I Strongly Dislike Influenza

F-ing influenza!! That stuff is brutal this year. Last week I was lucky enough to contract it, so I was able to watch all the 1^st round NCAA tournament basketball games. That was really about the only cool thing that I got out of it & I would have gladly given that up to feel better. I even got a flu shot this year, but we’ve all been made aware that those were pretty much worthless. So I’m thinking I should get a refund or something. Oh well, I’m on the mend & will back to full strength soon.

St Patty's Day & The Beer Mile

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all! I already started the celebrating this past Saturday night by visiting a local Irish pub & consuming many delicious Guinness beers & a few Irish car bombs while listening to an authentic Irish band. Good times were had by all...except for the people who had a few too many car bombs way too early in the evening…you know who you are.

So last night my family was discussing the fact that we are of Irish decent & that we should really celebrate this years St. Patty’s day in some sort of incredible fashion. You know not just your boring green beer kind of celebration. So my sister suggested the Beer Mile. Which I thought was a spectacular idea. We then spent the rest of the evening tying to figure a way to get my parents to participate. We came up with some possible options for the people who might not actually be able to complete a “true” Beer Mile, but still want to combine sport & drinking. One idea was drink a half beer for every lap, another was to have a two person relay team and the last was a 100 yard dash, drink a beer followed by the ol’head on the end of a baseball bat & spin around 10 times. We’ll see if any of these ideas actually get put into action…I can only hope. Happy St. Patty’s Day & be safe.

There are many good reasons for drinking,
One has just entered my head.
If a man doesn't drink when he's living,
How in the hell can he drink when he's dead?

We Are All Hamsters

Finally the weather here is starting to break. It's kind of funny saying that 2 days after we got a foot of snow dumped on us, but the last couple of days have been sunny and near the 50's which seems like summer after some very cold months. So I am praying that it continues, because I just can't be holed up in a house or a gym anymore. I am more than ready to get outside on a regular basis after having to spend many training days in the gym or on the trainer. So here is a picture to celebrate the upcoming spring & summer, & to say goodbye to regular visits to the treadmill. Get out and enjoy it people.