Yes, if I were a Beatle I’d have finished three weeks of my “Eight Days a week” workouts. I’m no Beatle, though, so I’ll settle for saying that 24 days are through. 66 more days and this will be done. And I should be, according to Tony Horton, King of P90X, in the best shape of my life. Three weeks in, and I tell you, I’m having my doubts. I’m not saying I’m not going to be in great shape. I feel it already. I just remember how good a shape I was in when I finished Body for Life 7 years ago. (Thank you Bill Phillips.) There’s plenty of time though. And I must say I haven’t gotten into round two, which from what I understand is when I really will start noticing the difference. I did Kenpo today. FUN. Yesterday for the first time I did Core Synergistics. Remember how I said yesterday I was afraid of what this workout would do to me. Next time I won’t think too much about what’s coming and I should just do it. I thought it was a great workout. It was challenging but manageable. I’m looking forward to doing it again in two days. Tomorrow is simply a stretch day. Let’s see how that goes. With all that I’ve done, I haven’t managed to lose a pound in over a week. And I know I addressed that yesterday, but I do want to get a tad bit leaner. I’m considering beginning running in the morning to supplement my late afternoon/nighttime workouts. I figured I could do this once summer school ends. It’ll be a good way for me to wake up in the morning too. I’ll think about this for the next 10 days, and then I’ll let all 24 of you who have purposely or inadvertently visited my website over the last week know what I decide.
I just got an e-mail informing me about the return of the Miami Improv Festival. As those who know me are well aware. I am a big fan of improv, have taken improv classes and would like to get into improv in the (not so distant) future. There will be two nights of shows next weekend, and I’m hoping to attend them on Saturday. If I buy tickets for Saturday’s show, I also get a free workshop that I can attend on Sunday. I’m going to see how feasible it would be to do this. What I really want to do is get a few of the guys, my buddies, who also enjoy improv to attend both Saturday night and Sunday afternoon with me so that maybe they can get the bug with me. This has been my favorite creative form of expression since I first tried it. It brings out a very real side of me that I sometimes hide, and I like to feel free. (Who doesn’t?) So let’s see what happens. Performing gives a great rush. Maybe I can find myself performing soon! I’m going to have to e-mail my boys tomorrow. Wish me luck… and go ahead and say a prayer for me/us.
On the intellectual front, I started reading Natalia a new book. It seems really good. I never finished the last one, but I’m going to have to take the time and read them both in the upcoming days. I’ve also gotten better about praying with my kids again. I’ve been praying nightly now with all of them, whereas I was mostly just praying with Natalia before when she asked (she asks every night… I’m so proud… I hope she keeps praying nightly). Anyway, I think that today’s log is sufficiently long so I shall end it. There will be more to find here tomorrow. Later!