...speaking of old sailor traditions

my friend Candlejack wants to get some swallows to represent his miles of driving across the country and it occurred to me that I really should look up how many NM I’ve actually done while in the Navy. The tradition is a swallow for every 5000 NM traveled.

The problem is, I don’t really know how to go about figuring that out. I know I went on 2 full Western Pacific deployments and one was in support of the Desert Shield/Desert Storm so we spent a lot of time churning up the ocean. I just don’t know the exact distance or even a reasonable guess.

Beginner Body Weight Workout

I’m gonna try a new thing that I saw on Nerd Fitness, The Beginners Body Weight Workout. You do these following exercises in a circuit, with as little rest in between as possible and you go through the list 3 times, every other day. 

1. 20 body weight squats
2. 10 push ups 
3. 20 walking lunges 
4. 10 dumbbell rows 
5. 15 second plank 
6. 30 Jumping Jacks 

It doesn’t look too bad, and then I will do treadmill on the other days. I will be doing this for the rest of the month and see how it goes.

http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/

Mental Health Issues

You know what sucks? Having to answer all the questions on the forms for the new psychiatrist I’m going to see tomorrow.

History of Self Harm?

History of Risky Behavior?

Describe what you want to get out of this partnership with the psychiatrist?

It’s really setting me off and I don’t want to go in there tomorrow and have to explain any injuries or scars or bruises, but I know I have to.

I’m just kinda freaking out a tiny bit to open up to anyone face to face.

The Doc

Out of the Dr. and blood work is done, I can eat again!

I hate fasting for blood work, it’s like when you know you can’t eat that’s all you want to do.

As suspected he wants me to lose weight, but so far all my other tests are good. Blood pressure is 130/80…meh, a little high but he didn’t freak out about it. I just have to wait on the cholesterol tests that he ordered and we’ll see how that plays out.

Refills ordered on all the meds. I have to use Express Scripts now, not thrilled with that but what can you do

Tomorrow

I have to go see the Doctor man tomorrow for the annual physical. I can hardly wait. I’m sure he will have something to say about my weight and my crazy and my liver function and my cholesterol levels and…i’m sure he’ll find something else. Oh yeah, I’m old so I get the prostate check too. Probably blood work on top of all that.

I hate the annual physical. I would skip it, except my insurance requires it. Fuck.

On the plus side, after that I’m going to get my hair cut.

List of 15 for 2012

So, here's the list for this year. I did okay last year and hit 50%. I've carried over some and added some new ones. I have some repeats, because I think they are important. 

1. - Run/Jog/Walk 300 Miles
2. - Enter and finish a 5K run
3. - Get 6 hours of sleep almost everyday
4. - Attend 2 live plays NOT at Theatre Siena
5. - Learn to play 2 new songs on the bass
6. - Lose 40 pounds
7. - Build a dividing wall and add electricity to the basement
8. - Run for public office, probably school board
9. - Read a book a month
10. - Take each of my daughters to lunch at least twice
11. - Take a trip to Chicago
12. - watch a documentary a month
13. - get my feet tattooed with a pig and rooster
14. - see at least 3 concerts/performances
15. - regularly visit with a therapist

Wish me luck?

2011

…ended the year with a few more scars, a few more tattoos, a few more wrinkles, a few more grey hairs, a few new friends and a few more cracks in my heart. I’m still standing and that is all any of us can really ask for, right?

So, I reviewed my list of 22 things to do in 2011 and I accomplished half of them. 50%. 11/22. I hoped I would do better, but it is what it is. I’ll be moving some of them to this year’s list and adding to it in the next few days. Maybe 22 was too many, maybe I didn’t try enough, maybe i was unrealistic.

That’s it - the date has changed. So it goes.