Again
For the second time in a week I will try to recreate a brilliant post from memory, good luck.
Man the gym has been rough. I am not sure what is going on. I feel weak as a baby and tire very easily. I expected my strength levels to go down once I stopped taking creatine and endothil. In the past, when I would stop supplementing my strength normally goes down on a gradual slope until I wind up more or less where I started. Not this time. My strength and energy has dropped off the table. The 185 pound bench press that would bounce up and down off my chest like child’s play now is extremely tough to rep out for three sets of 8. I feel spent minutes into my workout. I still have some lingering issues from the strernia (strain hernia thing) but nothing that should make me feel like this. It’s almost to the point where I am ready to book an appointment for a physical. After the holidays, if I still feel this way, I’ll go, maybe, probably…
With Ali up in PA this weekend it was just me and the pooch. I made up a list of six or seven items (since Ali wasn’t home, she hates them) and had no problem knocking them out over the two days with lots of time to spare. None of it was very exciting. One of the chores was to clean out the Sentra for the possible delivery of the new car today. Cleaning it out meant I had to pull the satellite radio, which meant I had to listen to regular radio on the way to work. Boy does it seem shitty after you are used to satellite.
The weather over the weekend was refreshing, 50’s at night and around 70 during the day. I had the windows wide open most of the day to air the house out. At night I had the bedroom window wide open. Last night especially it was a bit of a mistake. The room felt like an icebox this morning.
On Sunday Nicki and I took a different route for our walk. Instead of heading up the road where you have to constantly be pulling her back to you because of cars, we walked straight out the back of our property, a wilderness walk. It is a walk we could only do if Alison wasn’t with. She gets paranoid about the possibility of Nicki stepping on fire ants or a snake hiding in the weed and tall grass. When it is just Nicki and I we are more adventurous. We walked along the overgrown remains of an ATV trail back to the canal far behind our house. We walked one direction as far as we could until there was no path left to follow, then we turned around and walked up to the street above our house and came back that way.
As we came up the street, once again we were greeted by yet another unrestrained dog, this time a pretty female black lab mix. She had a very friendly personality and was happy to see us. We interacted a bit and then I started walking up the street, only to have the dog follow us. So I turned around, hoping the pooch would wander back to her house. She just ran around and around, wanting to play. Eventually something grabbed her attention and we were able to scoot away while the dog investigated.
That Eagles game was a disaster on many levels. Obviously, losing Donovan again for the rest of the season, for the second year in a row is devastating. The play looked innocent enough, but then again, most ACL tears seem to happen out of the blue. Well I figure this is exactly the reason they got rid of Mike Shitty Mcmahon and snagged Garcia. He has lots of experience and theoretically should be able to step in and do a decent job. That being said, he hasn’t showed me ANYTHING in the pre-season or yesterday that inspires confidence. He always has looked panicked and lost. We’ll see.
Ok that aside, let’s talk about the rest of this mess. The Eagles had the number one rated offense in the NFL, the Titans, the worst defense in the NFL. Should be a blowout, right? The sports betting business thought so, making the Eagles almost a two touchdown favorite. Oh and the Eagles also were playing at HOME. How in the F, do you put in the performance they did yesterday, losing 31-13? Please tell me. Even before Donovan got hurt the offense did nothing. The defense let the Titans run all over them. The special teams that used to be iron-clad are now like wet toilet paper. We have the biggest offensive line in the NFL yet we can’t run the ball consistently. Oh and for whatever reason, the Eagles play like SHIT at home far too often. Their record since the moved into the Linc SUCKS. Other teams used to be scared to come to the Vet, the Linc is like a nice plush leather chair.
I am sick and tired of Andy giving the robotic, generic “I gotta better prepare the team…..” bullshit. The Eagles commit stupid penalties, have mental breakdowns, mismanage the clock and fail in the basic skills in football (blocking, catching and tackling) every game. The team just seems all loose and undisciplined and for as long as Andy has been at the helm, it just should not be that way. It’s a wonderful time to have to go play the Colts, in Indianapolis. F’in Eagles…
When Ali is away you can also count on me spending a lot of my free time playing WoW. This weekend was no exception. I had some nice virtual objectives met. I garnered enough reputation with the Stormpike Guard to be able to buy four epics (epic – rare and high quality weapon/armor items) for my warrior, an epic mace, shield, mount and ring. The 250 gold I spent was steep but well worth it. The only downside was it took a big chunk out of the fund I was allocating towards getting an epic mount for my hunter. I am trying to make up the difference by cleaning out old junk in the bank of my different characters and selling it on the auction house to try to raise fast cash. I was really in deep this weekend.
Most times when Ali is away, one of the nights I will pound a six pack or more of Zima and get pretty loaded. This time I neglected to do that. I had a couple Zima’s both nights spread out over a long time, I didn’t even really feel anything. I did abouse my body though. After playing tons of WoW each day I would stay up late into the night afterward watching UFC on the Tivo until my eyes would no longer stay open. They are bloodshot today and I find myself feeling rather annoyed and irritated with the world. Three day work week though, not all bad.