Day 26-Priorities

            I love Fridays always have always will. This is not because it is the portal to the weekend or because it signals the end of a the weekdays. My reasons are much instilled in me than that. When I was growing up Friday was the only day I did not have to do homework or help with dinner and could watch tv. At least for the first decade every Friday we would either get pizza or my mom would cook while my brother and I watched as much tv as possible and fought over the remote. This got so serious one time I bit him to get the remote back that he stole from me.

Now to this day I have kept one of these traditions no homework on Fridays. This is one of the smartest things I have ever done. By knowing that Friday I will not have to do any homework it is a nice break from, well, everything. Today was no different when it came to homework but I was not planning in waking up at five in the morning because my son wanted to play. This was actually a lot more fun then I though it would be but it led me to be very tired. So when my son decided to take an hour and a half nap I joined him and missed my first workout. But fear not I did both P90X Core Synergistics and Insanity’s pure cario back to back. These are probably my least favorite workouts and wore me out so much I skipped out on cardio abs. I probably could have done it but I have to think now that at the end of the workout I need to have enough energy to take care of my son. He gets priority.

Day 25-Cutting Options

            Today was my first time trying P90X’s StretchX and I had mixed feelings. On one hand it was a great stretch and I am sure it did some good but on the other hand it was an hour long. Is that necessary? I do not think so; I could have gotten the same stretch in half the time. I also just finished Insanity’s cardio recovery.

            I feel I should update you on my banana ice cream from last night. Though just as delicious the next day it is solid and very difficult to scoop out. I am also in need of a name, I keep calling it ice cream but there is no cream. If any ideas jump out at you let me know.

            I feel it is time for a small town story and today’s was all about the hair. My wife decided this week she was going to have her hair cut and then decided yesterday to tell me. Now she has not had her haircut since we moved up to nowhere and a problem has arisen. She wanted to get her hair cut today and stopped by the local shop where she discovered they could not take her till Wednesday. Now in a big town this is no problem you would just swing over to the next shop and if she really wanted to she could drive two towns over and get one. But that is not an option here because the town is so small that the hairdressers daughter is in my wife’s class and if she got her hair cut somewhere else now the town would know about it. Now I am not saying this is a bad thing that she has to wait until Wednesday, I just find it odd that the social dynamic of the town could affect our schedule.

Day 24-Dairy free delicous

            Focusing seems to be a problem for me lately and I have a feeling my son has something to do with it. I had planned to get on my workouts early today and get some things done around the house but instead I could hardly think when I woke up. My son decided to have what I would consider his first teething tantrum last night from about 1:30 to 4:00. He has never cried without a reason and I must assume this was no different and since I tried all the usual stuff he must have been in pain. Sadly there is not a lot you can do for a teething child beside orogel and love. I do not mind taking care of Ben in fact I love being there for him but it is hard to get things done on such a random sleep schedule.

            There were some positives today though. I finished both kenpo and plyo today, made my homemade chicken noodle soup, and finally made something I have been wanting to do for a long time: banana ice-cream. Now you might have heard about this one ingredient ice-cream thing going around, it is as simple as freeze banana slices, blend then refreeze. I have never seen it done but it is awesome and I even added my homemade peanut butter and some melted chocolate chips. This is the greatest snack. It takes care of all the cravings, sweet, salty, and chocolate. I made sure to make enough to freeze the rest over night; I want to see how it does when it is really hard. Now why not just have ice-cream, two reasons mainly: calories and my wife has gone no dairy. You would be amazed at how much having or not having dairy in your diet effects things. If you have never tried it give it a week it might just catch on and after all some frozen bananas can take care of your taste buds.

Day 23-Polio & Peanut Butter

            Ok I need to start with a confession I am not a fan of vaccines. I should explain further. My son had to go to the doctor today to get his second round of immunity shots. Now I am all for the vaccines that stopped Polio from spreading around the nation but let us be honest why are we still giving it to kids today. Since 1979 there have only been 162 recorded cases in this country 8 of which were contracted outside of the nation and the other 154 you ask, well they were caused by the vaccine itself. Now if it was up to me he would not have these shots but there is new policy doctors have across this country and that is if you refuse to get the shots they can refuse to treat you. How lovely of our free country. Now I have a hard enough time holding my tongue at these appointments but when it came to the Hep-B vaccine I had enough. Why are we vaccinating for something you can only get by sleeping around, doing drugs, or becoming some kind of medic. Would not teaching morals be a lot easier and if they choice to work in a field of higher risk they can get the shot them. I mean our parents did not get this shot and most of my generation did not either, so neither will my son. Now for those who would ask but if they had a vaccine for AID’s would you get it? NO! Why take a risk of the vaccines for something you can avoid on your own.

            I know that had nothing to do with anything but I needed to vent and heck it is my blog. Remember I do not see to many people each day. But I was able to finish my two workouts including a new one from P90X, Core Synergistics. This was not my favorite workout, the moves felt uncomfortable and you have to have weights for some of them, which I do not have. I felt pretty good about my day and was planning on having a treat of peanut butter and chocolate but forgot and brushed my teeth. I have a hard time eating after I brush my teeth but as I sit here now I want my spoon of peanut butter and chocolate chips. After all I have been working a lot and could use something sweet.

Day 22-Monday is cheating I swear

            I am now convinced that Mondays have fewer hours than any other day of the week. Today seemed normal but by the time I was done eating dinner it was after eight, what happened to the time. I put dinner on at three, no joke. This meant that my workouts started very late and even now I have cardio abs and yogaX to do. I just finished pure cardio. Eating did go well today besides the late dinner. It is amazing what simple thing as having the right ingredients can effect how well I eat. I was able to make an awesome strawberry mango smoothie today just using frozen mangos and strawberries. I threw in some ice and agave nectar to sweeten the deal and water as the liquid. I do not like using fruit juice because it masks the flavors and just adds calories though I do also like using tea but forgot to make a batch.