So where is it?

By it I mean the “runners high” or “rush” or “good feeling” or whatever it is that I keep hearing about that you’re supposed to get from running. All I get is a rhythmic chant in my head saying “this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks this sucks” with every step. I get a “good feeling” when I stop in the same way that having someone REMOVE the red hot poker from your eyeball probably would be a good feeling. All the runners out there just keep quiet. I know it will come, I experienced it the last time I was working out regularly and it’s still really painful to get started just like it was last time. I’m keeping to my training schedule for the most part. The running part at least. I’ve missed some of the strength days just because weights were not immediately available. I’m less sore than I was at first and I can go longer without stopping to catch my breath so I can see some improvements. The training log says I’ve lost a little weight in the process. By a little I mean about a pound. It doesn’t really seem like it, I think it might be more the result of a healthy dump or something since it fluctuates a little every day. The spreadsheet takes the daily weights and applies some NASA formula to it and gives you a nice trend weight and BMI reading and they are both down so… Yay I guess?

I will probably be going back to school to finish up my bachelors. Found a semi-inexpensive program at Peru St. and made some inquiries here at work to see if the tuition assistance program will pay for it and it sounds like they will (mostly). I don’t want to go full time anymore and work full time at the same time, that’s just too much to handle without being all stressed out all the time. I think I’ll just take a class or two at a time so I can keep my sanity which will keep the costs below the $2500 a year my work will cover. I’ve got maybe $3400 left on my GI-Bill money as well so if I work it right I can finish my degree and cover all the costs with little to no out of pocket money. Then I will be… The guy who works at the airport towing planes and pumping jet fuel with the bachelors degree! Huzzah! I like my job so I guess it will help with promotions in the future.

It’s Valentines Day! Hope everyone has a good time with their special someone today. Me? I’ll be doing some laundry. I’m down to tighty whities and they just don’t give me the freedom I need. Then it’s back to work the overnight. I’m actually sorry I can’t go out to the bars since Valentines is the best day of the year for spotting the single women. If they don’t have a guy with them either they are single or they are mad at their significant other. That’s all I have for today I guess, I’ll leave you with this link which had me laughing my ass off.