Hella early, unexpected bargain, EA Actively kicking my ass

by Duf Anything and Everything

I got up at 3:55 am this morning in order to get ready for having Ali at the airport by 5:15-5:30 am for her trip to PA.  She will be up visiting her nieces and other family through the weekend.  We took the van to drop Ali off so the dogs could travel comfortably.

After dropping her off it was early enough that I had time to drive back home and drop off the dogs with time to spare.  I am trying something different during this Ali hiatus.  Instead of driving all the way home and back over lunch to let the dogs out I am instead going to leave work an hour early. The hope is the girls can hold it that long.  I am crossing my fingers I’m not pushing the limits too far.

Getting up so early meant I had some extra spare time before work.  I decided to stop at Wal-mart.  I wanted to pick up a cheap desktop mic to test with our new private IM system.  While I was in the electronics department I decided to take a look at the LCD tv’s.  I think I mentioned I was looking to replace the monster 32 inch conventional tube tv in our bedroom.

A few weeks ago I saw a 720P Visio for like $370 at Sam’s Club which seemed like a decent deal.  I noticed that Wal-Mart had several similar deals on 32 inch sets but the tv’s in that price range were lesser brand names like Sanyo, Emerson, etc….  I walked towards a corner and saw they had several display model LCD’s stacked on a shelf.  These are models that have been replaced with the latest and greatest. 

Well my eyes locked in on a 32 inch SONY 720P LCD tv.  I have always been partial to Sony over the years, even now that they have been somewhat passed by Samsung.  Well the TV was 20% off which brought the price down to $318 bucks!  A Sony for $318, I’m there.  Yea it’s a display model with no box but it appeared to work just fine.  I have 90 days to return it if something turns up fishy.

I did my second session of the new EA Active last night.  Even though it was shorter, it felt much more difficult.  My abs were dying at the end to the point where I had to stop briefly in the middle of a set.  The push ups on the Wii Fit board are brutal when you incorporate walking your hands off each side in an alternating fashion.  Try it, if you dare.