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Wasn’t in the gym all week…..no wonder I’ve been acting strange.

Have to be at the airport at some horrible hour of the morning tomorrow (dad is also traveling, 1.5 hours before us…and he’s our ride).

Back to NYC on Thursday…

(Post 1 of what may be an ongoing series).

From a conversation between me and my sister yesterday. The Sister majored in “Politics” at Barnard fwiw.

Sister: So you still going to vote Republican? Me: Probably, why? Sister: Ugh, how can you? Palin is a hypocrite and a liar. Me: You’re wrong. She’s a tough woman who hunts too! But I don’t vote based on VP alone, I vote for the top of the ticket. And show me a politician who isn’t a hypocrite. silence Sister: They all are… Me: My point exactly… Sister: Well Barack is the less hypocritical of the two. Me: You couldn’t be more wrong….. (change of subject)

At long last, I’ve gotten up to 3 wheels on the Deadlift! Pulled 315×4 this morning in the end of my second 8/6/4 wave set.

Unfortunately, none of my co-workers, nor my sister understood why I was so happy today….sigh.

Next target–4 wheels fromt he floor and 3 on the squat!

Got a late day workloada surprise at work and since then I’m just not feeling too well.

Sitting here with a cup of tea, hoping that green tea will once again work its wonders for me.

Spent the day at a picnic on the Great Lawn in Central Park. Beautiful weather today to boot. We even saw a couple get engaged from where we were sitting.

Alas, I’ve got a bad headache now (too much sun?) So off to bed I go….

I hate how my brain tends to over contemplate and overthink things…

Remind me to never again lend my umbrella to my sister.

I got stuck in the storm that hit while en route to the subway on the way home from work. I normally carry an umbrella, but since my sister lost hers (again), she borrowed mine and failed to return it. Argh!

Mazel Tov to my cousin who is getting married this evening down in Florida. Mazel Tov as well to her chattan and the whole mishpacha

The sister was supposed to be headed down to the wedding this morning, but the airline canceled her flight. Needless to say, she’s not been the happiest camper today.

Not sure why, but that’s how I’ve been feeling all day. Perhaps it’s from a long week of work?

The sister, who has always been the one in the family with superfluous energy, thinks I’m crazy when I express my fatigue. Oh well.

They add up and take away my free time…

Have to go pant shopping too (blech)

Cooking is a lot more fun than I ever imagined.

Anyway, tonight’s cooking line up:

Albacore tuna steaks Broccoli Cocunut Cauliflower Mash Bison Burgers Oatmeal (type TBA for the morning)

Yum!

The little brother called today, saying he was done with camp. For one month he didn’t excessively ring my phone!

He managed to lose 23 lbs in 4 weeks at camp, learn about exercise, now likes exercising and stopped snoring!

Needless to say, it’s quite an improvement!

Headachy and alll. Gonna call it an early night.

It was a lower body day, 5×5 day in the gym today. Banged out some 225×5 squats (ties a PR). (90s rest intervals)

Then it was dead lift time. Things started out well. However, after my second or third set (I lost count), when reaching for my bottle, I accidentally bumped my head on the end of an oly bar. Needless to say, there was blood, and lots of it. Ran to the locker room, grabbed some paper towels to try and stop/reduce the bleeding (without much success).

Needless to say, I’d already loaded up the bar to 275lbs (uncharted territory for me)–and I easily ripped 3 sets of 275×5! Oh, and I was still bleeding and sweating all the while. Lots of blood.

Still proceeded to complete my workout, unfazed. Heck, maybe the cut boosted my strength?

It was sort of embarassing though, that the CEO of my company was also in the gym this morning working out, and he saw me all bloody. Thankfully, he’s a super nice individual and asked me later in the day if I was all right.

Went over to the UWS this afternoon in search of some (reasonably priced) Kosher Meat.

The good news is that I did not leave disappointed.

Bad news–getting stuck outside in a thunderstorm that only seemed to get progressively worse.

Actually going out this evening. No really–I am!

Tonight’s adventure is going to be playing with some salmon in the oven. Not sure what exactly I’m doing, but a Google search seems to suggest baking at 350 for 10-15 minutes.

Here goes nothing!

No one probably cares, but I feel like sharing anyway. Beyond setting a PR for myself on the dl Friday, tonight’s caliper measurements showed a -1mm change on the umbilical site. grin

Yay me!

Blogging was light because it was both laundry night and food prep night. (The latter because the freeloading sister ate my pre-prepped food).

Normal blogging to hopefully resume tomorrow, should I survive a 5×5 leg day.