DairyKing's Journal, 22 August 2014

Good Morning, FS Warriors! It's raining pitchforks and hammer handles out there, or cats and dogs; anyway, it's coming down pretty good. And they say it may do the same tomorrow. I'm praying it does rain during the 10K. If it's already got to be over 90 degrees, with high humidity and a heat index of 105, I think I'd enjoy a little cooling rain. Who knows, if it's coming down hard enough, I might just save some time and skip my shower in the morning. Kind of silly to worry about rain since, with the humidity, I'd be soaking wet anyway. Well, it felt great to sleep in this morning. Funny thing about sleep, you get more, you want more. I'll have to be careful about that. I could get used to sleeping more than 6 hours in a night. LOL! I think, when I retire, I'm going to push the envelope and go for maybe 7 hours a night. 6:00 AM seems like an honorable time to get up in the morning, run in the daylight, take a shower, have morning coffee, and still start working around the homestead by 8:00. Sounds pretty good. I wouldn't wake up grumpy; I'd just let her sleep. :)
I do think I've lived a charmed life. I've had a few medical issues over the years, that I came through just fine, but I've never really had anything too serious, other than a really uncomfortable couple of years with a bad gall bladder, that they finally removed. Been great ever since - over 30 years. Why do I bring that up? Well, I attended the visitation for a friend on Sunday that, left a party, got out of his car at a car wash, and fell face down in the parking lot and died. We were both in the Navy together. He pursued a retired life of, basically, drinking. Tonight, I've got to attend the funeral for another friend that checked himself in to a nursing home, with no extreme health issues, just for assisted living and was in the obituary yesterday. We talked with him not more than 2 weeks ago and he seemed to be fine and in good spirits. None of us are guaranteed tomorrow; any of us could develop a brain tumor or some fatal disease. But other than that, exercise and good eating habits can cure a multitude of sins. In just about every case where friends have died, none of them pursued any kind of exercise regime or followed even remotely healthy eating or drinking habits. I don't want to live forever, but I do want to make the most of the years that I do live. As they say, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away." In any case, I'm living for the moment, and trying to make the best of each of them.
There is a man who works for me, whose daughter is only 18, and she has to have a masectomy. The growth is benign, but is so large that she will have to have her breast surgically removed. I hope you will pray for her; that has to be very devastating for anyone, let alone a girl just entering college. Her name is Sarah.
I am a little better prepared for this race. I know that I can pick my packet up at 6:15 in the morning. I have mapped out the race course. I did want to visit there and check it out, but never found the time. It's almost a 2 hour drive from home. It is uphill most of the way for 3.5 miles and then downhill, with small exceptions, for almost 3 miles. I'd rather it was flat, but if it has to have hills, it's better this way than the other way around. The worst of it though, is only a 100 ft. climb for about 1/2 mile to the turnaround point. The 5K and the 10K use the same course, but the 5K runners/walkers turn around at about the 2 mile mark. So, there will be a lot of people taking off really fast, and I have to be careful I don't get caught up in that. Well, anyway, wish me luck. I'm excited about it, but I wish I had about 3 more years to plan for it. Well, here's wishing everyone a wonamous weekend. Toodles!

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1086 kcal

Fat: 26.98g | Prot: 61.76g | Carb: 151.85g.   Breakfast: Margarine, 1st National Bagel Company French Toast Bagel, Sunny Delight Orange Juice, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Guaranteed Value Non-Dairy Creamer. Lunch: Progresso Light Beef Pot Roast Soup. Dinner: Unsweetened Iced Tea, Luck's Fried Apples, Fresh & Easy Garlic & Rosemary Potatoes, Baked or Broiled Salmon. more...

2541 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Resting - 19 hours, Sleeping - 5 hours. more...