Going down swinging.

What a huge weekend. Saturday I commenced, our son played two gigs (jazz and rock) and then we went out for what has become a family tradition: fondue. 

Today there will be more, more, more. Another rock gig, I have to do a curtain speech, and then we will drive a couch to Athens for the eldest.

This is the craziest month. I love it.

160-169 BPM Playlist

Sugar, We're Goin Down - Fall Out Boy

Voices In My Head - Bob Mould

Run a Red Light - Everything But the Girl

Leaving Las Vegas - Tom Petty

The Tears of a Clown - The Beat

Diagonals - Stereolab

All Eyes On Me - Girl Talk

One Call Away - Chingy ft. Jason Weaver

Cold War - Janelle Monae

Oh! Rock Hall inductee Sheryl Crow is the Tom Petty we need. I didn't realize that before, but I like it.

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 35:34
Pace: 8:53

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 60°
Climate: fucking amazing

Mood: excellent

 

Lifted up my head, took in my surroundings, stretching my abdomen. Gorgeous day in the park. Staying away from goslings.

Stretches: yes
Abdominals: 90 sec.

Upper body: 10 reps. (2x)
Water: yes

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 178 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 175 lbs.

Don't do me any favors.

Christmas morning.

Dropped the eldest off at the airport this morning at four. That was more difficult than I could have possibly imagined. Yes, they have been at school all semester, but they are now on a weeklong wildness retreat in the Everglades and I have so much fear I did not know I had.

That, and this guy scolded me in the john for cutting in front of him at the sink. I was distracted. I was once scolded by someone touching my car door to the side of their car (no mark) in the parking garage at work, this just after driving there from the hospital where my mom was dying. It makes me feel so helpless and stupid and I don't know what to say, not even an apology.

It's been a difficult morning. I'm glad I got a little more sleep before beginning the day. 

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 29:57
Pace: 9:39
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 38°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: better now
Weight: 175.5 lbs. (-2.0)

Gear: Long pants, short-sleeved T, rain jacket, winter hat, gloves

See, I could have worn shorts. But it was all right, just all right. Any warmer and that would have been a drag. The gloves came off after mile two. That's not a metaphor, that means that's when I took my gloves off and shoved them in my pocket.

But the winter coat, that waits until it freezes.

Intake

Breakfast: oatmeal w/dried fruit, cream, butter & brown sugar, coffee (3x)

Lunch: Ramen w/mushroom

Candy: Twizzler (4x)

Dinner: cheeseburger, fries, beer

Also; fizzy water (1x)

What's That Lyric?

Get the Message - Electronic

You gotta be cool. You gotta be calm. You gotta stay together.

Squatting on the floor of the dorm.

It's Parents Weekend at Ohio University! We aren't engaging in any of the collective university activities, just happy to spend time with the elder one and hang around the Wolf Homestead.

Last night they took us the a drag show at the Union, so that was cool. Later some other Heights parents with Bobcats are coming by.

I took a run past Peden Stadium, and the football game. Usually I park there, but for obvious reasons not today, starting instead out by Union Street. Beautiful day.

Distance: 4 miles
Duration: 36:52
Pace: 9:13
Route: Hocking River Bike Path
Temperature: 79°
Climate: little fluffy clouds
Mood: good

Daily Mix Playlist

Beating of Hearts - XTC

Freedom! '90 (Back To Reality Mix) - George Michael

My Antarctica - Duran Duran

Can't Get There From Here - R.E.M.

Rasputin - Boney M.

You Gotta be - Des'ree

Down In the Cockpit * - XTC

Up All Night - Boomtown Rats

Read My Lips - Duran Duran

Weather permitting.

No, you do not "need to have a drink" to watch Chernobyl.

Distance: 3.1 miles 
Duration: 29:18
Pace: 9:27
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 63°
Climate: overcast & humid
Mood: very good
Weight: 184 lbs. (+1.0)

Tonight our first living child graduates from high school. It was to be last night, but postponed earlier this week due to scheduled heavy weather. Good call. Last night was rainy and cool. Tonight is supposed to be sunny and hot.

And oh, it will be hot, all right.

Thursday Intake
Breakfast: coffee (2x) 
Lunch: tuna salad sandwich, carrot

Snack: banana, mandarin
Dinner: cheese omelette & salad, beer (1x)

Also, fizzy water (2 x)

I can exhibit self-control. Snacking is often a sign of boredom. Keep your head down and keep reading.

Friday Intake
Breakfast: coffee (3x)
Lunch: sunbutter & preserves sandwich w/grapes & milk
Dinner: bourbon cocktail, calamari, fried chicken sandwich, plantain chips, grazing various other items

(We had dinner out. It was graduation. Shut up.)

2013 Playlist

Right Action - Franz Ferdinand

The Walker - Fitz & The Tantrums

I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons

Little Talks - Monsters & Men

The Wire - HAIM

Work Friend - Britney Spears

Doin' it Right - Daft Punk ft. Panda Bear

Did I drink too much? Am I losing touch?

Maintaining. That is the struggle. It's not like I dn't have a million things to do. But where is my desire? My fulfillment? Part of his malaise is due to the end of the semester, to be sure. But it also may be the impending high school graudation of my daughter. Who am I, what is my purpose, and what comes next? 

Distance: 3.65 miles
Duration: 35:45
Pace: 9:47
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 46°
Climate: sunny & cool

Mood: good

Weight: 187.5 lbs. (-0-)

The wife has been out of town for a few nights. I have been drinking too much. It's not because she is out of town, I'd be doing that, anyway. It's end-of-semester malaise, I know. But something else. One of the birds is soon leaving the nest. And what have I done? Where have I been? And where am I going?

At the very least, these questions generally keep me on the road. 

2015 Playlist

Ship To Wreck - Florence + The Machine

The Ghost of Beverly Hills - Death Cab for Cutie

Hurache Lights - Hot Chip

American Money - BØRNS

The Shade - Metric

Wait For It - Leslie Odom Jr. & the Company of "Hamilton"

Leave a Trace - CHYRCHES

Cream On Chrome - Ratatat

i - Kendrink Lamar