Bob Log III

Saw Bob Log the other night at 7th Street Entry. It was a blast! He is amazing live. A++ would see again.

Well... September is Over

Well... September is over. That means there are 3 months left of the year of 2011. I can't believe it has gone by so quickly. I don't think I've gotten anything concrete accomplished this month. Heck, I haven't even fully unpacked from moving a month and a half ago.

I need a project. I need something to occupy my time at home other than cooking, cleaning, and video games. I know I have posted about setting up a music room in my basement, but I have serious doubts that that will ever happen. Especially considering that all of my weekends for October are already spoken for. How does this happen? Is this normal? Is this how lives are lived? I feel like I'm in a constant state of disarray. The only real downtime I get is sleep time. I certainly did not feel this way in college, even with the never-ending stream of homework hanging over my head.

Maybe it's time to just set aside time every night for myself. I don't know. I need to learn how to run on less sleep. I wake up at 6, 6:30am. Depending on when I actually get up and out of bed, I'm usually at work by 7:30 or so. I stay at work til 5:30pm. I'm usually home by 6 at the latest. Moose and I have been pretty good about cooking dinner at home since we moved, so by the time dinner is done, it's usually about 6:30 or 7pm. Then, in order to get up by 6, I try to be in bed by 10:30 or 11pm. What can I do with those 4 hours? Why can't I live on 4-5 hours of sleep like everyone else?!

Oh well. I need to do something. Otherwise, Moose is going to get tired of my pestering. I should at least set up my instruments in the basement. It might be fun to just sit down there and goof around.

Maybe I'll get it done in October...

Dumbood - Transregional des Pyrenees

Another find from Pandora:

Workouts with Kristen

So my friend Kristen wants to do similar workouts as me, but not together or at the same time. In particular, she wants to try the Couch to 5K program (or C25K for short). This involves 30 minutes, 3 days a week of running for 9 weeks. At the end of the 9 weeks, you have built up your stamina to the point where you are able to run a 5k. I want to say I can already run at least half if not all of a 5k comfortably, but this will still be good exercise. So, I'm going to try to kick it up a notch - but hopefully not to the point of P90X, which always seems to be impossible to keep up with after 3 weeks due to sleep deprivation or shit hitting the fan at work. AM workouts would be before work, PM workouts would be immediately after work. Here's what I ultimately want to be able to do:

Mondays: AM - 20 minutes AM yoga from DVD
PM - 30 minutes C25K workout 1/3

Tuesdays: AM - 20 minutes Ab Ripper X (via P90X)
PM - 30 minutes weight machine routine

Wednesdays: AM - 20 minutes AM yoga from DVD
PM - 30 minutes C25K workout 2/3

Thursdays: AM - 20 minutes Ab Ripper X (via P90X)
PM - 30 minutes weight machine routine

Fridays: AM - 20 minutes AM yoga from DVD
PM - 30 minutes C25K workout 3/3

Saturdays: Make up day / Not sure yet.

Sundays: Rest.

I will try to continue the pseudo low carb diet I've been doing for the last 3 months as well. I need to stop eating so much fake sugar. That means I need to stop drinking diet pop. We'll see how this goes. This week, I want to at least start the C25k program and get the weight machine set up.

Worldly Weather

So, it's about 30 degrees in Minnesota right now. My sister is just arriving for her year + stay in Japan. It is 77 degrees in Fukui right now. If my mom were in Florida right now, it'd be 73 there. Maybe I *do* need to get out of here...