Daily Success February 11 – Very Good. I thought it was 97 points with 100 being the key for an Outstanding when I left the gym yesterday and hoped to get to 100 by controlling the whiskey. Hope is not a strategy.

Could I have gone back and walked or peddled just a bit more? Sure. But pain had arrived, both in my lower left back and in my left knee. More gym time, even a little bit, did not see particularly smart.

¡BUT, it would not have mattered! I forgot to hit “Post” on my “Daily Success” yesterday and so Outstanding was out of reach. The larger Very Good category still counted, however.

Sigh.

Yesterday

Yesterday was a lot of education (Spanish, Poly-Sci) and exercise. Yes, Sam continues to live in my head rent free, but that is what it is. He will either come to realize that he has to be reasonable, or he won’t and if he won’t, I’ll have to bring the hammer down. Hard.

Today

Today will be very busy. Pancakes and bacon to start. Then we’re going to Bill and Paula’s for the Super Bowl and a nice dinner, which will include my deviled eggs (labor intensive) and brussels sprouts (still a bit of work). It should be wonderful, but it means that “me stuff” in the gym and study have to be prioritized in the hours before we leave, or I won’t be able to get even an Okay. Not exactly the biggest worry in my life.

The Future

Murky as ever. It’s raining slightly this morning, and my lower back and left knee are acting up. This seems to correlate pretty well, but the pain is still there, and it interferes with me doing anything else. Just standing at the counter to peel the eggs was somewhere between uncomfortable and painful.

The Gathering is getting closer very rapidly. Still no word on hospitalero training. That will drive my entire travel schedule, so not knowing is screwing things up. More unpaid rent in my head …