Day 13

Ok so here goes, went over on my calories just a smidge, 2272/2200 I think it was the sweet snack i got to try to help my headache.

Still not bad, I ate well today, PB&J with chips for lunch, grilled chicken salad for dinner.

I then went and biked for 30 mins.

So not a horrid day, oh and I couldnt shake my headache for most of the day, boo.

-Matt

Day 12

Rode my bike to Kibi and back, 30mins with no stop.

Did 6 sets of lifts minus bench and sides.

Did 3 sets of crunches.

Started Fate Stay Night. Its not good yet, hoping it grows on me.

Started counting calories today, am being pretty meticulous. I'm staying under 2200 calories a day.

It is pouring down, and I'm bored at work.

I love my wife and miss her greatly.

-Matt

Ugh

Ugh I feel gigantic today.

utterly huge.

like bulbous.

I hate this feeling.

I started tracking my calories at caloriecounter.about.com Maybe this will help, though it did tell me I needed to lose 1/3 of my body weight :(

Gonna do alot of biking and running today.

-Matt

Day 11 cont.

Well I never got to lifting, but I did head back out on my bike and biked for another 30 mins.

I'm enjoying biking as an alternative to running when my shins hurt, but I feel more productive when I am running.

Meh, who knows...

-Matt

Day 11

Well today was a major cardio day for me.

I biked out to the Onsen which is a little over 5km of mountain like terrain one way, bathed and then came back. I'll call it around 13km total. After that I went and ran 3km at the track, stupid shin stopped me again, though I was also exhausted from the bike ride and stuff too.

I will try to lift later but am pretty tired as of 3:30 so we will see. Right now i want more weight loss then buffing anyways.

I miss my baby.

-Matt

Day 9 & 10

Day 9 I rode my bike for 30 mins kinda late at night over at the sports park, I did 5km in about 15 mins there. Weird day, never ended up lifting, just tossed and turned all night long.

Day 10, rode 40 mins to the yakiniku party and back, did 6 sets of lifts except side, which I did 2 of. I'm still having that weird 3 part popping when doing my side lifts. Will do 3 sets of crunches here in a few.

Watching Rahxephon and being super bored.

-Matt

Day 8

Biked for 40 min. Did 6 sets of lift except for sides because my shoulder was popping real bad. Did 3 sets of crunches.

:( miss my baby.

-Matt

Day 7

Ok well yesterday, Day 6 I took the day off to rest.

So, day 7, did six sets of lifts and ran 3km, ended up running short of time to crunch and i'm beat now so will def hit it up tomorrow first thing.

Goodnight, Moon

-Matt

Day 6 Morning

Had a great start to my day by getting to chat up my baby this morning.

/love

It is nasty here and going to continue to be nasty for like a week. Rain and T-storms till friday.

I'm strangely optimistic though.

Like today is gonna be ok kinda feeling.

I think I'll continue biking everyday for at least 30 mins untill my shins quit hurting every time I walk, then back to running.

Thats it for now!

-Matt
/smile

Day 5

Ok, did another 2k, same issues with the shin, mainly on right side.

Did 6 sets of lifts, only 5 on side lifts though. 3 sets of crunches.

had a pretty unhappy day. Ripped another thing of boxers. Was really lonely. Went to run and had the shin issue. Didn't get out of that funk till about 10pm when I finally got to lifting.

Really starting to worry about stuff concerning back home. I worried about getting work and still paying the bills, worried about moving out, worried about getting into my teaching program, the list just goes on and on.

Overall a really bad day.

-Matt

Day 4 Sunday

Took the day off from running, so instead I biked out to Delicious Hiroka and back. Did all my lifts and 3 sets of crunches.

I also moved into my bedroom as using the AC in 2 different rooms was kinda pointless. I also packed all my unnecessary clothing. All i really have left now is to clean the kitchen and living room which I'll tackle over the week. I also started watching "The Big Bang Theory" a comedy about geeks which airs on CBS. It is hilarious and plan to watch it again with my wife when I return home.

Other than my extreme loneliness and the yearning for my wife which is constant in my heart, I'm doing well.

-Matt

Day 3

Ok the recap of the day.

Got up and talked to my baby. Then I chatted up Mr. Lee.

After I did 5 reps of my lifts, 4 reps of crunches (up one from yesterday), and finally I did 2k running. My shins hurt real bad so I had to stop early.

I iced my leg after for a long time, it helped but I'm still hurting.

Depending, I may take off running tomorrow, but I will do my lifts.

-Matt

yay my baby is home.

My baby is home and has her luggage, yay.

I miss her sooo much.

-Matt

Day 2

Ok, 5 reps of weights, still only 3 reps of crunches.../sigh gotta work harder! Oh and another 5k run. Was gonna do only 3k but felt good and kept going. Oh and i bested my time by 7 mins or so. it was a 28 min 5k, as opposed to the 35 min yesterday run.

I"m glad to hear my baby got home safe if not really late. Hope her luggage arrives tomorrow in decent shape. /worry

Got done with my shower and now its off to make veggy curry.

I miss you babe, more than i can express in words.

-Matt

Morning, day 2

Did my short 12 min run before work today. Am super sore, but as my boss, Wolverine, would say, "You can do it, Bub"

-Matt

Day 1

Well day 1 of Wolverine's "You can do it, Bub" camp has ended.

I did 5 sets of all my lifting 3 sets of crunches and a 5k run/jog.

Tomorrow is day 2. Oh and their is a knife in my chest from missing my baby.

-Matt

Meh stuck

I'm stuck.

at work.

I want to be out running, I don't want to lose the drive.

It may sound weird, but I fear things like straining my muscles or hurting my legs.

Mainly I'm afraid that a genuine reason to not run will topple my tower or self desire to run. I hope this goes away.

It is like I'm still trying to convince myself that I enjoy running. I don't like when it hurts or it is hot etc. But the running has slowly become enjoyable for me.

Yet I'm still scared it will all vanish in an instant, THE instant that I miss a day.

Today I'm gonna push a bit. try to do 3k at the track. thats 6.5 times around for rougghly 2 miles. If I time it, I may get an accurate idea of how long I run for on my 20 min runs.

"You can do it, Bub"

-Matt

My baby leaves soon...

Well my baby is leaving in a week and a day.

/cry

I will survive but I'll be restless. And coming home to an empty house is gonna suck pretty bad as well. I may go and visit Justin a bunch.

I'm gonna run and bike a bunch too.

/sigh

boring times ahead, brace for impact.

-Matt

In training

I feel good today, did both running and lifting yesterday. We will see how I do running again later. Things are looking better around the house. Gone are the days, I think, of being glued to WoW for hours on end. I'm frankly just bored until the druids move and even then it will be iffy if we continue to play when we get home.

Working on Jackies comic with her and its fun. Designing ships... wow sounds pretty crazy. I'm thinking of kickin' it back to tailspin days. Would be a fun thought.

For their mission I'm thinking something along the lines of a plane in a plane. He recruits someone for the intent of flying the larger transport plane but obviously places get switched. Perhaps a crack pilot is terrorizing a colony so they send the two under the guise of a cargo plane in an attempt to shoot the guy down.

I dunno if I'm up to designing a plane. Can't draw worth crap, but who knows.

T-minus 2 months...

So it is an uneventful tuesday. I'm feeling pretty good, but a bit bored on my lunch break. I head home in 3 hours.

What to eat for dinner though.

Hmmm. Maybe chicken bacon mushroom, haven't had that in a very long time, or even tacos again. No chips less salsa split one bag of cheese rather than one each.

Dorf finally got to 70 so I can do 2/3 of the kaluak dailies.

That makes 5-6 dailies every day. Fishing(BC) Fishing (Northren) Cooking (Northrend) Kaluak (Borean) Kaluak (Howling) and sometimes Cooking (BC).

Once I hit revered I'll power through and do all the normal Kaluak quests.

Got my bank some bling with the Diamond-tipped cane.

Oh and my fish are selling well, gotta keep going on them.

Prolly have a shut down tonight so I gotta bust out dailies Asap.

I really and truly love my wife. She is the best!

-Matt

Friday

Well its friday and I'm not sure what to eat tonight.

I have some light weight training to do when I get home, then a bunch of dailies and the hopefully some RP-ing.

I had a jolly good time rp-ing last week. Also wishing a bit of luck to my baby on the fishing tourney.

1 month and 3 days till she heads home, 2 months 2 days till I go.

I'm gonna miss her.

Alot.

-Matt

So this time its a Wednesday

Man I'm ticked and I don't know why.

Every little thing is just ticking me off to high heaven.

I'm coming home, got my ticket info today. I arrive home to Louisville at 2:40 on Friday the 24th.

I'm flying American going home. Flight AA1118.

Gonna turn it around, I have the power.

-Matt

It was in fact a Sunday.

So happy Mothers Day

It is sunday, and we got food from the homestead.

Kidness such that is rare in this day and age, that is the common of my family.

Jackie Heads home in a month and oh 15 days.

I'm home in about 2 months and 13 days.

I really enjoy thinkiing about going home and what we will do.

I also really enjoy my dwarf, Belov. He is fun guy to play.

Well off to play, chewy chomp-chomp.

-Matt

May Showers bring...?

So april showers bring may flowers, but what do May showers bring? Doom and gloom, that's what.

Pretty gloomy day coming off of Golden Week.

Really thirsty this morning, nothing to drink at the office.

Have $40 to last till the 21st, exactly 2 weeks away.

Today is my wedding anniversary. I will go home and shower my wife with love and affection and attention. Wonder if she will remember?

Quit the guild last night. Felt good too. I can now focus on fishing on my DK, Belov. Will probably start writing more as well. Getting used to the dwarven accent is quite fun. I probably will spend my time lurking on the WA realm and RP-ing where possible, in between casts of course.

I have to admit, I'm still smitten with my wife. She is the best woman in the world, and we have grown together in many ways. She is my light in the darkness, the beacon to guide me home. And home I will come, always to my wife, and no one else.

-Matt

Let the veggie curry come!

Well it's friday, I have $182 in my account and I have just shy of 3 weeks till I get paid again.

Veggy curry here we come again. /sigh

I have now sent 1500 home this month and between that, no leftover money from last month and bills, I'm just broke. And the electric and water bills havent even gone out yet. I think i'll grab out 30-40 dollars just so they cant draw it out for bills so we can eat.

I just remembered we have a doc appointment this month, gonna have to move that back past the 21st though that only means 1 week back I believe.

I'll have her start cutting down on her meds a wee bit when possible so as to stretch them another week.

I'm gonna empty out my wallet now so I cant be tempted to buy food when I'm out. Oh and gotta grab that $30 from james too, that'll help.

For now I just gotta try to relax and not worry too much in front of Jackie.

Though I already know there is nothing I can hide from her.

-Matt

Yet another Thursday...

So it's thursday again.

We bought jackies ticket yesterday and I have to send more money home tomorrow.

She leaves June 25th, while I leave July 24th. 1 month. Its gonna be pretty rough.

Enjoying playing our RP toons. Eristal my pally is starting to take a more solid form in my mind. Same for Belov my DK. He is very fun to play for me. Definently not your typical DK.

Raiding is kinda meh for me and for Jackie I think. Last night we spent 2 hours wiping on a boss we killed last week. After every wipe and the subsequent rebuff, I noticed Jackie reading a novel. I may need a novel too, these wipes are starting to annoy me. And this guild talks wayyyy too much.

I havent slept well for days now. I'm very tired.

zzzZZZ

-Matt

3.4 and other thoughts...

So looking into my old college stuff today I realised I graduated with a 3.4 GPA. Thats not too shabby. Infact it is good enough to enroll in the Transition to Teaching program through IUS. This is a real possibility, and some of the courses I'll take to get my license will count towards my Masters.

Real food for thought there.

Raiding is going well, it's fun and we are getting in our excersize like we should daily.

Today is some toning with the water bottles.

1st priority when I get back is to take my praxis 1 exam. Thusly more studying, however its all stuff I know already so should be cake to review.

I need more info on the T2T program, If I can work while I'm doing it then that would be great, what I'll do... who knows, maybe you can sub while in the program.

I feel really old, and I'm not sure why. It could be in the fact that I am still floundering a bit, still not "settled" though I have direction now which is something I didnt have 3 months ago.

24 is still pretty young I think. another year and a half to get my licensing seems long, but maybe its not all that bad. entering the school system when I'm 27 as a fully licensed teacher isn't too late is it? 10 years at 37 etc. Well at least I don't think 2 years will make or break it.

Or maybe it will... who knows?

-Matt

The rain falls...

The rain falls on a sad little tuesday.

I heard back from Ohio, but there is little I can do here, I need acess to school transcripts.

Indiana is even harder, requiring a year of student teaching, which I'm pretty sure is unpaid.

I can and will become a teacher, it may just take a year or so.

But what to do about insurance then... who knows. I may need to go the Ohio route just for the job upfront.

We joined a guild, Ascended. And it was pretty much everything Jackie wanted from a guild, so I'm happy.

Today, however has been very rough. Quite a sad day for me. emotions overflow negatively. Sadness consumes me. Why? No idea and the feelings aren't about any particular thing.

Oh why, sadness you ride the coattails of the rain, bringing clouds and fog and despair.

-Matt

Where will the winds take me?

That is the question...

I've been looking in Ohio, preferably closer to Indiana than Columbus. I have had a few bites.

Maybe I'll land one, maybe not.

My backup is to sub full-time while working toward my license.

I like Ohio. Very nice. One of the bites was between Columbus and Cincy. That would be good. I'm seeking my wife's approval before deciding, of course. I want her to be happy with our destination.

Well only time will tell.

/whooooosh

-Matt

And thats a wrap.

Ok another thursday is down the drain. I'm bout to head home and relax with the wife.

And thus starts the hunt... for a guild. I love my wife to death, but she wants, literally, the perfect guild. Friendly, profanity-free, hard working, dedicated, onto current content, good name, good raid hours, All you can eat lobster and steak... you get my drift. She recently applied to the #2 guild on the server, I hope she gets in, I just don't know if that sort of pressure will work for me, plus they have no need for tanks.

Anywho

Gonna have linguini alfredo tonight for dinner. Thanks to mum for the food she brought, we have like 6 dollars to last us til tuesday.

Tomorrow is friday, so here's to the weekend.

/cheer

-Matt

The seasons of change...

The seasons of change are upon us.

Much is in turmoil here. Our last guest has gone home, our home stretch till the end has begun.

We leave Japan in 3 1/2 months. My resume is up and have started getting some nibbles. I'm excited to start the path to becoming a teacher. So much so that normal jobs bites have me less than interested. I like japanese, but notice how thats different from 1, 2 years ago when I "loved" japanese.

I crave creativity and change. I like my day to have a similiar form but within the form to be free flowing, coming and going with the tide of new subjects.

And yet, Ohio at least doesn't seem the least bit interested. Perhaps Kentucky.

The days roll and my heart aches for home.

-Matt