i've been meaning to write this post for a few days - but, alas... life knows how to get in the way of doing stuff.
last friday i had the pleasure of attending a concert put on by the incredibly talented violinist Lindsey Stirling (and do the whole VIP treatment / meet & greet thing - also pretty cool). she's a super nice (and very energetic) young woman who puts on a solid show. i'm happy i had the opportunity to be a part of it.
since i never participated in a meet & greet, i wasn't really sure what to expect. and i thought it would be nice to bring her a little gift to remember (in some way) her visit here. so i brought her some local mead from Brother's Drake Meadery and knit her a pair of slippers. she seemed to appreciate the gesture...
what else?
still job searching. focusing on the private sector for now to try to find something (anything) to bring in income for a little bit while i'm going through the process of applying to the air force. late march is the earliest i'll hear anything - so i really do need something in the meantime.
still g/f searching. i received my first reply in months from a woman on OKC. seemed like one of those typical "being nice and replying, but this is really a blow-off" type of messages. not banking on anything on that front.
started the 200situps autumn challenge (in actuality, they're crunches) this week. i did an initial test of 125 - single set. needless to say, i hope that this goes better than the 100pushups summer challenge (final test of 40 - single set. i think the most i did in a single workout was in the 70s over 5 sets). that's a thing...
still trying to get on the bike to minimize car use. not doing better than a trip or two each week - but it's better than nothing. i met a friend out for drinks on thursday and rode the bike down and home. ~22mi r/t. 11mi each way, despite taking vastly different routes each way. funny how that works. had to ride at night, too. the l/s jersey from my collegiate team days was helpful! cooled off quite a bit once the sun went down. the bad part of that ride is that it took place in the late afternoon (1630, return ~2000ish) and i only ate a medium sized brekkers (and didn't onboard sufficient water during the day). so the length of the workouts (~51min each way) took a fair bit out of me. i did manage to make myself a large salad and chocolate milk for dinner (fortunately, i ran to the grocer the night before), after showering. left me w/ a massive headache though. woefully under-nutritioned for that kind of workout. going to try to ride 1-2x this weekend while taking care of #1's dog, add to the miles a little bit...
the housemates are out of town again this weekend. it's also the last weekend i'll have on my own until next year... i've grown accustomed to being alone over the weekends over the past few months. on the brightside of them being gone - i can turn the heat off this weekend. too fucking hot in here. i've had my window open, fan on and vent shut since they turned the AC off (far too early, i might add).
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