Mostly Muppet

I’ll admit it. I was running late this morning.
Jenn had left at 5:15 to go to the YMCA and work out with her coworkers
Becky and Victoria and I overslept. There, I said it. Happy now? Good.
As a result of my tardiness, I rushed my normal shaving ritual while in
the shower and unintentionally trimmed my goatee a little closer than
anticipated. I took a chunk, roughly fingernail-width in size, out of
the lower right-hand corner. It sucked and I knew it almost instantly.
I looked down at the razor blade to see 1/4 inch hairs where there
should have been 1/16 inch hairs. What a dumbass!
I’ve taken some corrective measures, by bringing the underside of the
goatee in closer to my chin, but it’s still noticeable. I give myself
until Monday before it grows back. Still, a total bummer. Not the way
to start my day, especially when I was holding out hope I’d get to work
early.
Oh well, at least I’m playing basketball today.

Jenn and I are now using WebMD
to track our fitness. We’ve added our weight goals, excercise and diet
so we can stay on top of our weight loss. If there were a way for me to
show everyone my progress without divulging my password, I would. I’ll
keep the blog in the loop though.
In the meantime (did anyone else just flash on Space Hog?),
here’s what went down tonight. Jenn and I both did the stepper. Her:
over 2,000; Me: 1500 and I lifted some weights. Fun, fun, fun (and now
it’s the Beach Boys.
Later.

Last night: 2.4 miles on the trail.
We went walking after a mysterious “pop-up thunderstorm” had blown
through. Of course, no one was on the trail. They were all probably
stuck at one of Atlanta’s many flashing yellow lights - people here
treat them like four-way stops and it makes me nuts. The only upside
was the lack of traffic on the trail; we let Lucy run and she loved it.
Another perk of the bad weather was that Jenn had already made dinner
when I got home. She was worried we’d lose power, so the house was full
of the aroma of teriyaki chicken and burning candles. She was rightly
concerned about us losing power and so had lit every candle she could
grab.
Her fears were well-founded. We briefly lost power twice while eating,
but the real bummer is that we lost cable. That’s right cable. Thank
god for TiVo.
We watched some saved shows and listened to the Braves on the radio,
but it really sucked to have no live TV or Cable internet access the
entire night. Stupid cable was still out this morning when I left for
work. I’ve called twice and have been assured that everything will be
copacetic by this evening. We’ll see.

2 miles on the trail and 1500 steps on the stepper yesterday. A little bit every day brings us closer to the goal.

Jenn and I used the new grill for the first time last night. We were able to get two Bubba Burgers done before the rain set in. Mighty tasty burgers,
mighty hard rain.
Now all we have to do is repeat this process the rest of the summer.
Long walks and working out followed by grilled dinner. Fun! Yum!
Thppppptttttt!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday and Sunday were both heavily-trafficked days. Jenn, Lucy and I
walked 3 miles each day on the Silver Comet Trail.
Let me state for the record that summer humidity, sunshine and a 3-mile
walk make for great excercise and probably a few dead brain cells.
We went down to Fayetteville to swim in Jenn’s folks pool on Sunday.
After half an hour the sky opened up and we were forced inside. Things
weren’t all wet: we did eat steak for dinner and we got the chance to
see Gosford Park.
A very good film, but I advise everyone to watch the DVD with captions
on; lots of British (and Scottish) accents and no less than 20
characters - it can be confusing.
Happy Monday to everyone!