october 17th, 2017: running circles around the competition

well todays the big day. i am nowhere near as prepared as usual, but hopefully things still work out. they should, its more a question of how rough the road will be.

measurements. mostly as expected, though about 5 pounds lighter than expected. push ups. no problem. sit ups. right at the buzzer...chick pointed out that i should scoot in a little closer to make it a little easier. and now the run. i was pacing myself behind some guy that seemed on track with what i needed to do. after a minute or two i realized that wasnt the case and had to go in alone. i guess it worked in my favor because i won. 10 fifty-something.

and then off to see the bell boy...id been forewarned of things, and now theyre happening. a slew of miscommunication and mismanagement has created quite the mess. but it would appear that the power of reasoning works with some people.

talking to mom since its reggie's birthday. figured id see how shes doing.

so the test left me feeling bad. like...really bad. and that lasted for hours. deep into the night. 

my 12s from nike havent shipped and i havent been charged. whats the deal with that? and what happens to the shoes where orders fall through? i feel like i know the answer to that from my yellow prestos... things are settled and i even got a shipping notification. things are looking up.

october 16th, 2017: happy boss's day

doing computer stuff. i shouldnt on account of the fitness test coming up, but i did. for a while anyway. and then it was off to civilization.

getting bugg so we can see the neu guy about boss's day. we all got a good laugh out of that and more so with the story of jake and the bears.

eventually i went to lunch and fell asleep watching a marvel vs capcom video. not sure what that was all about.

soccer practice. dinner. squidbillies.

october 15th, 2017: operation: soulpole

after last nights trainwreck of events, i hoped id sleep in. knew i wouldnt. and then didnt. up around 6:30ish. i needed to do something with my time so i added a run to the agenda. it went pretty well and i feel ready for the test, but not anywhere near where i like to be. mentally. perhaps itll work out better when its time to actually do it.

i started on the plenty of fish thing recently. mantwawn was all about it back in the old days and it worked for him so now im trying it. that guy was ahead of his time at one point. and now...well, now not...

after finishing off flash and scouring the house for my ipod i remembered boss's day was coming up. so i have to deal with that. its a bit involved, but itll be worth it i think.

talking to the grandparents. watching killing joke. waiting on it to just be time for sleep.

october 14th, 2017: a win and a loss

i havent dealt with a shoe release morning in a while. not since july with the eggplants actually. i was able to get in and buy the deadly pink 12s pretty fast. but i wasnt sure if the order was going through or not so i jumped on finishline just in case things didnt work out. and now i have two coming in, but until i see two tracking numbers i wont know for sure.

and now its soccer time. its a rough game and we lost. between the heat and being short one of our better players we did pretty well. if only free spirit and jacob werent so useless to the team...

meeting up with easter to say bye. he had a pretty rough morning with some bill stuff and double wide j so hes heading out earlier than expected. it sucks to see a good friend leaving and all that, but for all the circumstances involved its a good thing. and then cameos were made my the neu guy and the old man.

flash. an unexpected nap. and now its around 12:30 and im waking up fairly refreshed. great...

october 14th, 2017: oh wonder

the biggest issue for today is trying to figure out if ill do oh wonder or portugal. the man. both sound good, literally and figuratively so its a tough choice. eventually its made for me and oh wonder it is...

training wrapped up today just in time to take advantage of a work lunch at chilis. and then off to the dungeon. mildred and the kook are there so that kinda sucks. but things are wrapping up so im able to move on with my day.

off to el paso to see about picking up a ticket for oh wonder and do a little browsing at the mall. i ran into that chick from footlocker. seems that she works upstairs now. nobody is getting the deadly pink 12s so theyre all semi useless to me.

oh wonder. wow. that was a good show. lots of energy for what it is. unfortunately the older crowd seemed to be up the street leaving me feeling like im at a plain white t's concert. all the hooting and hollering when that first dude sang...no thanks to that.