Gym update - cardio

30 minutes on the treadmill.  It was a good, comfortable 30 minutes. 

Again, the joint was fully staffed.  There were some obvious January newbies today.  Rosie was there and she said that the newbie influx had been the usual after Christmas rush.  I was a little late so that even with the extras it still wasn't too crowded.  Nice. 

Tomorrow it's back for a new Rosie session!

Gym update - cardio

30 minutes on the treadmill.  It was a good, comfortable 30 minutes. 

Again, the joint was fully staffed.  There were some obvious January newbies today.  Rosie was there and she said that the newbie influx had been the usual after Christmas rush.  I was a little late so that even with the extras it still wasn't too crowded.  Nice. 

Tomorrow it's back for a new Rosie session!

just stuff

Travis is now only a kitten in his head.

He curls up in my hand like he used to only it's like stuffing 5 pounds of sausage into a single serve casing. And he's chunky. At night, we have this ritual... At 10 p.m. the news comes on the TV and I sit at the desk and do one final catch up of my LJ page. He sits on my lap and then when we are done, I transfer him to my shoulder and we open the door to the terrace, and then go into the bedroom. I noticed last night that instead of carrying a sweet little ball of fur, I was carrying a sweet giant sack o' cat! And in the middle of the night, he will often come sit on my shoulder. He used to kind of sit on my face and then roll off to my shoulder. Now he sits on my face and is also already on my shoulder and I wake up not being able to breathe.

But he's a good boy and I love all bascillion pounds of him. I just hope he's kind of done growing.

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The stock market is not making me happy. I try to remember that I'm not losing as much as the rich folks and I'm saving a ton on income tax. But, I like it better when the meter goes the other way.

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Work is fine. A small flurry this morning and that could well be it for the day. Next week will probably be a killer.

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Week after next is the trip to my brother's. Initially, I was going to take my laptop and just keep doing my job. But, I have decided to actually take the days off. The guys I covered for at Christmas, can cover for me and it's really only 4 work days so I'm just going to do it. I'll take the little Lifebook so I can check work email via OWA but I cannot connect it up to the network so email will be it. Be interesting to see how they get along without me. I think they will do fine.

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Tomorrow is the Seahawks playoff game and the neighborhood should be hopping. They have already put out floodlights and the first RV's are already in the parking lot. Should be fun to watch from the terrace.

just stuff

Travis is now only a kitten in his head.

He curls up in my hand like he used to only it's like stuffing 5 pounds of sausage into a single serve casing. And he's chunky. At night, we have this ritual... At 10 p.m. the news comes on the TV and I sit at the desk and do one final catch up of my LJ page. He sits on my lap and then when we are done, I transfer him to my shoulder and we open the door to the terrace, and then go into the bedroom. I noticed last night that instead of carrying a sweet little ball of fur, I was carrying a sweet giant sack o' cat! And in the middle of the night, he will often come sit on my shoulder. He used to kind of sit on my face and then roll off to my shoulder. Now he sits on my face and is also already on my shoulder and I wake up not being able to breathe.

But he's a good boy and I love all bascillion pounds of him. I just hope he's kind of done growing.

--

The stock market is not making me happy. I try to remember that I'm not losing as much as the rich folks and I'm saving a ton on income tax. But, I like it better when the meter goes the other way.

--

Work is fine. A small flurry this morning and that could well be it for the day. Next week will probably be a killer.

--

Week after next is the trip to my brother's. Initially, I was going to take my laptop and just keep doing my job. But, I have decided to actually take the days off. The guys I covered for at Christmas, can cover for me and it's really only 4 work days so I'm just going to do it. I'll take the little Lifebook so I can check work email via OWA but I cannot connect it up to the network so email will be it. Be interesting to see how they get along without me. I think they will do fine.

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Tomorrow is the Seahawks playoff game and the neighborhood should be hopping. They have already put out floodlights and the first RV's are already in the parking lot. Should be fun to watch from the terrace.

My big boy...

On Travis' first day, I was forced to take pictures in the bathroom because that's the only place where he could be confined. But, I realized, as it turns out, the tiles provide a nice little perspective to measure by. So tonight, I took him back to the scene of the crime to get an update. Alas, he did not think the idea was that cool. Finally I had to resort to the video camera and grab stills from the results.

He does look a little less freaked than he did on day 1.

My big boy...

On Travis' first day, I was forced to take pictures in the bathroom because that's the only place where he could be confined. But, I realized, as it turns out, the tiles provide a nice little perspective to measure by. So tonight, I took him back to the scene of the crime to get an update. Alas, he did not think the idea was that cool. Finally I had to resort to the video camera and grab stills from the results.

He does look a little less freaked than he did on day 1.