TDetroit’s ramblings and nonsense

I’ve been rollerblading so much that when I get to bed at night I can’t sleep because my legs are on fire.  Sort of a jelly legs DOMS.

I am not getting much sleep because of the burning.  I go lay down and then it’s a long time layng there awake but not enough awake to get up and do something.  too tired to attempt to make use of the time.

I am now one of those who waits for teh weekend to be able to get some sleep.

Side note to all of you bikers out there. 

My friend Harvey, was riding down to TN to pick up some …ahem… party supplies.  He was in the lead and his friend dropped back just a bit.  A car squeezed in between and nudged Harvey’s rear tire.  Harvey went out of control and hit the car in front of him, fell of his bike and the car who nudged him ran him over. 

It really sucks.  Why can’t car drivers have respect for motorcyclists? 

The funeral viewing is today and the funeral is tomorrow. 

These days suck!

… for the dishwasher.

It’s not ded yet, but getting closer.  I started to notice something wrong when the dishes on the top rack were not coming clean.  After a bit of inspection, I found the top sprayer to not be working.  This led me to try and understand, over a few days, how that thingy works.  Eventually, I took the DW out of teh cabinet.

It was when I took it out of the cabinet that I found the bigger problem.  The water in line has a bad connection.  It is very rusty and I think touching it will break it.  Water haas been spraying from a hole there and hitting the cabinet.  There is "almost" a hole in teh side of my cabinet.  If I hadn’t pulled the DW out, the problem would hae eventually been a disaster.

I still don’t know how to fix the upper sprayer arm.  there is no water getting to the nosel.  and the water only trickles into the DW from the inlet.  It should spray. 

It looks like I’ll be dishwasher shopping today.  Unless there is a miracle.  so prayers for the DW and if not a miracle, then a moment of silence…

Usually I call the kids nasty, stinky, filthy rats.  They smell, refuse to bathe, make the most disgusting messes wherever they go, and are generally repulsive.  That’s when they are behaving.

now that I have a workout room, I am rethinking the rats concept.  Whenever I go to the basement to workout, I have to step over the "gifts" the kids leave there in front of the door.  It reminds me of when the cats brings me a mouse and drops it on my kitchen floor.  "See, there was a mouse in the house.  And you said I am good for nothing.  Well, I got this one."

My kids like to bring a toy to my workout room door and leave it there for me to see it.  Why?  I am not interested in the messiness my kids make.  I want it gone - about as much as I want the cat gone (dog person, does anyone want my cat?)

So, are they rats or cats.

So I have a client (and friend) who is an opthmaulogist.  He has a patient (and friend) who is a pro boxer.  I asked to be introduced so I can ask for lessons.  turns out he is a trainer as well.

Today was lesson one.  He likes to keep it cardio style.  So we met at dunham’s to buy some equip for me.  Now I have gloves, jelly gloves, and a jump rope.  

Jab, double jab, 1 -2, upper cut.  we did all sorts of combinations.  he likes my left.  I like to hit hard with my left.  I out it all into those.

then we did some heavy bag in rounds and some speed bag and I left with sore arms like you wouldn’t believe.  This is going to be fun.

Not having a gym, and using limited space in the bedroom, I have been away from the big leg stuff.  No squats, just stairs and rollerblading.  I did put the 2 lb weights on my calves yesterday and today.  It does give great DOMS.  But not the same as real lifting with the legs.

So today, I did have some extra space among the tools in the new workout room.  so I did some lunges with 45 lb db’s in hands.  Just a set of 10 to each leg, really felt good to burn.  I will know about it tomorrow.

Did 5X5 arnold presses and 3X10 shrugs with the 45’s.  I saw some extra 10’s at the store the other day.  I need two more to be able to put together 55 lb DB’s.  and 6 more for 65 lb DB’s.  I know in the spring, when everyone is gung ho, I can get some 25’s as well.  so I should be able to put together some great iron over the next 8 months or so.

yes, I have found another way to do it.

Yesterday was rollerblading over 6 miles with an additional 2 lb weight strapped to each calf.  today is burning legs - DOMS. 

so if you want DOMS in your legs, I have found another way to do it. 

yup.  I strap the two pounders to my calves and hold the 6 pounders in my hands and then roller blade for an hour. 

It’s 1100 feet one way, and I do 30 trip for a total of 6.28 miles, with the aforementioned weights. 

Plus, I do curls, raises, punches, hold them out and do circles or just arms straight out for the whole 110 feet.  I do high steps or lunges with my legs. 

at the end, I have really burned it up.  my butt hurts.  In need GA to come and massage my butt and back and chest.  hint hint… just put your hands on me…. hahaha.

 ok, serious stuff.  the workout room is coming along great.  I too the 33 inch mirror from the powder room and put it in the kids bathroom (the powder room now has a decorative framed circle mirror, and the kids room will have shleves on the sides.)  and put the 66 inch mirror from the kids bathroom in the workout room.  next I will put the 92 inch mirror from my bathroom in the workout roomeven on one side and extending the 26 inches beyond the 66 inch mirror.  the longer mirror will be above.  then I will put the little frdge there where they are uneven. 

eventually, I will staple fabric to the walls like they have in the gym.  I want to seal some gaps in the board first. 

then I will clean and paint the floor and lay down some matts.  I need more weights and some steps and balls and kettle bells. 

it’s really easy to be motivated when you have your own workout room, and a paved street out in the country where you can blade and run and sprint.  we also have a public trail.  people walk, run, ride horses.  the total trail system is over 100 miles long when you connect every city’s trails.   interesting, if I take up running, the trail is the shortcut to Oxford.  Driving takes me out of the way because I have to go around the lake.

The girlfriend suggested some changes to the living room.  It required a table from the basement game room.  So then the game room has a big hole in it. 

 I decided to clean the game room and then got the idea to put all the excercise equipment the wife brought home over the years into that room.  (for those not up on things, I am not LDS, the wife passed last year). 

Well, now that the machines are in there, why not bring down the weights and floor matts from the bedroom.  Tada!  I have a workout room.

I christened it yesterday with some heavy upper body work.  Volume sets.  40 lb db inclined presses -8X10, 20 db inlcined flies -10X10.  Bicep curls, rowing machine, pullups etc.  then an hour of roller blading and back for some repeats. 

This is going to be cool.  I still have a lot of work to do to get the room in order, but it is useable now.  There are some toys to get out, and the drywall needs to be taped and painted and there is still some board to hang.  I plan to use the big mirror from my bathroom for the wall, and get two smaller mirrors for my bathroom.  Oh, plus I get to put a desk in my room to get my personal stuff out of my office.

My doc appointment is next week.  he always has me go to the lab and give blood a week before so that he has the results for the appointment.  so I went this morning.  Last night I fasted.  no food after 8 pm.  Guess what?  there was no cholesterol test this time.  I didn’t have to fast.  so all that hungry was totally unnecessary.  Aaaaghhh!!! I didn’t sleep well because I was hungry and now I am very tired.  sleepy and kranky.  dayyyum!

My doc appointment is next week.  he always has me go to the lab and give blood a week before so that he has the results for the appointment.  so I went this morning. 

Last night I fasted.  no food after 8 pm.  Guess what?  there was no cholesterol test this time.  I didn’t have to fast.  so all that hungry was totally unnecessary.  Aaaaghhh!!!

I didn’t sleep well because I was hungry and now I am very tired.  sleepy and kranky.  dayyyum!