20100218

All of my thoughts all day have been with my family for a successful surgery for my gma K. The surgery went well, no complications, no sign of cancer spreading beyond the ascending colon. She is not out of the woods and recovery will be a long road, but the worst is over for now.

I cried (extremely rare for me) for the first time today since I learned of my close friend, Claude's suicide last fall... This time out of happiness. Happiness for my gma and extended family. Happiness that she is so strong and got through this. I am absolutely in awe of her strength and hope that I have half of that strength and that I put what i do possess in terms of strength towards the remainder of my life, passionately pursuing both hard work and happiness (as i see it they go hand in hand).

I don't even know how to create a segway from that...

If i were in Iowa City next week, i would so do this informal winter tri! It would have been a perfect test to see where I'm at with my winter training. I've lost most of the weight, but have a long way to go to get to where I want to be fitness-wise. But alas, I'll be in NM and I just missed out on this quad! The entire time I lived in NM, I always wanted to participate in the winter quad, but never seemed to get in the proper shape (at least in the winter) to do it. Well I could do it next year (the quad).

I am now seriously thinking of doing the Santa Fe Century ride though. Timing-wise it works with my schedule and I should just do it! I'll talk to Raul next week to see if he's going to do it again this year. If so, I need to add much more cycling into my routine, as May is just around the corner.

I took the day off from swimming. My body needs a bit of a break I think, just for today. In fact, normally I'm swimming 6 days per week.

Since I spent the day mostly at home, I got to again see how Tyler beagle spends his day. I think chasing sun beams to nap in is the majority of this beagle's life.

I thought some about stimulant intake again today. It's still excessive but on the decline. I learned a bit more about caffeine, theophylline and theobromine today, for some reason I thought tea had more theophylline, but according to this article, it does not!

I've been thinking of tapering off and eventually eliminating caffeine and alcohol sometime this year:
Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindus generally also abstain from caffeine, as it is alleged to cloud the mind and over-stimulate the senses. To be initiated under a guru, one must have had no caffeine (along with alcohol, nicotine and other drugs) for at least a year.


I got to play racquetball again with Matt this evening. I got my butt KICKED!!! but it was fun. :)

I also hoping that Hans and I can play racquetball tomorrow morning. Since he has yet to respond, probably not, definitely will start tomorrow with an early on swim.

The day has ended with an awesome bath, since I normally just shower off the chlorine at the pool, it was nice to relax for once and just chill out.

Today was a good day, I would like to have more good days like this.