Today is a holiday and the elder princess is home from daycare. My queen is also going to congress to rewrite some laws, I’ll have the kids to myself for a couple of days. Over the weekend I was able to get my new flag hung all alone. It was a fun adventure that happenedContinue reading “19 January 2026”
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16 January 2026
My exercise has been going well. The main focus is still push ups, trying to raise my comfort zone, so I can speak while pushing. My claim is I’m still the strongest I’ve ever been, mostly because I weigh more than ever before. The other reason is doing clean and jerk with more weight thanContinue reading “16 January 2026”
15 January 2025
If you’re reading this, thank you. It’s reassuring to know I’m not alone. Yesterday, I was exhausted and didn’t even finish my goal of writing length. Some people were nice to throw me a like when I was stuck in my own world. The reaction was enough to spark the fire in me. I likeContinue reading “15 January 2025”
14 January 2026
Yesterday was tricky, I’m still waiting to stabilize in 2026, though maybe the whole world is in that boat. The elder princess went back to daycare last week, but not on Monday like I assumed. This change left me struggling to get on the ball, then yesterday I dropped the princess and an hour laterContinue reading “14 January 2026”
13 January 2026
I decided to abandon the novel writing project. Either I’m not in a place to write like that now or I’m not the type of person to write that. This sort of writing is exercise, it keeps me nimble and flushes my mind. Many days I would get frustrated by not wanting to write thatContinue reading “13 January 2026”
30 December 2025
Look at me writing again before the end of the year. Felt like the year was dragging on as we wait for the ball to drop. The holidays were good, we had a good stay in a strange house. The photo is one light switch in the house filled with confusing switches. There were threeContinue reading “30 December 2025”
12 December 2025
In the continuing saga of trying to overhead press my 140 pound grappling dummy, I was able to get it over my head, but not lock out my arms. That’s ok, I’m still figuring out hand placement and weight distribution. The danger happens after the weight has reached it’s peak height, I’ve got no gripContinue reading “12 December 2025”
11 December 2025
The big news today is I was able to overhead press 155 pounds. Yesterday, I was talking about increasing the weight on my straight barbell to 155, mostly to look nice and even. A 45 pound plate then a 2.5 pound plate looks a little silly. The fear for me was if I could doContinue reading “11 December 2025”
10 December 2025
Does time even exist between Thanksgiving and Christmas? This will probably be the last week I write of the year and it seems like nothing is going on. I’m going to talk about my gym as I recently increased my weights. In the gym there is a straight barbell that stays on the squat rackContinue reading “10 December 2025”
9 December 2025
Lots of repetitive tasks, and it’s literally freezing out, it’s the final stretch of the year. What is life? We’re born, live, then die. Who’s to say which step is the most important, we spend the most time living, so we assume that means something. Death will be the beginning of eternity, in that wayContinue reading “9 December 2025”
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