Another lazy Sunday in the valley
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It’s the last day of vacation and tomorrow it’s back to the workday grind. I have to say that it’s been nice to have the downtime, though. Very nice, indeed. Last night was quiet and low-key. I wound up taking a nap, because I was so tired from the lack of sleep and the early and long day.
I completely neglected to note a minor milestone from Friday: SaraRules and I hit the gym for the first time this year. And… it was my first time in the gym in nearly a month (03 Dec 09, from what I wrote down). It was a short workout, but it was a good start:
- Treadmill: 10 minutes (Yeah.. I know! Me, doing cardio!)
- Lower Back Extensions: 3 sets/12 reps
- Sit-ups: 3 sets/20 reps
- Bench Press: 3 sets/8 reps, 205 lbs
- Core (plank): 3 sets/30 seconds
- Elliptical: 10 minutes (Even more cardio..? What’s wrong with this picture?!)
Post-workout weight (fully dressed): 190 lbs
It was good to get back in the swing of things, but I can definitely feel the effects of the treadmill and elliptical on my quads. But, getting more cardio into my workout routine is something that I plan on doing more this year.
Stray Toasters
- By way of
: Green Lantern LEGO - And, in a related note, this is going on The Covet List.
- I don’t know what’s going on with Comcast, but I’m getting “a little” tired of the way that my Internet connection just… drops out – for no reason – every so often. Having talked with a few other people over the past few days, I discovered that it’s not just my connection that it’s happening to, either.
- It seems as though Jitterbug Coffee Hop has a new logo and a new website.
- Harmonographs
posted a link to this Mad Cat ‘Mech. So, I posted a link to this one. - Thousands of dead octopuses wash up on Portugal beach
- 100 Extraordinary Examples of Paper Art
- Speaking of “paper art,” I have assembled nearly enough tiles to have a 30″x30″ one-level map of WorldWorksGames TerrainLinX Himmelveil Streets terrain. I realized that I can still utilize some of my older terrain with the new stuff, even though the new streets and walls have a medieval look/feel – cobblestones and flagstone – and the TLX walls are only 2″ high, as opposed to the 3″ Mayhem City stuff that I’ve built.
Maybe I’ll play a little City of Heroes this afternoon…
Namaste.