Middle-Aged-Man

Pano on top of Grass Mountain

The day after Thanksgiving is a perfect time for a hike. I asked our friends the Avery’s to go on a hike. So, Romina and Jim with their son Jordan joined me. As well, my wife Teri and our daughter’s boy friend Ryan went. Of course my goofy dog, Chip had to go. We left the house at 9:00 am and drove over in two cars. My dog was so excited to go he was a real pain in the car.

We did the hike, for me. It was nice and not difficult. I had numbness in my left foot. I think my clothing including my socks are too tight, it may be that I need to loose some weight.

Overall we all had a good time, when we finished we headed out to eat some Mexican food.

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Since I got my dog his hikin’ boots, I wanted to get out more with him. We went again (also last Friday) to hike Mt Rosemond. Here is a video.

Here is a map, click here to open.

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My friend, Conrad Walton had this on his site. It is so creative, that I wanted to share this. It is created with webcams.

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Ok, here is my weight loss numbers…  I started on September 7th at 210 lbs and 30 days later I am 203.2. That is 6.8lbs in one month. You can see some stumbling but, it evened out. Charted, this is how it looks.

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I  managed to get out of the house and go for a ride. I left the house in the afternoon in about 80 degrees. There was no wind, but it did picked up a bit and was a good breeze.

Overall, it was about 27 miles and an average speed in the 14 mph. Here is my Garmin data.

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As you know, this blog is about a middle-aged-man trying to get fit. Yesterday, Teri emailed me at work and asked if I would grill some steaks and could we could go running after dinner.  I said, “sure”. So, after our meal, my youngest joined us (this never happens) for a short run.

We planned to run one mile (not much, I know), but first walked a mile as a warm-up. We got to  Ave. H and 20th Street, turned around, and started running. We run on the sidewalk; the traffic is way too fast to run in the street.

Did I mention that I had my dog? He loves walking and loves running even more. However, he thinks I am too slow, so he pulls me from time to time.

When two events happen at the same time, bad things happen. Chip, my dog, jerked me a little and my left shoe found the edge of some elevated concrete. I went down without any warning. I put both of my hands out, however, my right hand found something like another sharp edge of concrete. I landed face down and rolled over to see my right-handed pinkie turned completely 90 degrees. It looked like a second thumb. I knew it was broken at the second joint and bleeding. It was weird; I put it back in place.

My family is standing over me, and I asked Hannah to take the leash, although she thought she heard me say “call the police”. I repeated it and Hannah took control of the dog. By this time,  Chip was licking my face. Teri thought I had a heart attack and collapsed.

In a few moments, they ran off while I announced that I would walk the rest of the way home. After a few steps, I decided to run because  my pinkie was going hurt either way.

Upon arriving at home, I cooled off and began icing my hand. I then left for Urgent Care. Less than two hours, I had my x-rays, finger set in a splint,  and got a tetanus shot. My finger was bleeding and I got light headed when the P.A. moved it around. I was home by 11 p.m.

Blurry and bleeding...

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Teri’s birthday was on the September 12th and your anniversary was last month. Over our 23 years of marriage we like to get away and go to the town of Cambria. It is a little fun place. We get a chance to walk the beach, visit the stores and shops. It is about four hours from the house. Did, I mention we like to eat, so much for the weight lost.

Near Sunset in Cambria

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This is the third year that my daughter Hannah has enter a cake in the Antelope Fair (our local fair). She has won a first in the first year, a second in the second year and this year back to winning a first. The cake is not editable. The base is Styrofoam. The outside is editable. It is covered in fondant. It came with a winning check of $5!

Hannah's Winning Cake at the AV Fair

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Wow, summer is over. It is September and we are back to normal hours and home schooling and the likes. I am looking forward to the routine. This year I am working with my 14 year old, daughter Hannah with Math and Photography, part of my routine is to improve my skills and WordPress is no exception. I listened to a podcast about WordCamps and tried to find a local one. There is no local when you live in Lancaster, so local is Los Angeles. Being that the location of the Camp would be at Loyola Marymount. I emailed my friend Conrad and asked if he would be interested in attending. Well, I have not seen Conrad in over 10 years or so. It was good to get caught up. He is one of my favorite geeks.

WordCampLA is a geek feast for people who use WordPress or the software that allows you to read this blog. It is good to hang out with some geeks, normally I hang with Aerospace, so it was refreshing. Search for tweets with hashtag #WordCampLA.

Some highlights,

I’m Shayne: WordPress MU & WP ecommerce

Andrew Warner – “How To Add Video To Your Blog”

This is my favorite: Failure is Job One: Micah Baldwin says “Go to the SEO panel”

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Getting my large self out on the bike, I cycled about 22 miles. I rode from the house to 110th West. It is a normal ride for me. The wind was up, but not too hot.

Here is my garmin data.

I took a little side trip to go by Fox field to watch the fire fighting airplanes land and take off.

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