This is the life.

It has been a long week. I have chosen to rest rather than run ... but how have I been resting? Not well at all. Sleep broken by ether cats or snoring. Waking before the alarm, lying awake then giving up. 

Time is short, anxieties are mounting. The holidays are a time of joy and activity, but also stress. I am behind. We are, all of us, behind.

Then there is work. We can talk about that later. For now, I have roused myself to take a run. And that is all that matters (at the moment).

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:25

Punch the Clock - Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1983)

Let Them All Talk

Everyday I Write the Book

The Greatest Thing

Love Went Mad

TKO (Boxing Day)

Charm School

The Invisible Man

The World and His Wife

Route: rec center
Temperature: 38°
Climate: not freezing!
Mood: exhausted

I've had the edit of Punch the Clock on my list for some time, and this morning I needed some serious motivation. I almost went back to bed, because I was tired, but also because I was feeling lost and aimless.

I was not a huge fan of Elvis as a high school student, I knew his songs from MTV, but I did like him. In college my best friend was a serious fan and taught me so much about his catalog. This one has retroactively entered my teenage imagination, even though I didn't own it, because it is so of it's time, thanks largely to producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley who also worked with Madness, Dexy's Midnight Runners, and other 1983 one-hit wonders.

Stretches: yes 
Water: yes
Weight: 165 lbs. (-0-)

Planks: TBA
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: yes