Wednesday – 29 July 2009
Midweek.
It’s also Comics and Sushi Wednesday.

I got a call back from the dealership about my car late yesterday afternoon. They found the reason that the “Check Engine” light came on (a faulty Cam Shaft Position Sensor), which is a good thing. They also (FINALLY) found the source of the leak that I went in and asked about two weeks ago – you know, the one they said was the water pump – which, oddly enough wasn’t the water pump. *sigh* It was the Oil Filter Adapter. Ian, the service rep, told me how much the sensor would be… and, surprisingly, there was no sphincter tightening. Nice! Then he told me how much the adapter was. Tightening. Then I remembered how much the radiator hoses – custom parts! – were and realized that, as Freddie Mercury and Queen said:

There’s nothing you can
Nothing you can
Nothing you can do about it…

I asked SaraRules to pick me up a little early from work. I was “done.” We headed to the local Best Buy, so I could pick up the new Green Lantern: First Flight DVD. They had the single-disc version in the front display, but not the two-disc version… and there were absolutely none of the two-disc with figurine versions to be found, either.

*grblsnrkx*

Just put another nail in the coffin, why dont’cha? At that point, I was truly done. And all I wanted was to just go home. And we did. Rather than sit and fester over the state of things, I turned my attention and energy to cleaning out more things from the office. Using a couple of “creative location management” techniques, I was able to get rid of two large boxes from under the office table, completely clean out one of the sections in the closet bookcase and throw away some old/unnecessary things; thus bringing order (or a semblance of it) from the chaos (of my mood).

At least it wasn’t a Thursday.

Later in the evening, SaraRules and I went to the gym:

  • Pull-ups: 3 sets/10 reps
    • 1 set: unassisted
    • 2 sets: assisted (80 lbs)
  • Flys (dumbbell, incline): 3 sets/10 reps, 25 lbs
  • Reverse Flys (dumbbell, seated): 3 sets/10 reps, 10 lbs
  • Lateral Raises (dumbbell, with fly): 3 sets/10 reps, 10 lbs
  • Reverse Punches (dumbbell): 2 sets/20 reps, 10 lbs
  • Curls (barbell, standing): 3 sets/10 reps, 60 lbs
  • Sit-ups (decline): 3 sets/20 reps
  • Tricep Extensions (rope): 3 sets/15 reps, 80 lbs
  • Pilates Crunches (seated, V-position): 2 sets, 30 seconds

Weight (morning): 182.5 lbs

Hopefully, today will be ever-so-slightly better.

Stray Toasters

Namaste.