Holiday Musings and Other Stuff

It's the day after Christmas. Ahhhhh.

Yesterday Matt and I hosted our families for dinner and gift swapping. The food was sooooo good and of course there was too much of it. Matt roasted an amazing turkey along with his green bean casserole, stuffing and mashed potatoes. We also had ham, corn casserole, rolls, etc. And for dessert - pumpkin pie and cranberry upside down cake.

Carb overload.

My favorite gift was a dri-fit Minnesota Twins shirt.  It looks and feels amazing. It's one of my goals to look damn good in it. :-)  I also got a couple of gift cards, some cash, and a "stress" doll (love my Mom). I surprised Matt by buying us a blu-ray dvd player that will also allow us to start streaming Netflix.

After the family left, we napped for a bit before heading over to Pete's to watch the Iowa State men's basketball team play in the championship game of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic.  ISU played Boise State and won. Both the men's and women's basketball teams are undefeated, the last school in the country to have both of our teams still unbeaten.

This morning I drug my bloated self outta bed to go workout. I have eaten way too much over the past few days. This has to stop!

I drove into the parking lot and saw no cars.  Uh oh. Checking my cell phone I discovered that they gym wouldn't open until 9 am.  Drat.  Oh well, back to bed.

Attempt number two was much more successful. I got there at 9 and hit the elliptical. Evidently a lot of people were working out this morning.  It was like silver daddy heaven. Lots of mature beef for me to drool over. The sauna was great and I left the gym feeling very energized. Each day is another step.

DirecTV came in the afternoon to upgrade our receivers and then I made the trip to Best Buy to officially cut the cord. I bought a pair of Jaybird Bluetooth Earbuds. I really needed a pair of headphones that would allow me a bit more freedom of movement. I'm charging them now and will try out different earpieces to customize the fit.  I'm kinda giddy.

The big thing I did today was to register for a class at Des Moines Area Community College.

The class - statistics.

It's the one class that I failed in college. It's not something I'm proud of. I'm in the process of improving my teaching license so that I will be able to teach Algebra. I'm one class short and while it's not required, this is the ghost I need to excise. I'm excited but nervous.

Back in college, I took statistics during my freshman year - the year I'd like to forget. Now's the time to correct my mistake, do the work and pass the class.