This morning we had a costume run at work. I was kind of nervous that I would be like the only person to dress up. I got more nervous when I got to work and did not see anyone in costume but that was just bad timing because about half of the people were dressed up. I went as a banana and did the whole "peanut butter jelly time" thing. I only had to do the dance once but then the guys in my office kept singing it all day long just to bug me, it was funny though. The people who wore costumes pretty much got out of the whole run because we stopped at about 1 mile to get judged and then did not pick back up until the last mile. In the end our squadron won so we get a day off sometime in the next couple weeks. All in all it was a fun time and I will definitely try to have a really cool costume next year.
After the run and having gone over to the fitness center to shower I went back to work for about an hour before we had a promotion ceremony. Immediately following the promotion ceremony it was pretty much lunch time so no one really did any work in the morning. I read some of my book again during lunch and then did a little bit of work this afternoon. At about 3 o'clock everyone started leaving then it was just me and one other guy left in the office and he asks me if I am leaving. I looked at him with a puzzling look at which point he informed me that we have been released for the day. So I did what any hard working person (or not) would do and immediately left.
From work I decided that it would be a good day to go an try out the local CrossFit gym in Moore. I showed up at CrossFit Exile and the only other person there was the owner. He showed me around a little bit and we chatted for a few minutes before he was going to start his workout. So I decided I would do the workout with him. He showed me their standard warmup, which was pretty good since I rarely do a proper warmup. Then he showed me how to properly do power snatches. I usually do not do the Olympic lifts so this was somewhat new for me but it seemed like fun. So after learning a new lift we got to the workout: 75 Power Snatches @ 75 lbs. As we got into the workout I quickly remembered how much I love and hate CrossFit. That extremely familiar feeling of burning muscles and flaming lungs combined with the wonderful feeling of knowing you are giving 100%. The workout definitely reminded me what I was missing. So much familiar stuff in the CorssFit gym, my motivations was certainly renewed this afternoon. Stacey pretty much kicked my butt even though he has a torn meniscus, but nonetheless I finished the workout in 10:19 which I thought was pretty respectable. After that we rested a few minutes and then did 8 rounds of Tabata planks which was much tougher than I originally expected. I would have liked to do more after this but I decided to be smart and take it easy so that I would still be able to work out tomorrow. So I did some stretching after the workout, which I normally do not do but am certainly glad I did. I am already getting sore and can only imagine how much worse the pain would be if I had not stretched. I should stretch again before I go to bed. I met a couple new people at the gym in addition to Stacey. I met Brian who seemed to have just started CrossFit and I met Jason who is a pilot at the base. We talked a little bit and I informed him that his plane's engines are about the loudest and most annoying fuel-to-noise converters I have ever had the misfortune of having to listen to. He seemed like a pretty cool guy. Hopefully I will be back there soon.
On the way home from the gym I talked to my beautiful wife on the phone, which as always was very enjoyable. Apparently her printer was going on a rampage arms with an assortment of small arms, but she ended up buying a new one so she could finish her work. I was talking to her on my BlueBerry because traffic was pretty bad and it was killing my ear. Putting that ear piece in my ear is like trying to put the square block in the triangle hole. So I decided I needed a new one. But that was going to have to wait till later because in typical CrossFit fashion I was famished after the workout and seriously required immediate nourishment. I got home, made some leftovers and had my normal post workout snack...chocolate milk. I do not care what anyone says, chocolate milk is by far the best recovery drink there is, far better than any protein or other cheater beverage.
After dinner I headed out to the phone store to get a new BlueBerry. Even though I have Sprint, I went to the US Cellular store because 1) the Sprint store looks more empty than the moons surface and 2) it was closed. I wanted to try them all out, I do not know why they do not have some type of BlueBerry dressing room, but alas one was not present. So after close visual inspection of every unit I settled on one pretty much at random. I got home and tried it out and it fits pretty nice and certainly does not make my ear feel like someone shoved a steel rod into it. But it was not charged so I am currently still waiting for it to charge so I can see if it is loud enough to work in the car.
After that I just watched some TV, talked with my lovely wife on the webcam (always a treat), and sat down to write this blog. Today was a decent day and I am sure I will sleep very well tonight because my workout wore me out. But unfortunately I will not sleep as well as I do when my wife is here but that will have to wait a couple weeks. I am enjoying writing this blog because without school, I really do not have any opportunity to write and practice my writing skills so this is a fun way to do that. I also enjoy just recapping my day and thinking of all the events that happened. I decided today not to pursue my PPL for a couple months until I get back from training and have some more money. After spending many hours reading awesome trip reports on 14ers.com and becoming insnaely jealous, I think I want to buy a nice DSLR camera so that I can take neat pictures when I go climbing. But I will have to do some research on that.
I typed a lot more this evening than I expected too but blogging seems to be addicting and fun. I will try to write again tomorrow.
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