What do I do on a normal day? Just in case anyone was wondering...
I lead a pretty simple and mostly normal life...so, I just realized this may be a boring blog. I typically get up around 5:30am, 7am is sleeping in for me, and take my usually sore body to the kitchen to fix breakfast. I will take my plate full of waffles and protein shake outside to the patio where I watch the sun come up with my pup Killian. By the way, I stick to a simple breakfast, toaster or microwave use only, so I don't have to worry about burning the house down so early in the morning. I will typically enjoy a cigar while I get updated on anything important in the news or on Facebook...and I occasionally check my e-mail.
By 6:30, I will jump in the shower and get ready for work. On the average day, I might encounter my wet work clothes still waiting to be dried, missing car keys or phone, no Big Red Zero in the fridge to take to work which means a stop at the Valero on the way, and always two pouty Boston Terriers and one Doberman that looks at me with her sweet, sad eyes like I am never coming back.
So, I work approximately four miles from my house and I can never get there on time despite being up before the sun rises. I get distracted easily...what can I say? I work part-time in a labor intensive job, my un-official title is Head Grunt, which can last anywhere from four hours to six or seven. And I do work on the weekends. Working in retail has its good and ugly side just like any other job, but for the most part I do enjoy it. I spent years as a manager for this same company, and am extremely greatful that I don't have to deal with that side of the job any more.
Once I am off work, I make a mad dash for home to eat something before I work out. On tuesday and thursday, I drive about fifteen minutes down the road to work out with my wonderful coach. **tomorrow is leg day thus the reason for the word "wonderful" ;) She successfully kicks my ass on my heavy lifting/strongman training days, and the drive home is usually a blur of "what the hell just happened". On monday and friday, I typically workout alone in one of two of my garage gyms doing accessory work and cardio type crap. Can you tell I dislike cardio?! I use wednesday and saturday as my rest days mainly because my biggest ass kickers happen on thursday (squats and deadlifts) and sunday (event training), both of which I want to be as well rested for as possible. And then sunday is event training day with my Barn Crew...the best day of the week! There are four to six of us who will meet at the barn, yes it is an actual barn, and go head to head with the heavy weights...all while getting some great coaching!
Post workout includes dinner, a cigar, a soccer game with Killian, and a relaxing time on the back patio...unless its sunday in which I am usually to tired to do anything but sleep. On my days off from work, I usually go to work at least one of those days to play catch up, and the other is reserved for the maid service...which would be me. I do have a yard guy though!
And that my friends is my day in a nutshell. In my drunken days, this would have been a much shorter blog. It would have simply stated drinking and sitting on my ass. What a difference a year and almost a half can make!
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