Day 40

Workout- Kenpo X
Bible Reading- Job 42 - Psalm 24

For those of you who tuned in yesterday, we were left with the ever so lame cliffhanger of when I would decide to work out today. Would I get up early and do it before I left Missouri or wait until I got home after driving for 5 hours? The answer is neither. We left my mom's house in Ash Grove Missouri and made our way to my dad's house outside of St. Louis. While there, Breanne talked me into going ahead and doing my workout while I was there. Reluctantly, I agreed and went ahead and did it. Today, instead of two year olds to manage while working out, I had 2 dogs who were very interested in what I was doing. I'm glad I went ahead and did it, because I really would not have been in the mood for it when I got home this evening. I am beat! I am now forty days in! I'm really glad that I have stuck with it for his long. Although, when I say that I still have fifty days left, I am not so encouraged. Ah well... at least I am almost to the 1/2 way point.

-Michael

Day 39

Workout- Cardio X

Bible Reading- Job 25 - 41

What a day! We woke up and went to church with my sister. Then we came home and the madness began. 11 adults, 1 teenager, and 4 children all invaded my moms house for a BBQ. It was utter craziness. Fun, but utter craziness. In the midst of all of this, I managed to pull myself away and do my cadio workout. Today's workout added an extra bit of challenge as I had a 2 2 year olds who wanted to join me. They made it as far as doing 3 jumping jacks and decided that the toys in the room were a little more interesting. I guess I will just have to keep searching for a new workout partner. Tomorrow's dilemma is deciding what time I am going to work out. Do I get up early and do it before we leave for home, or do I post pone it and do it when I get home from after for 5 hours. Decisions decisions. Tune in tomorrow to find out what I did. I'm sure you are all on the edge of your seats in suspense.

-Michael

Day 38

Workout- Back and Biceps
Bible Reading- Job 8 - 24

The 90 day challenge has gone on the road. This weekend we have made the 5 hour trek to Ash Grove Missouri to visit my mom and the rest of my family. This means that I have to get creative with doing my workouts and Bible reading. The hardest part is actually going to be finding the time. On the car ride, Breanne read the book of Job to me. And what an exciting reading that was! Talk about a buzz kill. Anyway, we completed it without causing any major traffic difficulties. I managed to get my workout in before we left town, so today was not a huge challenge in that regards. Tomorrow is when I have to get creative and really work at getting everything in. Can't wait for that. Note the sarcasm!

-Michael

Day 37

Workout- Plyometrics
Bible Reading- Nehemiah 13:15 - Job 7

I know I made a resolution yesterday to not complain as much, but I need to deviate from that for a short bit. I apologize in advance. As far as my 90 day challenge goes, everything is going fine with that. I have no complaints there. At least not for today. I need to take a moment to vent about my last two days of work. For those of you out there who are not in the Springfield area, we had a torrential downpour here that resulted in flooding. Go to www.sj-r.com to look at pictures of the mess we have. Houses have a foot of sewage water in their basements and cars had water up to their side view mirrors! It's been absolute madness here! Now, on to the complaining. I will first direct my complaints to the insureds. I realize that you are upset about having a claim on your house/car. I get that. However, you are not the only person in Springfield to have a claim, and we are working as hard as we can to get you taken care of. Yelling at me about it will not make this process move any faster. Also, to the ones who do not have the Back-up of Sewer and Drain coverage, I'm sorry that you have a messed up basement. I truly am, however it is an optional coverage that YOU declined to take. We show it to everyone that we write a policy for and you have to tell us not to put it on your policy. Otherwise, you would have it. You also have a renewal sent to your house every year that lists your coverages. If you don't read it to see if you have the coverage or not, that is not my fault!

Whew. I feel better. Complaining is officially over. I'm very excited that I have a three day weekend coming up because I need it!
-Michael

Day 36

Workout- Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps
Bible Reading- Nehemiah 1 - 13:14

Today is a new day. I'm going to make a conscience effort to not be a "Debbie Downer" for a while. I think I was just getting a little run down and I needed a break. Yesterday I got to do just that and I think it made a world of difference. I started out the morning with getting out of bed feeling very well rested and without any back pain!! That hasn't happened in ages! Because of this, I think my workout went better today too. I definitely put a lot more effort into it. I may regret that tomorrow when I am really sore, but for now, I am happy about it. I am starting feel like I am able to tell a difference in my body too, which is very encouraging. There is nothing too dramatic going on, (I won't be posing for any Men's Health Magazine covers anytime soon), but I think I am making some progress. I've been trying to find ways to trick Breanne into having me flex for her, so that is been fun. I ask things like, "Hey honey, did we ever get those tickets in the mail yet?". "No", she naively replies. "What Tickets?". "To the gun show!". Then I laugh because I think I'm hilarious. This morning I told her that I thought we would have to add an optional rider onto our homeowners policies to make sure we were fully covered. "Oh yea..." she hesitantly asks. "I think we need to add the guns endorsement!". That's right... I'm that awesome!

-Michael

Day 35

Workout- Rest Day
Bible Reading- 2 Chronicles 35:16 - Ezra 10

I was soooo needing a rest day from working out. I think a morning to sleep in a little bit was just what the doctor ordered. It felt incredibly good to sleep a little bit longer and not have to get up and work out. Hopefully tomorrow I will be feeling like I am ready to start back again. I have had a small moment of encouragement recently. Breanne was putting some of her winter clothes away to swap out for her summer clothes. Inside that box was a bunch of pants that I had put in the box that I could no longer fit into. I stored them away in hopes that I would one day be able to fit into them again. Well, the day is drawing closer that I actually can! I tried them on and all of them at least buttoned and zipped! They were still a tiny bit snug, but I am confident that by the time that I reach day 90 they should fit me pretty well! It's nice to know that I am at least making a little bit of progress.

-Michael

Day 34

Workout- Kenpo X
Bible Reading- 2 Chronicles 23:16 - 35:15

I am having a very "Blah" day. I have zero motivation. I came up with a ton of excuses as to why I didn't want to work out this morning. My head hurts, I'm tired, I'm still really sore from the previous two days workouts... The excuses went on and on and it caused me to have a very lackluster effort in my workout. It's crazy because Kenpo us usually one of my favorite ones to do. Not today though. I didn't want anything to do with it. I'm really annoyed with myself.

The lackluster effort also carried on over into my reading today. I am almost done with 2 Chronicles and I could not be happier about that. I am not really sure as to what the point of 1st and 2nd Chronicles is, because it is basically repeating everything that I already read in 1st and 2nd Kings! My eyes kind of glazed over and I know I was at least looking at all of the words but I would hate to find out how many I actually comprehended. I would probably be a little embarrassed.

Maybe I can put a little bit better of an effort in tomorrow.

-Michael