I interupt this log with an important announcement!
Good news! I have a date scheduled for my next and hopefully last surgery. On March the 24th at 7:30 am I will go under the knife to be reconnected. I was hoping it was going to be pushed up but it looks like that is not the case. Such is life and at least there is an end in sight. Soon I will be whole again.
I am counting down the days. As much as me and the bag are friends I'm ready for it to go. On days that it's full I'm just waiting for a merchant to accuse me of stealing only to find it is a full bag of shit. I have much respect for anyone who has to do this for the rest of their lives.
The only downside and it's minor is that I have to go on a clear liquid diet and drink the 1/2 gallon jug of diarrhea inducing seawater on Easter. I'll be hippity hopping but it won't be down the trail.
So that I don't end this post on a downer I did sleep on my stomach for the first time in 3 months. Yeah for me! For those of you that don't understand, until this happened I always slept on my stomach.
Back to your regularly scheduled log.
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Hmmmm! I remember loosing the ability to sleep on my stomach when I was preggo. Man was that a downer. Now I'm too stinkin' old to sleep on my stomach...to much hyperextention. I've compromised and I sleep catty-wampus on my body pillow.
Maybe on the 29th you'll be home and in need of visitors again????
Funny thing you should mention the body pillow. When my wife was pregnant with our first child she got a body pillow promising that it would go away after the boy was born. That was 8 years ago. Today it is commonly refered to as, "the wall".
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Good news, Gabe. The end is in sight. (so to speak )
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The Wall is like any other pillow it must have it place on the bed. I shouldn't complain. I have a squishy pillow (IE soft feather pillow) that I use to cover my eyes when I'm sleeping. I don't go anywhere without it. I'll take it to the hospital with me.
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You cover your face with a pillow when you're sleeping? That would freak me out.
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"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
Hey Gabe, great news about setting a date for the surgery! It must feel good to know there's an end to all of this in the very near future. Enjoy your workouts over the next couple weeks.
You cover your face with a pillow when you're sleeping? That would freak me out.
I don't cover my mouth. That's a whole other kind of fetish. I just cover my eyes. The mouth and nose and free to the world.
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Wow! You're pretty quirky there buddy!
I never once claimed I was normal.
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Hey Gabe, great news about setting a date for the surgery! It must feel good to know there's an end to all of this in the very near future. Enjoy your workouts over the next couple weeks.
Jill, I pretty excited. It will be nice to get back to normal. It also makes the work outs easier to hit since I know there is only a finite amount before I am off for another six weeks and I know that I am going to need the strength.
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glad to hear the next (final!?!) step is on the horizon, man. recovery after that, what just a few days and then on your way to being hyuuuge again, right?
glad to hear the next (final!?!) step is on the horizon, man. recovery after that, what just a few days and then on your way to being hyuuuge again, right?
Yeah right. That's it. Exactly.
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I had a great work out yesterday and an even better baseball practice with the boy yesterday. I forgot my log in the car and I can't do it by memory because I moved up in weights. Instead I'm going to briefly talk about baseball practice.
I had to take last week off. I thought it was in the best interest of my son. He doesn't need his father sitting behind him harassing and constantly telling him how to play. I was overbearing and I was even annoying myself. He's not going pro. He needs to enjoy the game for what it is, a game.
Going back to practice yesterday was interesting. I noticed, through my rosier outlook. That even though my son is the poster child for ADD he locks in like a laser beam as soon as the batter steps in the box and for the duration of the play he is totally into it. After the play he's back to the unfocused boy I know and love.
I can live with that. All is right with the world.
I'll try to go get my log later.
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Good for you Gabe! I'm certainly going to need to remember this as Samantha starts swim team this summer. Holy smokes, in my no kids days I used to bawk like a chicken at pitchers that wouldn't pitch to RL. I can't imagine what it will be like when Samantha's competing. You may need to become RedWifey Tough Love Certified (see Cynic) to help me stay on track this summer!!!
I had to take last week off. I thought it was in the best interest of my son. He doesn't need his father sitting behind him harassing and constantly telling him how to play. I was overbearing and I was even annoying myself. He's not going pro. He needs to enjoy the game for what it is, a game.
I'm with you, Gabe. Rowan started a baseball clinic last week and even with the kids only 6 feet away from him he still managed to get hit 3 times with a ball. The new glove was too distracting. He's a good hitter but was never big on catching or had a consistent throwing technique. We've been working on it in the basement during the week and I have to keep repeating to myself "He's only 7 and it's just a game". It'll be a long, yet enjoyable season for me.
Greg, one thing that I've had a lot of success with is doing drills. Drills break down the motion into chunks so the little guys can start getting some muscle memory.
Here is the link to one of the sites that has a lot of drills that I have used. It doesn't look like they update it any more but the drills are still valid.
If this is his first time to play ingrain in your memory how he is today and then compare that to how he is at the end of the season. It always amazes me how different they look.
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Missed my work out last night. Drove up to the parking lot and there was a baseball game going on. I got the boy and we hung out and watched some little league. It was a bad idea. He was a pain in the ass and it wasn't as enjoyable as I had hoped. The workout would have been more beneficial.
Here is the work out that I on Tuesday.
Big Boy Basics
Day 12 (Lower Body)
BB Hack Squats: 4 x 3 @ 145, 4 x 3 @ 150 (+5) 60s Leg Curls: 8 x 3 @ 85 60s Seated Calf Raises: 3 x 4 @ 110, 3 x 4 @ 120 60s (+5)
Comments: It was a decent workout. Nothing special. It was just another day in the gym.
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BB Bench Presses: 8 x 3 @ 140 R60s (+5) Seated Rows: 8 x 1 @ 145 R60s Pull-Ups: 8 x 3 @ BW R60s Standing Shoulder Presses: 8 x 3 @ 45EH R60s (+5)
Comments: This was a long work out.there is 32 minutes of rest alone. The seated row machine I was using had a wider grip than I am used to. I was really struggling with the weight. Throwing up the 45s felt nice. It's ashame I'm going to have to take 6 weeks off the strength is really coming back.
I'm thinking of taking the week off before my surgery to rest. What do people think? 17 more days to go.
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I think a rest is a good idea. Think of it this way -- how can it really hurt? A few days of rest won't derail your long-term progress in the gym. However, any accidents in the gym this week can certainly derail the schedule for your surgery.
How's that for a Hillary-style brand of fear injection?
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My thinking was that I didn't want to over tax my body. If it's try to repair muscle damage are these old bones going to be able to work their hardest on making sure I can get quiet time on the toilet again.
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