Feelings From the Past

I got back from Tahoe and a lot of fun skiing. (I'll save that for another post) Maybe thats what I needed but I am actually feeling pretty good right about now. My guild respects me as one of their top damage dealers in raids (yes, I am a massive WoW playing dork, and yes, Ret Paladins are most certainly raid-viable), I have joined Lifetime Fitness, and things are looking up. I feel...I feel again. I can almost let my heart get caught up in things again.

My friend Mike is back in town and I'm pretty stoked. He's been gone for nearly 3 years in Hawaii. Truth be told, I missed having him around, we think alike on a lot of stuff. He's gotten himself a 93 RX7, and thats promised to be a lot of fun to work on if I get the chance.

I hung out with the old crew last night, we went out for some drinks, caught up a bit, got harassed by the bike mounted popo, the usual stuff.

Lifetime Fitness is great, but I would never dream of paying their exorbitant fees were it not for my Dad helping out on the fee. Me, Irene, and Dad have started training for an upcoming triathlon, which is why hes helping with the fitness fees. Its just a sprint (.5 mile swim, 20k or so bike and 5k run at the end) but it should prove to be a blast. The only thing thats really got me biting my fingernails is the swim. I am a good runner, and by extension I cant be a bad biker. I am not familiar (at all) with long distance swimming. I am actually a very good swimmer, I just never have done any kind of distance swimming, and getting my movements in the water fine tuned is something that I've been working on. Swimming is HARD. 45 minutes of stop and go swimming (doing sprints in the pool, just figuring out what my pace should be for the .5 mile) Got me more tired than a 1.5 hour run. I feel that I'm being very wasteful with my movements and I'm contemplating talking with someone who knows a lot about competitive swimming and asking for some pointers. Getting in shape feels good too, I've been disgusted looking in the mirror as of late, WoW and beer have caught up with me. I'm eating (for the most part) much healthier as well. In joining Lifetime I got a free "body age assessment" and one hour with a personal trainer. Expect the results of that to be posted soon. I get to find out my VO2, body fat %, and go through a gamut of strength and flexibility tests. I'm actually kind of excited.

All this good stuff. Oh, and my car is the biggest piece of crap I've ever seen or driven. Right now I think my water pump is bad, and is leaking a large amount of water as I drive (and while it sits, to a lesser degree) the best part is what leaks out. Its like sludge. I think that somewhere along the line my sister may have mixed the orange and green coolants. Its like sludge-rust coming out and its staining the concrete where I drive and where I park. Also, the hood doesnt pop correctly due to Kalie rear-ending someone and me (instead of taking it to some professionals) bent the hood back down and latched it on with a come-along. The latch sucks to take off every time I need to add water. I'm starting to think that going to Tahoe wasn't the brightest idea, maybe I should have picked up that 240sx with a CA18 I was looking at.

Oh well. You're only young once, and I am going back to college next semester, making me much less likely to afford any ski trips. (or anything but ramen, really)

I get to pay taxes, rent and bills, then I go into super-save mode. My goal is to have a nice, well running 240sx by the time I go back to college. Maybe I can work out with Alex some way to work part-time while I go to school...we'll see how that all pans out, but I really want to have some decent suspension under it before college as well.

I got a facebook. Meh.

Read your bibles.