S2 E2: timeless buddies

I’ve seen this posted on instagram and facebook all the time where it describes guy friendships: how they can go years without so much as a text but then pickup exactly where they left off face to face. That’s kinda the theme of last week. Went skiing with my homie after finishing my leg sleeve tattoo (terrible idea) and parlaying directly into the Denver stock show with him and some friends on Saturday. There’s some magic in adult male friendships, maybe it’s because i spend all of my time cooped in the house or working out but that shit needs to be more common this year. And for the skiers out there look: i only learned right before covid hit in 2020 and im not good, so when i say we skied lift to lift for a total of 8 runs and i was dying don’t make fun of me. I’m old and hurt.

Fuck man last week was solid, probably because work didn’t really need me so all i had to do was focus on me and the house and some time with Liz before she headed off to Ohio again. She’ll get back next week so this week it’s just me and the dogs, the gym and BJJ (also, don’t take off a month of BJJ. Getting back into it is horrible and i thought i was having a stroke. Muy hard). Did a little bit of cooking last week too, tried to make a homemade chicken and dumplings…flavor was good but accidentally ground the chicken which produced an undesirable puke texture. Maybe just chop that next time.

As far as all initiatives go I’m basically on track. We max deadlifts tomorrow and start a bench program on the first, I’m signing up for a BJJ competition in February, and won’t be weighing in again until closer to that so i can taper to fit in my weight bracket but all in all its full speed ahead. Mental health is chugging along too, putting some plans on paper to travel before i start the next job.

Motivation is a tricky bitch, some people can develop it intrinsically by the “fake it till you make it” principle, others get it by watching others succeed. I hope i can help that second group in anyway possible, if you told me exactly on year ago that I’d feel like i do now I’d call you full of shit…but damn man here we are. Setbacks are fine too, life still isn’t sunshine and rainbows but it’s easier to see through the shitstorms knowing they aren’t as bad as they’ve been. Hang in there, relief is right around the corner.

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