The sun came out to destroy our grumblecakes

What a week. I meant to post four or five times this past week, but it's been seven days of busyness... and the fourth season of two-four. Okay, I have no excuses, but I can backfill some posts.

Last Tuesday. I started working out again tonight, beginning with a very slow jog of a mile. I've learned my lesson; my past two "spurts" of working out have been heavily concentrated in the running department. This has led to leg injuries that I didn't give time to heal and derailed both of these movements toward healthiness. So this time around I'm crosstraining. Tomorrow it's biking and then switch it back up on Friday, then maybe swimming on Saturday. One thing I do miss about running/Portland is being able to see Mount Hood on my run, it was pretty cool.

Friday. Decent week at work, mostly spent at the warehouse. Ryan and I constructed a metal ramp to help us complete a large project that we are working on. When we are both there I load up a two-wheeler and pull it up the ramp until he can grab it and pull it up the remaining distance. It's a brutal way to do things, but it's the best thing we could think of. He was gone most of this week so I did things on my own. I grab a box, take two lunges up the ramp, deposit the box at the top creating five stacks of four boxes, after depositing the box I slide on my feet down the ramp and repeat. It looks sort of like I'm on a half-pipe with those wheelie-shoes. It's also quite brutal, and I'm sure that if I keep doing it I'll nail my head on the doorway, but until then I'll keep up with the work. Also this week I was able to grab lunch with my friend Jennifer while she's working in my building. It's fun being able to eat lunch with someone other than my co-workers every once in a while. Unless it's fish tacos at El Bait Shop.

Saturday. Perhaps you've already heard of this via NPR, but I was informed last night by Mr. Saldanha and Ms. Carlston that Big Candy is behind tonight's time change. I know that Big Oil, Big Tobacco and other Bigs were up for destroying the world as we know it, but how could you Big Candy? Apparently if Daylight Savings Time is extended, that creates more daylight for Halloween, thus making Big Candy more of a profit. Even more apparent is that DST encourages all spending, so it's good for the economy. My socialist tendencies and losing an hour of sleep make me incredibly weary of this time change... viva la revolucion?

Sunday. I think Jason drugged me. After broomball [and career goal number two] JBro and I talked for an hour or so. With the so-called time change I got to bed at two am, enough time left to sleep and get up for church in the morning. I wake up around one in the afternoon. What happened? I'll tell you, JBro slipped me a mickey and before he could take advantage of me I fled his advances. Or I was just really tired from playing broomball. I'm not sure what to believe. And yeah, I didn't go swimming, I was far to engrossed in season four.

Monday. The Drake Women's bball team is going to the big dance! With an amazing comeback, overtime win the women are headed to the dance, where it's presumed that they'll be a sixteen seed. Who cares, they're going! And with that the bracket madness has commenced. I've changed my bracket three times today already. Usually when I fill out a bracket I feel as though I've created the prefect bracket, not this year though. I just don't know what to do. The madness is over for the DMC Lions though; they had a great season, made it to state and just couldn't get it done. Next year anyone? This just in, Drake plays Tennessee in the opening round... yikes. Although football and football are my favorite sports, this is my favorite time of the sporting year. So many good games and much cheering to accompany those games, it's quite fun.

Today. And the snow is gone. For the most part. Two days of seventy degree weather has melted the snow and thawed our ever-frozen hearts back in the realm of the living. It feels good. I even thought about running outside this evening, but decided not to only because I wanted to lift as well. Ryan isn't helping me at all with picking a winning bracket. Every two minutes he declares that Kansas will either a) go to the final or b) lose in the first round. It doesn't help one bit. Anyway, I finished World War Z last night, it was alright, at least it was fun to read after Les Miserables. I'm not sure what to read next, still narrowing the selection down. Alright, time to go rest my head in order to read, sleep and/or go over my bracket again. I'm ridiculous. you have my love.