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Soldiered through most of a Masters practice before bailing hoping my upset stomach isn't something worse. 
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Meeting some girlfriends to fatbike at Flying J later this afternoon. It's beautiful and sunny, should be fun! 
Owen slept all day yesterday and felt 95% better today, so both kids went to school. (Nevermind. He called and had me pick him up at 1:00.)
I'm in the process of taking down the Christmas decorations. It's about a week past time and it's starting to feel overstimulating. I always love it to a point, but after the holidays it just feels like clutter. If I can get the big tree down today, I'll be happy. I can do the small one at some point over the weekend. Need to find a podcast or book to listen to while I work on it.
Aspen's very last college app goes in today, so that process is officially done! Now we wait.
Between being done helping her, having a nice clean house, and getting Christmas put away, I'm hoping I can get to work and be super productive in the studio next week! 
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Back, shoulders and biceps
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 -- Monday | Bike Free Ride 
 -- Tuesday | Office | Rest 
 -- Wednesday | Office | Rest -- 5PM Massage
 -- Thursday | Office | Lift 
 -- Friday | WFH | Bike | Hair Appt 
-- Saturday | OTF 9:45 AM | Christina roller derby
 -- Sunday | OTF 9:45 AM 
New Year cards came and I love them. Quite possibly my favorite card yet! 
I am supposed to ride my bike today and I don't want to. I need to fold laundry unless I want to spend the whole weekend doing chores... OTF tomorrow and Sunday. I am also VERY SORE from yesterday's lifting. Damn. 
Throwback to our card 15 years ago! 

 
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I am not doing that great with the dry days.  Turns out my whole social life resolves around alcohol.  I need to work on that...  I also had some leftover wine last night on a day I planned not to drink, so I have some self-control issues.  I am not surprised.  Hard to teach an old dog new tricks.  I am challenging myself to a dry day on Saturday, even though we are meeting friends for dinner.  
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O-dark-thirty Bikram after staying up until almost midnight watching PSU blow the semi-final.  Tired AND grumpy.  Lunch easy bike.  Masters in theory tomorrow but we'll see what the weather brings.

Bikram Express
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Snow day in Atlanta! 2-3 inches have stuck on the ground. FUN!
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Yay for Friday but the weekend is going to go fast. I will be spending the day with Logan at his Beavers camp tomorrow. Gotta get through regular life stuff like getting groceries and laundry done. Mostly that i have my interview on Monday and need to put in some serious time prepping for it. There's a presentation and questions I get in advance. 
Feeling like after Monday things will be more normal cadence which is still busy but has more wiggle room. 
 
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6:39am: Dinner last night was really good -- this is a group that I used to drink with, we'd go through 2 bottles of wine between 3 of us -- and it's so nice to just catch up, drink mocktails and eat good food.
Not too busy of a weekend coming up, though I should schedule time for an FTP test. Sigh. I think after upchucking at the finish line of the 6k on New Year's Day, I'm scared of hard efforts.
First full week of resolutions and the 3 every-work-day events are happening: Meditate every morning (check BP while I'm doing it), do the squats/pushups at hourly intervals and journal every day. 
Need to figure out what album I'm going to listen to for this month. Any recommendations? 
 
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Air quality too nasty to workout in gym room.
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 -- Monday | Bike Free Ride 
 -- Tuesday | Office | Rest 
 -- Wednesday | Office | Rest -- 5PM Massage
 -- Thursday | Office | Lift 
 -- Friday | WFH | Bike | Hair Appt
-- Saturday | OTF 9:45 AM | Christina roller derby
 -- Sunday | OTF 9:45 AM 
I have a call at noon, so I won't be doing the "office lift" at lunch, but rather immediately after work. Gonna get in, lift a bit, shoulders, lower body, some core, maybe walk for a mile or so, and get on the train to go home! Workout clothes are here at the office. I am ready to go. 
This weekend I plan to roll on over to the library and get myself a library card! Yay! 

Leg Presses
Quad Extensions
Inner and Outer thighs
Chest/Shoulder Single Arm
Core

Lots of bros at the gym today. I hope they all decide to go to the gym some other time during the day from now on. Kind of a bummer to see them there AFTER work!
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For Back Lever Tuck, start adding reps to get to 60 sec then try to hold them all longer then decrease reps as hold time goes up. END IN AN L-SIT HOLD for each rep *1/4 did 3 reps of bicep pullups at end.
**Weak on Wide-grip pullups for some reason, added two more sets.
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I finally ordered a walking pad today. It's from Walmart, so my expectations are low. But, for $160, I'll risk it. ($173 with tax)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fitti-Folding-Treadmill-Under-Desk-Walkin...
It has good reviews and is on closeout, so let's see how it goes.
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I updated my Runna plan settings to match my existing long run mileage, which resulted in an overall increase per run.  I also signed up for a 30k trail race next summer, so I have that looming ahead... I will work on that plan after the 10 miler in April.
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