Month: August 2019

So I’m up this morning at 4:30am. God, I felt awesome. Got a call at 5am that the 3 other guys that I’m supposed to riding with won’t be coming. I’m ok with that. I get to go to the health club instead of riding the trail. While riding is always fun, these days I’m more of a house cat – especially at that time of the morning. Riding downhill, through the woods, fast, in the dark (albeit with a light), while exhilarating is but a tad dangerous. I can suck wind on the elliptical, treadmill, rowing machine, or track just as easily. Bring it! Got to wear my “MyZone”. I will admit that hitting my “Fitbit” step count as i walked into the office this morning gave me a thrill.

-Rat

Ha, ha, ha. I was invited to my class reunion. Our class was voted the least spirited in the history of the school at the “pep” assemblies. I think that the only reason that any of us attended was to get out of school for a period. Our school still had a “smoking” area and we were allowed to leave campus to either go home or off and study. One of the last rebel classes.

-Rat

What a beautiful day this day is… bright and sunny, High of 75, low humidity. Awesome that i get to work from home on this glorious day. It started out at 4:30am with rise and shine, at 5am i busted hump on a 1.25 hr bike ride on the trails, got home and pulled weeds for 30min, checked email, made some breakfast, and took a shower before i headed into work. When i got there, i found out that while i brought my backpack, i left my laptop at home – major bummer. On the plus side, i was able to say goodbye to one of my favorite developers – Simon. He is leaving the company and heading back to Florida to work close to his house (he was commuting). Awesome for him. I wish him nothing but the best. Anyway, i headed back home to work.

-Rat

I was watching David Goggins on a JRE podcast. What an inspiration. I’m going to “bring it”. The worst thing for me is Dunkin’ Donuts or any type of donuts for that matter. Fuck those little pieces of shit. Just like i did with cigarettes, i can kick this one square in the balls. It’s time. I’ll let you know how tomorrow goes. Its someones birthday and I’m sure donuts will be in the department. Happy birthday someone, and fuck that! Inch by inch….

-Rat

So, I’m at the health club a couple of weeks ago and my friend shows me this app hes got for his phone – its measuring his heart rate. Pretty cool I’m thinking, I’ve seen them and used them for years now but how the hell is it happening? Bluetooth? RF? WiFi? I dunno. Now, i don’t want to seem like a smart ass so I ask him. Its the latest rage at our health club – MyZone. Its kind of like a glorified Polar. It can track some cool stuff. Anyway, i have been getting into it as apart of a friendly competition. And I’m very competitive. You wear a heart-rate strap, integrate it with the app and go. It also integrates with an advanced scale, my fitbit (although not at the same time), my new Renpho scale, and Ride with GPS. Sweet. We started riding this morning. I’m planning on riding 3 days per week, and doing the gym 3 days per week. Bring it!

-Rat

He said, you don’t have to worry about your son – he will be just fine. He graduated Army basic training and is doing his AIT now in Texas! Hopefully he will stay motivated and stay out of trouble. I never thought I’d say this, but I couldn’t wait to get back and pull weeds 😛 At least we got some rains to soften up the earth. I got more boxes out of the basement yesterday, and it’s coming around. It still needs some work and some organization. My last watercolor class was last night and I’m still somewhat disgusted about the rocks. It probably would look good either in acrylic or oil, but everyone sees something cool with watercolors. Not me. I’m posting a pix.

-Rat