Land of "Fruits and Nuts"

The weather hasn’t been so nice over the past week but today all the rain finally cleared out and it was beautiful. I didn’t get to “enjoy” much of the good weather since my new position keeps me indoors much of the day. I do have an office with several windows but there isn’t much of view as I overlook the parking lot. I must say this is a much better view than I have had most of my career. Most of my career has been in the gaming industry and there aren’t ANY windows in those buildings (yes, this is done by designed) so I do welcome the sunlight.

My day does start before the sun rises and over the past few days I have been waking up later and later. I am adjusting my morning workout routine and it is hard to imagine I used to spend three hours in the gym before going to work. I am down to two hours which is must better and I do realize that I can abbreviate my workout if the need arises. In years past I would “have to” workout for those three hours or I just wouldn’t do it. Thankfully I am not nearly as militant as the past and this is much more conducive to the “balance” I am trying to accomplish in my life.

I had a very good workout this morning and yes, since it is Wednesday this means the high intensity day. I did burn myself out during my last round of training for a marathon with the super high intensity sessions. I have scaled back and I felt so much better today than I have in the past few months. I have noticed that my hip is feeling a little “odd” and it isn’t really sore as it is uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable to the point of being in pain I just notice something different. I will monitor this as the training gets more intense.

It was off to work from the gym and yes, another “adventurous” day ensued. I don’t like leaving the office for lunch so I have packed a protein bar along with an orange for lunch. I do need to get more sustenance and I will bring in my lunch from now on. Also; I was on a protein shake kick for breakfast but have stopped since I started my new position. I may bring in my “Magic Bullet” (mini blender which works wonderfully) to make the protein shake but I didn’t want to alarm the folks in the office with my “weird” ways all at once.

I do remember early on in my career starting a new job and my first day of worked there was a birthday celebration complete with birthday cake. I did take a piece of the birthday cake and I didn’t want to seem “weird” so I ate a few bites. I felt very strange after eating that cake and I would have been better off saying “no, thank you” since everyone noticed I wasn’t feeling very well after eating the cake. I am a bit strange, okay I am really strange when it comes to eating habits but I do believe a little at time in a new environment Is the best course of action.

I am very up front with my eating habits and have turned down the chicken burrito for lunch explaining my vegetarian status which isn’t so unusual in this day and age especially out here in the land of “fruits and nuts!” Speaking of fruits and nuts our esteemed legislators think the best way to overcome a humongous deficit is to tax the good people of California; my political leanings are more to the “left” as opposed to the “right” but this thinking is absurd and in my opinion (for what it is worth) this can only lead to more disastrous results. I don’t understand what they are thinking because having less money to spend is not exactly stimulating for any economy.

This evening I had a very nice email discussion with my son’s baseball coach. The rain had washed out a few of the practices and the local batting cages have been booked solid. I have become friends with someone who owns one of these batting cages and I tried to secure a reservation but could only come up with a time tomorrow well into the evening. I suggested to the coach that the team needed to get together since the first game is a week from Saturday. The coach agreed and the practice was scheduled for late in the evening tomorrow.

It appears I won’t be assisting my daughter’s softball team because they have enough assistance but I may volunteer for my son’s team of course depending on the other parent’s involvement. I have become very busy with work and as one of my bosses told me today, “welcome to management” but I do need to maintain that balance because I love being involved with my children’s lives and I know that time goes by so fast. They won’t be this age for long and yes, they will have their own lives someday but for today I will continue to do my very best.