It's a blur of a week. I'm taking a few days off from lifting in order tog ive the joints a bit of a rest after the 10 weeks of lifting. On Wednesday I leave work a bit early and get out for the aquairum bicycle ride. It's a warm afternoon and very dry, so the shirt comes off as I peddle along and have fun.
On Thursday I have three almost close calls on the motorcycle. The first is from an SUV driver making a lane change where I'm at. I avoid him and I can't even get his attention - he's just oblivious to everything. The second is a policecar in Manhattan Beach that makes a lane change and realizes he was kinda close to me. So he actually throws his hand up to apologize and I return the gesture to acknowledge that it wasn't too close anyway. And the third is from a motorcycle rider in the carpool lane who moves over to the left to let me through (because I'm going faster than he is) but than he moves right back over on me. Fortunately I had enough speed built up to blast past him before there is contact. When I get home I get in a good session with the weights and then I mow the lawn. Tonight is a relaxing night - different than the other nights with a Monday night visit from Person J_VKPI, a Tuesday night ResourceScout meeting, and a Wednesday night visit from Ruby.
On Friday I get up and run about 4 miles before work. I stop just as the left calf is starting to tell me that it might hurt soon. After work I get in some abdominal work and a short walk. Person C_T comes over and we have dinner, watch the wet qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, and start in on a movie via DVD. As the movie is "not my type" I head for sleep halfway through the movie.
On Saturday I'm up near 7 am to go for a bicycle ride. Seeing that I am lazy today, I just get in the aquarium ride as many many people are lined up to get on boats for Catalina Island. After the bike ride I trim and water the roses and clean up some branches from tree trimming (a couple weeks ago). Person C_T insists that I watch the rest of the movie, so in between surfing the Internet and other things I watch the movie. Person C_T leaves for work near 11 am and I do the laundry and relax. I'm lazy today.
But later in the afternoon I get some painting of the trim done. And I start to realize that I only have a few more sessions of painting before I am done - every room in the house (except the bathrooms and kitchen) will have been painted and ready for quite a few years. Later I get in a very good session with the weights as I ad some sets to the routine. And take a shower and get ready to have some fun.
I head up to a club and arrive near 10:30 pm. Person J_VKPI and Person T_U will meet me later. Person C_T has decided to go with his roommate to visit another friend. Tonight the music is very good - especially in the 1 to 2 hour. I want to stay longer but decide agaisnt it. Person J_VKPI never does show up, so I spend time hanging out with Person T_U and mingling with various acquantainces - such as Person P_P, Person M_P, Ralph, friend of a friend, and Person T_CT. There are offers that are actually made tonight that I refuse. Thus I am out the door shortly before 2 am and am laying down for sleep just after 2:30 am on Sunday morning.
On Sunday I get up and go for a long walk during which I buy the Sunday newspaper. As I'm reading the newspaper I'm watching the Japanese Grand Prix. This is an exciting race since the qualifying order was jumbled with the rainy conditions. And it takes until the very last lap for the driver who started absolutely dead last but has the fastest car to make the pass to win the race. This tape of the qualifying and the race is a keeper for the long winter months without racing.
Late in the morning I do a bit more painting and then I get out for an afternoon bicycle ride in the sunshine. I head north on the Los Angeles river trail on a timed ride because I haven't been north on the trail since before the summer. It's a good ride and just what I needed to get the blood pumping and inject energy into myself.
The rest of the afternoon is spent relaxing with the newspaper, some football games on television, and a few other little things. But I'm dropping off for some deep and great sleep right near 9pm.