I drove home after work yesterday and got my girlfriend Kristiana’s cake for her birthday and drove to go see her.  Her friends ordered Chinese and we watched Tangled, since Rapunzel is her favorite fairytale.  It was a late night, but Kristiana had a great birthday, she loved all the food and I somehow made it through the entire movie.

I did not go to the gym this morning.  Waking up was a little hard, but I sat down at my computer and got a couple hundred words further written in the new book.  It’s not a lot, but this chapter was at a critical transitional junction in the chapter, so it was a hurdle well achieved.  It’s still not completed, but only the fine-tune polish is needed on the transition and then the rest of the chapter should write itself.

Last night made for a tiring morning, but I got a nice spot done on my chapter and spent the entire time with my girlfriend.  Not a bad way to spend Tuesday.

Happy Birthday Kristiana, my beautiful girlfriend =)  I hope you have an amazing day and that you enjoy your night tonight with your friends.  Presents, cake and ice cream too, of course ;-)  (If there is one thing a boyfriend should ALWAYS get right, it is her birthday.)

Today’s mission:  Email neuro professors at Yale and Cincinnati who conducted a study involving one of my aneurysm survivor friends, show them how miraculously far I have come and pitch a new study involving my workout development and ethic.  Big plans that I’m finally going to follow through on.

I went out to dinner last night with a friend and didn’t get home til late.  I went to bed at 11 and woke up at 4:30, hit snooze once and rolled out of bed at 4:40.

I only had gotten to the gym twice this week, and I had to get there today so that I at least did one of each of my workouts this week.  The only workout I was missing was my right-side isolation workout, which for me is my most important and critical.  As many gains as I have made with my disability, neglecting that workout reverses my progress exponentially so.

For me my workouts are way too important to both my sanity and my growth.  They both keep me focused on my long term goals and exist as the avenue toward those long term goals.  Life happens, and though this week has been stressful, the stress gets compounded when I miss my workouts.  I don’t want to say that I feel myself getting weaker, but nerve damage always has a way of making itself known.

Luckily, this week has finished.  I got to the gym, balanced my workouts and didn’t struggle with my workout.  That was a relief.  Next week starts on Sunday.  As tiring as it is, nothing will make me happier than getting 6 workouts in and feeling my disability be eliminated bit by bit day after day from staying consistent.

With the way this week has gone, it has been a tough week to stay on schedule.  I’ve been to the gym twice, haven’t done my right-side isolation workout yet.  I’ve made it two days and missed two days, so this morning I decided to make my week balanced and skip today to end my week with my right-side workout and start fresh on Sunday with a new, full week.

I was up early anyway, did my usual push up and ab routine in my room, then decided I would write some and see how far I could get.  By the time I left to go to the bus I finished the first chapter!  I recounted the first surgery that repaired the aneurysm and am taking a much more narrative approach to this book.  I really like the way it is unfolding.  There’s emotion and I think it will really show people the odds to be overcome.  More to come, but it’s off to a great 9-page start!