December Goals

Health, Financial, and Social goals for December:

• Ten workouts: (I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.I.)
• Three hikes: (2nd: Crow Hills; )
• Lose ten pounds by Christmas.
• Buy a new bed.
• For the car: a) 2 new front tires. b) emissions fix. c) bondo & paint touch-ups. d) inspection.
• No "super"-junk food (5th: pizza; 6th: rest of pizza; 9th: Ben & Jerry's; 14th: pizza; 18th: Chinese; 25th: Chinese ).
• No "night coffee" (8th, 12th, 14th, 16th,   ).
• Buy new eyeglasses.
• Two outings: (23rd: out w/SMU/UMD crew; 28th: @Mike's w/Pete & Keith).

As always, updates in RED or in the comments section below.

New Music

I snagged a new/old EP from The Bilinda Butchers. It was free, but I paid 5 bucks, to support the band, and to embed it in my Bandcamp page for mobile streaming purposes.

I went to the lake for a couple of hours (up 'til sunset), reading "Fort Freak" and eating blueberries.

Also, I went a little nutty with my money, spending:

1. $42 at the Levi's website ($22 button flies!!).
2. $62 at Hannaford (fruits/veggies/meat/jelly/milk/apple fritters).
3. $25 on Amazon (the next Wild Cards book and a Justice League trade featuring the Legion of Super Heroes!).

I had night coffee and an apple fritter while I ran some laundry and watched sports tv & "It Follows" (a lame horror movie that wasn't scary at all).

Three Pictures

My day off in three pictures:

Lonnnnng Day

Because the truck didn't show up on Sunday, we had to unload it and shelve most of it yesterday (Tuesday). I worked 9 am to 9 pm, with a lunch break at 2 pm and a coffee & donut break at 7 pm.

Even though I was on my feet all day, and doing a ton of heavy lifting and stuff, it was a net loss, I think: Breakfast at home was cereal. While unloading the truck I had a large coffee, Slim Jims, a granola bar, and an apple (so far, not bad). However, lunch was KFC (3 small pieces of chicken, a biscuit, a bit of mac & cheese, and a lot of potato wedges). I had a Starbucks bottled coffee drink around 5. And then my second break was another large coffee and two big donuts from Doughnutty's.

When I got home I had some popcorn, and then later I drank three of this amazing beer:

Backyard Berner by Otter Creek Brewing Co.

It is a seriously hoppy IPA with a strong citrus component. It tastes SOOO good. I unconsciously inhaled a bag of malted milk eggs as I drank it. BAD!

When I woke up today, I weighed in at 225, a backslide with which I am not happy. Poor work eating and the carryover of California's penchant for 'night coffee' need to go!

So my changes for March:

1. No night coffee.
2. No Chinese food (I had it twice in the last 2 weeks).
3. No donuts, just coffee from Doughnutty's.

Sometimes I Drink Coffee at Night