Back to normal, gym

Things should start getting back to normal. Our company left this morning. Last night we went out for one last dinner at my favorite place, Carraba’s. As always the food was good. The waitress was a bit on the cold side, something that is very rare at Carraba’s. She had an eastern european accent. She got a little bitchy after my brother-in-law told her he no longer needed the beer that he had ordered 10-15 minutes ago. We were halfway through the meal by that time and it was happy hour so they gave you 2 for 1. Pounding 2 beers at that point would make for questionable driving ability. But after that little incident settled down we had a nice rest of the meal. Of course the kids took center stage. The 2 year old was playing musical chairs throughout, never happy to stay in one spot for very long.

After we got home we watched some TV and played with the kids. Throughout the 3 days, my niece desperately wanted to interact with Nicki, but her loud, aggressive attempts spooked Nicki out and she would do nothing but growl and hide. Last night she tried some more and got the same result. I gave my niece a hug goodbye as I wouldn’t see them this morning since I would be off to work before they got up. She is a cute little girl and enjoys her time with “Uncle Shawn”

My recent efforts to shave off extra pounds, combined with my cut back lifting sessions to allow things to heal has cut back my strength dramatically in a short period of time. I benched yesterday and was awestruck at how little I could do. It was like I hadn’t lifted in 6 months. I am unsure if I am happier being lighter, leaner and weaker or bigger, heavier and stronger. My mental makeup doesn’t handle not being able to do once I what could from a performance level very well. I am hoping the majority of it is from my little hiatus. Even though I never speak to the majority of other guys at the gym, there is a silent, never ending competition going on. If Joe Schmoe who looks to be about your size is pushing 225 eight times than you sure as hell don’t want to be huffing and puffing on rep 2. Is it pointless and stupid? Yea but so are lots of other things in life.