Towards Good Health

Once again, I've left myself very little time to write, so once again I'll have to write some short blurbs.

I took a bike ride today, just as I did last Wednesday.  It felt good.  By the time I came inside I was drenched in sweat and still sweating more.  My lung capacity is nowhere near top shape, but hopefully I can continue moving in a positive direction.  Both rides were about a half-hour long (32 minutes today, 29 minutes last week, to be exact).

This coming Sunday will be Father Ed's last mass as pastor at St. Charles Borromeo.  It's gonna be hard to imagine St. Charles without him.  I hope that the parish (including me) can make the transition positively.

I miss the fun, competitiveness, and togetherness of high school football.  It was a unique experience in my life and one that I think about often.  There's nothing like it as an adult.  Although the competitive aspects of being a lawyer sometimes come close, I can't say that it's as fun as playing football and my most recent chapter certainly lacks the togetherness that characterized my high school football experience.

Tonight Jeannie cooked cheese ravioli with spaghetti sauce with meatballs and spinach for dinner.  It was good.  We ate it while watching The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on tv.  Although I fell asleep for part of it, it was a decent movie.

Since I've been on paternity leave, I feel that my physical health and mental health have both improved.  I've been exercising every weekday since I've been on leave, which has led me to feel better already.  And simply being away from the negative, personality-dulling effects of the office, I've felt much better about myself.  On both counts, physical and mental, I know that I have more progress to make in direction of good health and feeling good about myself, but I know I'm heading the right way for both.  It's a good feeling, and for that I thank God.