Building a Better Jay

Well, I made it back into the gym this morning!  Of course, I feel guilty now, because my wife and son are feeling poorly.    I know there is little I can do for them, but I hate that they have to endure the ick I just got through.

Today was chest & shoulders.  I was able to up the weight for bench and my shoulder felt just fine.  I’m getting close to where I was pre-surgery with the weights.  That makes me feel pretty good.  Of course, I lost a pound last week while I was sick.  I just couldn’t eat much.  I ate what I could….  So, a bit more work to do, but I have 2 months to gain 3.5 pounds.  This should be cake - no pun intended.

As I knew would eventually happen, I am the somewhat healthy one in my family now and my wife & son are in bed sick.  Actually, it’s sort of nice that they are sleeping in - it gives me time to make a nice breakfast and read a bit.  It also affords me the time to figure out how the heck I’m going to take care of them both while trying to get our house ready for Halloween.  This was supposed to be our "big push" weekend to get the house all spooked out and scaried up for having our family over on Halloween.  Well, now I will be running juice & soup around the house in addition to boxes of tissue and various home-remedies.  On top of that, I’m still not 100%.  Hmmm, if I run fast enough, does it count as cardio?

Well, the good news is that I could’ve worked out this morning - I feel that good.  The bad news is that I didn’t and probably won’t get a chance later today.  …maybe some cardio tomorrow AM and finally back to the gym on Monday.