too comfortable.

i guess i need to run to wal-mart.

my wife is working late tonight, so i had to get the kids in the bed. they were uncooperative.

i'm tired. i'm sore from working out. i have a headache.

and, a friend at work asked me to exercise, er, i mean, remove a trojan from her PC. i can barely get the damn thing into safe mode.

and work was difficult in that i had a lot of reading to do to prepare for trying to make apache, php, perl, and mysql all work together *without* using lampp, xampp, or some webstack utility 'casue we need to update them all separately.

somebody help me . . .

melog-20110104.log

I woke up about 04:30 this morning, again. But, I snoozed until about 05:11. Today was the day I would do cardio-- I keep that short, so I didn't really need to get up as early as yesterday. Yesterday, I did my upper body work-out, where I just get a weight bench and lift weights with all my upper body muscle groups. That takes more time and preparation, so getting up at 04:30 is necessary.

I made it to bed last night around 22:40. Not bad for a night owl like me.

My wife has also started exercising. This may be the first time we both started working out together. Usually, I'll work out and she won't. Then she'll start around the time I quit. I lose while she gains, I gain while she loses.

This time, I think we're going to work on this together. That might make the difference we need for consistency. We'll see.

I've got the kids off to school. After school, I'll be taking my daughter to the clinic to see what's happening with her back / tail bone. She romps and plays like nothing is wrong, but keeps complaining about it. Kids can be resilient sometimes. Gauging how serious their suffering is can be difficult.

My nephew's air mattress went flat again. He crashed on the couch. Bad idea.

Nobody sleeps on momma's couch.

Long story . . .

My son swears he didn't put the hole in the mattress this time started crying when I asked him questions about it. I guess he didn't do anything directly to cause it like the time before. I think he might have contributed to it, though. I've caught him and his sister bouncing on it over the holidays.

But, it went flat through the night as if something spontaneous caused it to fail. Not sure what's up. Slow leak, I guess.

Anyway, my wife hates for anyone to sleep on her couch-- that's her place to sleep on alone when she feels like it.

So, my nephew has put a bit of wear and tear on his welcome-- at least, as far as my wife is concerned.

I only care because I know the history and psychology behind the significance of the couch and my wife.

She doesn't want me to get our nephew a new air mattress. But, knowing what I know-- I had better stop by Wal-Mart tonight before bedtime and get him one. Gotta keep the peace, take advantage of game theory, and all that jazz.

Well, gotta eat some cereal and start getting ready for work. That's my next goal of the year-- to do a better job at work. That starts with showing up on time, ready to work.

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I've got nothing easy on my to-do list at work.

Like I heard Obama say once, "If it was already easy, it would have already been done".

So, I guess I need to just roll up my sleeves and keep at it.

My daughter fell on her bottom a few days ago, goofing off on the arm of the couch.

Now, she's complaining of back problems.

I know kids are people, but they sure are expensive people. Now, I've got to take her to the doctor.

Don't get me wrong-- you do what you have to do to take care of them.

But, again-- don't get me wrong-- the doctor WILL send you a bill, regardless of how cute, darling, and precious your children might be.

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so far so good. i've stuck to my food regimen so far today. personally, today has be a triumph.

office wise, well-- i got to work early. i've done some good planning, but my planning has only uncovered more problems that i need to plan to fix.

oh well. at least i exercised and ate well today. and surprisingly, i haven't gotten tired yet!

we'll see how things go . . .

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Oh, I also wanted to mention really quickly--

The sky was so beautiful this morning! The stars were out. Something about the winter time-- the night time and early morning sky seems so clear and crisp during the winter. The stars were so bright!

Just had to mention that. I looked up for a bit before and after working out. By the time my kids catch the bus at 06:37, most of the stars are retreating into the light of the dawning sun.

OK, gotta take my shower now and get to work . . .

melog-20110103.log

Aw-right! I did it!

I woke up at 04:30 today! I put on my workout cloths, gargled with some Listerine, took my allergy medicine, and tried to wake up my wife (who also wanted to get up early).

Well, she turned over-- but I went kept on truckin'.

I put some started boiling some eggs so I can have something to eat after my workout. Downed some water and set up my weight bench.

I had some minor setbacks, but the most important thing is that I finished my workout and was only behind schedule by a small amount.

My wife did eventually get up and had time to do her workout, too.

My son woke up earlier that I expected. He interrupted me some, and wanted to eat my eggs. I had to make some more.

But, I got my son and daughter ready for the school bus while my wife worked out. She will be too busy to work out any other time in the day. So, I need to stay on it so that she can have the opportunity she needs to get in better shape, too.

I'm working on eating a bowl of Kashi cereal right now. My meals for the day are already planned out.

Now, I need to shower and get ready for work. That's my next goal-- to get to work early and show myself to be more productive.

Wish me luck!

melog-20110102.log

Well, I'm going to try a few resolutions this year. Like I said in my last log entry, this can either be a new beginning, or a count down of 365 days of more monotony.

I'll take a stab at making this a new beginning.

Here's what I'll try to improve this year:

Physical Health

Finances (was already working on this)

Reading More (was already working on this)

Be able to have a short, meaningful conversation in German with my friend in Germany

Correcting my poor sleep habits (BWAH-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

Improve work performance

Be a better husband and father

I believe I have a condition called delayed phase shift syndrome. I honestly believe it-- no joke. I am going to try a combat this.

So, I'm almost ready to go to bed for the night-- which is totally un-like me. I usually don't even start getting ready for bed until around midnight.

I plan to get up at 04:30 and start my exercise routine that I was doing a few years back. I lost about 30 pounds doing that. If I hadn't stopped, I'd kept it off and would be able to kick most people's ass by now.

Oh well . . .

I'd better sign off now. I've got my lunch made and ready to go. I've got my morning planned out, got the cloths for my kids laid out for school . . .

Now, all I have to do is actually get up in the morning.

I hope I don't keep hitting the snooze button.

Wish me luck.

Gute Nacht.