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Fitness: I seem to be holding around the same weight, as I was 198.0 yesterday and am 197.0 today. I’ve had more than a few people tell me that going to 190 would be too low and that I should stay at 200, so I think I’m going to take the emphasis of my fitness off of dropping weight and put it on to building muscle. I’ve been following the [Lance Storm] approach of building to build, rather than worry about how much weight I’m pushing, and I get more results from that than I did when I pushed heavier weight. Also, my routine is kind of in limbo right now with the lingering personal training sessions, but once May rolls around, I should be able to cement my schedule and keep with it. On to mustard! |
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After losing my cat Mouse to tongue cancer and having to put him to sleep, I was rather drained of energy and had no interest in working on all of the projects that I have over the past couple of weekends. This caused me to get behind on all the things I enjoy doing and things I don’t enjoy doing as much. I made a list of all the things I needed to do this weekend and knocked a good majority of them out. I got my stock purchases picked. I got my taxes done (yay refund). I got a new lawnmower, put it together and got the yard mowed (the new mower is great). I got some music mixing and arranging done. I got the vacuuming done. I got my old weight bench disassembled and put in the basement. I got some CDs ordered that I’ve been meaning to order for a month. It was a very productive weekend, but I didn’t have time to work on anything new for Philistine on the Sidewalk and I only got 30 minutes of gaming in on Saturday night. However, next weekend should be much more enjoyable, as I should have a lot more time to make music, do some gaming, as well as time to spend with a new cat. I went to a no-kill shelter on Saturday and was able to see some of the cats that they had, as well as sit in a room with a few of them and watch them interact with each other and I. Once one of the cats jumped up in my lap and started purring incessantly, I knew I was ready to get a new one, but the one cat in particular that I wanted to see was in quarantine with a cold and they won’t be able to let him interact with the public for a little while. I’m going to find out on Tuesday when that will be, as the shelter is closed today. They said the cold cycle is between 7-10 days, so it’s likely he’ll be available this weekend. I did meet some lovely cats while I was there, including a little furry black one just shy of a year old named Love Muffin. Not a very manly name, but it certainly fits him well. He was found starving and was brought to the shelter to gain weight and go home with a new family. He was very affectionate and at one point was resting half on my arm and half on my leg, trusting that I would take care of him. He also had some rather amusing quirks, like using his right paw to paddle in the water dish instead of drinking from it. It was hard not to take him home and say the heck with the cat in quarantine, but apparently the cat in quarantine is of a similar temperament and looks a lot like Mouse. I could have taken Love Muffin home this week, and the other cat next week, but three cats in the household is likely one too many, and Bootsie would likely not enjoy that much new company. There are also concerns that Love Muffin might not grow up to be a very healthy cat, due to being malnourished as a kitten. I also got Mouse’s ashes back from the vet yesterday and that was hard to cope with. It didn’t take me back to the day he was put to sleep, but it did hammer home the fact that he was gone and that this was all that was left of his physical presence. The folks that did the cremating (or maybe the vet clinic) made a plaster print of his paw, and they placed his ashes in a very tasteful cedar box with a ribbon tied around it, a little paper heart with Mouse Vincion written on it and attached to the ribbon, and a little angel cat figurine attached to the ribbon. It brought me to tears a few times yesterday, and I’m getting a little teary typing about it now. The thing is, I used to be pretty emotionally turned off, but things seem a lot more vibrant now. I hate that it took Mouse’s death to turn on my emotions again, but I know I’m going to do my best to not take anything for granted ever again. With that said, I think it’s time I spent some more time with Bootsie now. I’m going to wrap up this blog with being glad that this weekend is over and that I got so much done. I also can’t wait for the next one! Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on April 12th, 2010. |
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