29 July 2025

Yesterday’s workout was completed successfully, now I only have to continue doing that everyday for two years and I’ll be set. That’s a joke of course, the current course of action is to do my best. Tonight will be another opportunity to try, the most unknown part is how well the girls go down for bed. If there is a scream fest, listening to that drains a lot of energy and it’s hard to get started. Luckily the bike has a low barrier for entry, I’ve discussed before that making a new happen depends on making it easy to get into the activity, like having my piano in a high traffic area. Ideally I can hop on the bike and get started, there is some set up like putting on shoes, getting water, and setting up a fan; it’s hot in the garage. The heat gives a sauna benefit when exercises, the heat was less desirable for playing music. Currently while riding the bike I scroll on my phone though I’m thinking about how I can improve that. Listening to the Bible would be good except currently I’m desiring visual stimulation too. In time desires will change, same for diet. Tomorrow is my birthday, it’s easy to remember since Wednesday is trash day, hopefully I’ll remember to take the trash to the curb tonight. My last two houses had massive driveways and one going down hill, so dealing with the trash used to be a physical feat, now we’re back to a normal driveway and I’m happy with this normal life though I may be far from it.

28 July 2025

A new week, a new day, a new me? Not really, though I’m a little refreshed. Saturday morning the little princess had very interrupted sleep. Over the weekend I decided to move my piano and guitar out of the garage. The garage is my man cave area where all my hobbies go, except it’s very hot in there. With the heat I don’t go out there often enough to practice. When I practiced the most, the piano was in the middle of high traffic area, I would pass by frequently and sit down for a minute to play. Those minutes add up over time. Hopefully this new spot works and someday I’ll improve the insulation in the garage. During the winter it might be a comfortable temperature. In the mean time I’ll face the heat tonight to exercise, my plan is to increase time of cardio and leave weight lifting out for now. Ideally I’ll lift weights once a week and if I’m doing more cardio I don’t need to do both in the same work out. That’s about all I can think of now as the little princess is making noise, it’s almost time for her nap, but when she speaks my whole brain shifts attention to her. There’s always more tomorrow.

25 July 2025

Today is Friday which means I’ve written everyday of the work week and I’ll need to take the weekend off. Breaks are required to get some life experience, if I write everyday then I’m always thinking about what I might write about next. Yesterday I mentioned the importance of time off and it extends to mental activities. At first it seems like I could break everything down into mental and physical activities, maybe so, but there is depth I think is worth uncovering. Other activities that came to mind were reading and piano. Reading seems all mental, physically I’m sitting still, my will get tired though. Piano may seem physical, I’m uncertain what the physicality is since I won’t be out of breath from piano, perhaps the muscles used are too small and unfit compared to my large muscles. There is also mental activity in piano, I’ve said music is math in motion. The five fingers on each hand are numbered left to right, currently I’m working on a pattern with the right hand that goes 1,2,5,4,3,2,3,4,1. Juggling those numbers and the slightly different pattern for the other hand takes mental rehearsing before sitting at the piano. All that is even before considering Keys which are letters that are used like numbers; C,D,E,F,G,A,B. I’m not proficient enough to start explaining the relationships between Keys. With the same notes on a piano for hundreds of years we’re still making new music.

24 July 2025

The day after a workout is always rough and tomorrow will likely be worse. Muscle soreness always seems to be at it’s worst two to three days after. It’s easy to blame age for how tired I feel now, but I know the reality is I’m out of shape. There are people playing in the NFL and world champions older than me, so my life decisions have an effect. Exercising everyday would leave me sore all the time and it would become normal to the point that I’m never sore. Exercising everyday may be possible with cardio, but isn’t realistic for heavy weight lifting, even in my prime three days straight of lifting would knock me out for a couple days. My education has shown me that rest is just as important as activity, muscle builds when you rest as they say. And again diet is hugely important, in the past I’ve had a good example of something like two cookies is over 100 calories and it would take a half hour of cardio to burn the same amount. The point being it’s actually easier to eat right than to work off excess energy. That’s it for today, going back to resting and in time recovery will get better.

23 July 2025

This morning I exercised, doing stationary bike and lifting weight. My weight collection finally has everything I need, there’s always room for improvement. A second set of 45 lbs plates would cover the heaviest weight I’ll ever use and my heavy bags still need hanging. My main fitness goal is losing weight, but thanks to weight gained and living off the land I’m stronger than I ever was. I don’t want to lose that strength and right now it’s more useful than looking good, still as I’m getting older being overweight with cause health problems. Technically problems have already started when I tried to run for exercise and strained my heel, that was around the beginning of the year and first thing in the morning it’s a struggle to walk. There’s another issue of my leg going numb when I lay down, likely something pinching from old back injuries and extra weight. All this considered, I’ll try to put my focus into cardio, that’s where the heavy bags would be appreciated since hours of spinning wheels gets boring after a couple decades. Eating healthier is the best option, with a baby it’s hard to eat right or even to find time to eat. I haven’t actually started counting down the days until school starts, but I’m waiting for it. The baby is old enough to give me a break, but juggling that and a toddler leaves little me time.

22 July 2025

My new character is a Crusader, I have to figure out what that means and who that is. There’s many popular stories of crusaders, but to me the base is a warrior of the Holy Spirit. Staying thy sword is important, knowing when to use it more so. My choice of the crusader as with the king is a reflection of current culture, I see a lot of European countries getting rowdy over refugees in their country. This morning I saw a video of a house on fire in Ireland supposedly the house of a bad person, the comments had many people wishing to start a new crusade. Who do they go after though, a good idea of upper and lower class are those that move the pieces and the pawns themselves. History tells me wars are pawns against pawns while the royal family continues undisturbed, even gaining riches and property. Outside of praying, I don’t know what can be done in that fight; raise my kids the best I can. It’s an ancient battle against evil, the Hittites of the Bible still rage against God. God doesn’t need me to win that fight, in fact the fight has long been won. All this leads me to a state of stagnation, I need more information and preparedness for when I’m called upon.

21 July 2025

We’re beginning to settled into the new house as my queen goes to work this morning it feels like a normal Monday and start of the week. For me and the princesses, there’s not a lot of normal, thankfully they have reliable sleep patterns. The elder princess likes to run laps around the house and I’m not about to do that, so I meet her on the other side. This morning she decided not to go around, but turned back and sat down crying because I wasn’t there. There’s countless toddler tantrums I haven’t recorded over the last couple month. Currently we’re watching an episode of Paw Patrol with a ghost and we’ve probably seen it 100 times. Then at night I get a request to tell a story with each member of the Paw Patrol and a ghost. The Little Princess is as chill as ever, recently we decided to push her more since at this age her older sister was crawling over everything. For starters I’m keeping the little princess on her feet more and throwing her in the air, which apparently I haven’t done before. My older daughter was treated rough because I didn’t know any better, I learned from that and now the younger girl is held with soft hands. Goes to show how hard it is to raise two kids the same. As for me, I’m still figuring out what I’m doing, counting down the day until school starts and I’ll have some free time. My current action is to build momentum and get the ball rolling.

19 July 2025

Following the plan laid out yesterday, how was your day? My day gets a thumbs up. Today I shaved and that’s an achievement for any day. My queen grilled some steaks and baked a pie, what more could a person want to eat. In the morning my princess found a tortoise walking around. I ordered some armor for my return to podcasting as a Crusader and decided to not worry about learning video editing programs because Canva will do most of what I need for social media. We’ve got Bible study later.

7/18/25

Happy birthday Winnie, today he turns 11 years old, PS and I took him for a walk to the open field. The Discord for my podcast was in a fiery discussion which has rekindled the fire in me to begin motion for my online presence. I’d encourage anyone that sees this to join the Discord because it is the idea to rate every day with a thumbs up, thumbs down or middle that has me excited. I’m figuring out the podcast, it’s coming. I’ve been learning video editing and music editing with guitar and piano. Yesterday I had what I would describe as my first serious workout in years. Frost is thawing.

https://discord.gg/ZUHp7QxY36

Wrecking and Rapping ep 56

King Cooper discusses the need to break down traditional literature to explore new ideas and themes. He critiques Shakespeare and introduces works by Voltaire and American folklore, emphasizing the importance of storytelling in understanding culture. The conversation also touches on the evolution of the show and future plans for a new setup.