Sunday, July 15, 2012

Sunday Special

Had quite an eventful last two weeks here. Best friend from back home came to visit me and TheWife for a week spanning July 4 and the ensuing weekend. Had a nice relaxing few days here at the house, punctuated with a Jekyll and Hyde round of golf at a nearby course. Shot SIXTY ONE on the front nine, and then 45 on the back. And that 45 included an 18th-hole blowup for an 8. Play that one like a normal golfer and I'm looking at carding a 41-42 on the back. Feels nice to at least know that type of golf is still somewhere within me. After the down time in CT, we headed to NYC, where we did a mini-tour of restaurants owned/operated by "Chopped" judges (if you're wondering, "Chopped" is a great show on the Food Network). We hit up Butter for dinner on Saturday night and then Stanton Social for brunch on Sunday morning. Both were excellent. Stanton Social has some of the best mac and cheese I've ever tasted. Capped off the weekend with some billiards and ice cream in Soho and headed back to CT.

Spent the last week in CT catching up on work, planning upcoming travel, and trying to atone for the week-long eating binge I allowed myself. Unfortunately, I gained about 2.5-3 lbs and was squarely back at 179-180 at the beginning of the week. Thankfully, though, I hit CrossFit Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday while trying to rein in the eating. Eating still hasn't been as paleo as I would like, but that's ok. Back on the horse this week.

Took a nice drive through the tri-state area yesterday to Somerset, NJ for a niece's first birthday party, then made a beautiful sunset drive out to Allentown, PA (actually, Orefield, but who's really keeping track?). I remember an old co-worker from Philadelphia once told me that "Pennsylvania is basically Pittsburgh on one end, Philadelphia on the other end, and Kentucky in between." Well, however you may view it, Pennsylvania really has some picturesque countryside, and TheRanga appreciates that. Some of the landscapes and panoramic valley views on 78 west were simply breathtaking, which made the drive a lot more digestible.

Anyway, got to Orefield, where I met up with JayMoney, Bashon, and Bashali for some good home-cooking and Johnny Walker Black. Stayed up til 4 am just shooting the breeze about nothing in particular. Reminded me of those nights in college where everyone is having so much fun hanging out and knows we should be going to bed soon, but no one wants to be the square who calls it a night. So the night just continues on and on with more stories and jokes until finally someone cracks. Anyway, yours truly over here simply fell asleep while being spoken to and that virtually put the lid on the night. Shameful. Shades of Dad, who is notorious for asking a question and then snoring during the response.

Slept in til 10 this morning, had some delicious pau bhaji, set a new record on Temple Run (5.4 million!), and headed out around 2:30pm. Got back to the house about 7, hugged TheWife, endured the last half of the feature film "It Takes Two" starring Mary Kate and Ashley Olson, which was TheWife's hand-picked selection for her Sunday night entertainment, made an omelet for dinner, and began watching a real people movie called Fargo.

Not much on tap for the week--more work to be done, trips to be planned, workouts to be completed. Big upcoming travel schedule. At this point, here's what I have:

July 20-22: Chicago (TheWife has an interview there)
July 24-29: Seattle/Tacoma (work/wedding to attend)
July 30-August 3: DC, Nashville, St. Louis, Atlanta, NYC (work)
August 10-17: India (work)
August 24-26: Asheville, NC (wedding)
August 31-September 3: Long Island (wedding)

Going to be somewhat exhausting, but hopefully fun!

Finally, the Assault update. Like I said, I'm around 179 unfortunately, but hey, I had a good week, and I still weigh 24 lbs less than I did a year ago, so I'm not too worried about it. More focus on the eating side of the equation this week with some intense workouts built in and I'll be back at 175 in a couple weeks, me thinks.

Current weight: 179.0
Target weight: 175.0
Time frame: 2 weeks

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