Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Out on the Oregon coast line, where the fog blankets the sea

So I've officially bought my train ticket to Seattle. I leave New York on the 8th of September and arrive on the 11th. This is the first leg of my trip to Hawaii. Kurt has said he's no longer "considering it". He said "unless something major happens then I'm out of here". So I won't be moving on my own which I'm humongously relieved about. I think I will reserve my rental car for the trip down the Pacific Coast Highway sometime tomorrow since it only costs a small down payment to reserve it and then wait a bit to buy my airline ticket from LA until Kurt can get a date. Tentatively I will leave the 18th of September but if he needs to wait a few days then no biggie because I know Sam will enjoy having my in LA a few extra days. I've gotta say I'm really excited about driving down the PCH. Not only do I have no doubt that it'll be a beautiful sight, but I can't wait to get to spend some more time with Noah for a while. I really miss that kid.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

In layman's terms...

Just a quick update. So March was the second month of me trying to get in shape for Hawaii. This time Jesse and Willie started coming to the gym as well and here are my numbers for the month. I went running 18 times for a total of 29.5 miles. I walked (not including around the city walking but just before/after running walks) an additional 12.25 miles and I biked 13 times for 47.8 miles (the incline/resistance levels for these were fairly consistent but did fluctuate some). The total calorie count according to the treadmill/stationary bike was: 8565. April is off to a good start as I've gone to the gym three times already and I'm trying to incorporate pushups/the plank/crunches into the mix this month. Unfortunately I think I did something to my left shoulder and so the pushups were a bit hard today.