This post has no real meaning, just a bunch of stuff that’s happened or been floating around in my head that I’ve wanted to blog about, but none of them are enough to warrant stand-alone posts. So… I’m dropping them in to one post.
On the homefront
I started on another three sections of the deck railing. Seems things went MUCH faster this evening than they did over the weekend. I likely won’t finish off the top rail of these sections until this weekend, unless I find a spark of energy throughout the week — which I may be able to find as I’m anxious to see how this all turns out. Strangely enough, I’m enjoying this, more so than I enjoyed putting down those deck boards. Woof!
On commuting
I’ve been keeping a really close eye on my mileage per trip and especially this tank full of gas. I want to now exactly how I’m consuming it all and how often. I figure, most automobiles have about a 300 mile range regardless of the size of tank it’s equipped with. As of today, I have traveled just over 120 miles in total over a nine day period since filling up. One day I was sick, and two days I commuted to work by bike. This week, I have used my pickup two days so far and plan to commute by bike at least two days this week, perhaps three. If I can pull off three days, that will mean 120 miles over a 12 day period, which of course, is an average of just 10 miles per day. At that rate, I would possibly be able to stretch a tank of gas out to a total of 30 days. Pretty cool feat I must admit.
On fitness
Naturally, commuting by bike has really helped me in this area. I can feel a big difference in my quads as well as my stamina while riding. Each day, the ride gets easier and easier — except when there’s a head wind. But I’ve decided I need to begin expanding on this area — fitness — and incorporate something more that just riding my bike. I’ve been reading with interest the “Get Fit Slowly” blog and specifically the One Hundred Pushup Challenge going on there (based on this site). I wish I had stumbled upon this sooner, as it was already in in to week 3 when I found it. But I thought that this is right up my alley. Nice and easy, nothing all gung-ho or anything. Just a simple way to build up my upper body strength. It got me to thinking too… this is the same way we did it when I was in the army. We didn’t get fit from lifting weights or anything fancy… it was just basic calisthenics that did it for us, and naturally, besides my time in high school, I’d say it was the time in my life when I was most fit — at least in my adult years.
So, along with my gas mileage monitoring, I think I’ll begin posting updates on my pushup challenge as well. What the heck… it’s what a blog is for anyway — keep me accountable. 
See… I told you it was just a bunch of stuff.
