The Exploits of a TurboGeek!

Y’know… It is weird. I start losing weight with a simple formula. Eat little, work out lots. Next thing I know, I’m out running. That isn’t what is weird. What is weird is that I’ve been up for 7 hours, though it is still 2 hours until lunch time. I’ve already put in most of a full day at work, and it is about 2 degrees below freezing. Yet I still went running. Not only that, I ran a reasonable distance, given that my lungs froze solid about 5 minutes into the run. Weird. At least I’m writing more regularly

Now I’ve got to do some pushups.

P.S. What is an IEP? Jim, you weren’t
trying on the grannie panties, were you?
Mmmm.

Well, it has been a good week. In addition to the good news I posted earlier, here is what else happened! I finalized my travel plans back to the US for January. I met my goal of being under 200 pounds (199.4! Woo). I also witnessed our first sort of snow. More like a lot of hail, but it is still sitting in frosty mounds all over. More to come, I hope!

What’s new with you?

Hey! I’m an uncle! I just got the call moments ago! My new nephew arrived about 30 minutes ago, and is doing wonderfully! I am so excited and proud! He’s six pounds and, uhh, some ounces. 19 inches. Woohoo!

Hey there,

Sorry for being quiet for so long. I feel bad about it, I truly do. Actually I feel bad after not writing for about 2 days. After that, I start feeling so bad that I feel bad about admitting that I knowingly went more than 48 hours without writing, when I knew I could have written… Which makes me disinclined to write further. What’s worse, is that I know that it is a self-perpetuating problem.

Anyway, I’m back. Why didn’t I write for so long? Well, I’ll tell you. I had exactly one day off in the month of October. That was October 1. Then, I worked every single freaking day, and when I got home, I didn’t really want to deal with computers anymore. Well, that is a lie. I didn’t want to do anything productive with them anymore. So, sometimes I would play World of Warcraft until I fell asleep, other times I would just fall asleep and go to work the next day.

Well, my days were not so bleak, to be sure. What I didn’t feel like doing, was being responsible. I didn’t write much email, and I didn’t do anything I didn’t have to do. I did actually accomplish quite a bit, though.

At work, I did something revolutionary. They all liked it. Can’t say more than that. I also went dancing almost every Monday and Tuesday. Mondays in Heidelberg, Tuesdays in a class that I’m helping to teach. That is good. We’ve got a good class, and I think our students are enjoying what they’re learning

I also issued myself a personal challenge, on or about October 12th. I wanted to weigh less than 200 pounds. So far, I got down to 201. I think I’ll be securely at my goal by this up coming Friday. I lost about 20 pounds so far, and I feel great. I’ll keep you posted.

Well, that is about it. Not much content, but at least now I’ve verified that I’m not dead I hope you’re doing well, and I will write more in the near future. For now, I’m going to catch up on email and phone calls. Don’t be surprised if this blog is more than 2 days inactive. Dont’ be surprised otherwise either. In fact, just don’t be surprised. it causes wrinkles… Ciao!