Pushy

Trying to squeeze me out of my chair, Chumble?

Lake Day

I packed a few things and went down to the lake today from around 4 to 8 pm.

I had a nice Otter Creek Brewing Co. Backseat Berner IPA and steak, cheese & mushroom sub from D'Angelo for an early supper. I read some of Cibola Burn. I cleaned out the fire pit (someone had thrown a bunch of cans, tin foil and nails into it) and built a fire. And around 5:30 Hayden & Jon came down, and we all hung out til a little after 8 (Hayden & I ran up to Depot Package with money from Jon to buy a 6-pack of Wachusett IPA, Wzachusett chips, and beef jerky). Hayden's new car (Subaru WRX) kicks ass.

A great day.

Yesterday

I went to see the 2:30 show of "Batman vs. Superman" (pretty good throughout, except for Jesse Eisenberg's horrible Lex Luthor and Amy Adams' whiny & reckless Lois Lane).

Before bed I finished reading "Avengers vs. X-Men" (horrible - Cyclops was SO right!) and the first "Cyborg" trade (good stuff).

Itinerary for CA: Part Deux

Jason booked my tickets for my second trip to California this year! He is surprising Stacie with a Britney Spears concert over that weekend, so I'll be watching the kids while I am there from June 16th - 20th...

March

...was a pretty "blah" month. Mostly about maintenance and getting through it.

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.

Leap Day Adventures

I didn't feel like going to work when I woke up at 7:30, so I called around to find a replacement or swap. No takers, so I went in, but Lori called and said she'd work 10 - 4 for me, if I took her Thursday night. Freedom!

When I got home I watched "More Manners of Downton Abbey" and sorted/consolidated all of my LEGOs into two containers.

My new Vans arrived! They are Rata Vulc SF's, designed by Yusuke Hanai. They look and fit great.

Then I watched "Aloha" (Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, John Krasinski, Bill Murray, Alec Baldwin), which was a great romantic comedy/drama.

I got a nice photo of my cat, too!