Hiking w/ the Boys

Got both boys to go with me, but Lil b wasn't happy about it at first. He didn't gripe much, but he wasn't his usual jolly self. Got a nice bit of hiking, but not as far as I was hoping - started an hour late and took many mini-breaks for the kids. No dog today - too muddy and I wanted to be able to focus on the boys. My L foot external edge gave me a bit of grief after 1 mile, but not enough for me to stop. I did wear a 20 lb pack - sleeping bag, tent, bear canister (full), cook kit, toiletries, and 2L of water - lucky I had 2 bottles as Brian missed packing his in his pocket so he took one of mine.

Lessons learned:

• Bring contractor bag to keep pack contents dry!
• Turn around on path intermittently to be sure trail is marked both ways (especially near fallen trees) - and see if you dropped anything :-)
• Double check your load! Brennan chose to not bring his pack which didn't click to me, but that meant we didn't have his emergency inhaler OR a first aid kit. Stupid.

FLTC Miles - finally!

Finally, it wasn't freezing, raining, or record wind and there was nothing on the schedule. I could have gone longer I think, especially since I didn't have a backpack on, but since I hadn't taken Belle out for a while I wanted to get her back. My goal was to put in a couple miles, find the lean-to, and be back in time to take Allison to dance. All accomplished.

https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/recording-mar-02-10-59-am--4?p=22145051

R knee, R shoulder

Walked 16,800 steps on Saturday up at RIT for Merit Badge University. Wore my Brooks trail shoes. Felt fine at the time but feet & ankles have been hurting since. Not sure if it's because of the jump in distance or the shoes, but I recall other times wearing them & feet hurting the next day. I've since switched to my cheap Adidas and things are getting better.

R shoulder feels great today! Removed arm rest of work chair and in driver seat of the van. I do some gentle stretching & strength exercises and avoid sleeping on it. Hope to be 100% next week.

Yearly physical

In 2018, my first w/ this Dr, I was worried about hip pain, eyes, and mole on my back.
In 2019, I was worried about R shoulder pain, mole on my back, and I decided my eyes were just dry from the cold. Need to make appointment w/ dermatology to get mole removed.

Water, water, everywhere...

As of 1/28/19, I'm drinking 1 gallon of water per day...

• https://www.outsideonline.com/2377851/water-gallon-challenge-month
• https://www.outsideonline.com/2387191/water-gallon-challenge-guinea-pig-answers-your-hydration-questions

Books I've read in 2018

World War Z, The Help, Dragonlance: Chronicles Trilogy, Time of the Twins, War of The Twins, Test of The Twins; David Morrell: The Protector, The Naked Edge, Long Lost, Covenant of the Flame, First Blood, The Totem, Creepers Koontz: The Silent Corner...

Backpacking practice w/ Brian

Finally got out this year - had to push this back twice and didn't to get to go to FLT as I had hoped. But felt great to get out. Brian's new pack seemed fine and he loved the trekking poles. He was quite adventurous and had a good time.

Here are a few pics.

Ouch

Hope crap my R shoulder hurts. No idea why except for sleeping on my side. It's never felt like this, though.

Start of 2019

It's been a slow, sad, depressing end to 2018 in the way I have failed to get enough sleep, eat well, or otherwise take care of myself. Hoping for a better attitude & commitment going forward. But I have been blessed with a beautiful family and so many things God has forgiven me for, I need to focus & take advantage.

Annie is w/ her parents in FL - they flew down today.

Allison is at the Updyke's overnight.

Just the boys, me, Belle, and Stella. Went to bed at 11pm and they are sleeping soundly but I stayed up to look over some things. Tomorrow taking J and the kids to the Rochester Museum of Play - I'll be missing a New Years Day hike on the FLT, mainly due to Brennan's asthma, but not much you can do about that.

Annie returns Thursday.

Disney 2018

Down here with the Syracuse Nordmans, the Dibbles, and on Sunday, some Nuns for good measure. Left Corning Wednesday and drive to Syracuse. Early Three-day for to Orlando. Dinner at Trex at 4 and we just made it!

-Staying at Carribean Resorts. Great weather the first couple days - needed a jacket the evening Thursday and Friday. 

-Saturday the boys were off at the resort as Allison has to go to dance and Annie went with Alexandra to see Allison. Boys went swimming and did laundry.

-Sunday started in a rush as Allison has to get ready for the dance parade, and we went to magic kingdom. It got really hot, very quickly which wasn't in any of our long term forecasts so we had to buy sunglasses, hard, and shorts. But we toughed it through. Kids stayed up late swimming with the Updykes.

-Monday was Hollywood Studios. It was hot today and even a few rain spells. Star Wars tour and other attractions were awesome. Tower if Terror - the first time for Brian and Mommy was a success though stressful. Lunch at the Hollywood & Vine was fantastic. The Rock n Roller coaster kept getting shut down but we were able to get on later in the night. The Star Wars rides & attractions were really cool. We ended the night going to Beauty & The Beast plus the Frozen sing-a-long. Then got drenched in a monsoon while rushing for the bus.

-Tuesday left at 5:30 am to get on bus & get home.

PHEW! Tense moments overshadowed by all the fun.

Sinuses

3 or 4 days now of sinus headaches keeping me from sleeping well and making the daylight hours torture. Daylight savings time - extra hour - started the past weekend also.

Flu Shot

Got my Flu shot at work on Oct 30.