Yes, I'm Catholic (converted- baptized Presbyterian). That means on the day before ash Wednesday of every year, I overeat and otherwise overindulge. This is because for the next 40 days I will deprive myself from over-excess to mirror Jesus's 40 days in the desert. It is a time to reflect on the past year, a time to focus on God, a time to lose 20 pounds (in the name of God, of course)!
This year, I will be spending every one of those 40 days consuming no more than 1,900 calories (which is a lot for a diet) and will be exercising (at least) 20 minutes.
Day one starts today (6:55am). I have completed my exercise- now I must go my first day [without]. I have done this before and I can do this again!
Another Lenten decision I've made is to be more active in my writing (this is a blog, after all). While I cannot promise every day, I can promise it'll be more (a lot more!) frequent than it has been in the last 5 months!
Say some prayers for me (even if you're atheist ;). I'm off into the desert, for my family, for my God, for me.



Summertime is Pool Time!
Monday, July 19th, 2010If there was any doubt, because of the unseasonably hot weather (unless you're on Venus), it's summertime! Time for ice cream, playing outside and SWIMMING! Being a child of the south, swimming was something we did all summer long (mainly because it was so freak'n HOT)! I earned my water wings at the age of 4 and LOVE the water! Adolescence and adulthood meant visiting the pool less and less however. Now that I'm a father, however, I'm rediscovering the pool all over again with our son :)
There are few things that I've [re]discovered since coming back to the pool:
Our son, John (not his real name), has taken to the water like I did. He doesn't know how to hold his breath underwater yet, we never did the water-baby thing with him. There were a couple of scary incidents last summer where he went under, but he (ok- and I) overcame it. He's taking swimming lessons for the first time where they're introducing the kids to the water by kicking, playing and dancing. Slowly teaching them how to put their faces in the water. I tell the little guy how awesome it'll be when he can swim underwater and how it's like flying!
I'm really enjoying this summer with our little family. I'm looking forward to many more in the water!
Tags: dad, family, summer
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