Oct 7 to Oct 26

Things are finally calming down.

I can't say that I think everything is perfect at the moment. No, I would be lying if I said that.

But things are pointing in the right direction. Not quite moving on all cylinders in the right direction, but at least one or two cylinders are firing the correct way. At this point, I'll take that as a victory.

I mean at least I have a care provider for my son. I'm getting close to 6 hours of sleep a night with a nap in the afternoon. Work is as smooth as silk. The rest is ... as smooth as burlap sack on gravel.

I've hit a good set of habits, though. Mornings are down to a set pattern. I get up, I put together lunches and stretch and roll before getting kids up and ready for school. I get to work on time, I do my thing and eat a vegetarian lunch.

The rolling and stretching have sometimes be augmented with night time kettlebell training and rugby.

Oh yeah, rugby. I played lots of rugby until the season ended on a high note on Oct 14th.

We are getting promoted to the league above for 2018.

It sounds like I don't care, but with the crappy parts being as crappy as they are, it's hard to realize that a thing like that has been done.

Oct 3 - Fri oct 6

I've been working steadily this week - did a night of rugby on Thursday and two training sessions in the morning before work. I even got a physio appointment in for mobility and my knee.

A good week, I'm trying to keep it up.

Again this week, I had breakfast and lunch nutrition on lock. It's when I get home from work and get into the evening that my schedule and pattern/habits go out the window and I eat like I'm 8 years of age.

Oct 2

Yeah, it's been a long time since I made a daily entry here.

But at least this is news that beings a smidgen of sunshine. I got up 0 stupid early thirty and did this before work.

After, I did get some stretching and rolling done, too. I was pretty stoked throughout the day being able to know that no matter what happened, I'd already done something to help my situation.

Sept 30 and Oct 1

Saturday was a rugby day, but I was only a spectator yesterday.

I really hated having to be a spectator, but my knee injury was only the tip of the iceberg of excuses for me. Such a disappointing season for me personally; the club is in a much better situation than I am.

Seriously, we didn't default a single senior men's game this season ... and we ran three teams. That's a lot of rugby for one club to do. Simply astounding numbers of members.

We won four trophies / tournaments so far this year, too. A win on Oct 14th will mean a fifth Cup for the club for 2017. It's a level of success that we've only dreamt of in the last decade with four or five different coaches. It's a real shame that I've been only a small part of it.

Sitting there watching rugby yesterday was a bitter pill to swallow, but swallow it I did. It was a nice bright day in Toronto - a perfect day to play. My knee and everything else was just not cooperating.

Meh, I got home on time and I helped out about the house. Got coffee this morning, even helped one of the guys get back to the clubhouse to get his car. I was feeling physically good, but just not good enough to play rugby.

So, instead of whining like an idiot, I took advantage of the day and got this nice little workout done. Like a preview of what I can start to do in the mornings. A 20-minute session that I can tailor to the day if only to get something done for my fitness.

Set the timer and just kept going on the elliptical trainer. Two minutes on the trainer, two minutes of kettlebell exercises. Mostly just swings, but later switched it up to clean and presses, if only because of boredom.

At least I got something done today - and thought about how to carve out time in the average mornings how to get this done on the daily.

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