Getting Healthy

So it's been a really good day health wise and that's saying a lot this year. So if you don't know I had quadruple bypass heart surgery in January...the 23rd to be exact. Since then I have been rehabbing at St. David's cardiac rehab in Austin, TX. They have a lot of wonderful, caring people there and I have enjoyed doing it. My last trip there is Friday so before I go they wanted to do some blood work to see if all of the hard work has paid off. First I have lost 40 pounds so far (as of today)and it shows. I am wearing clothes I haven't been able to fit into since 2001. Second the blood work was outstanding. My heart disease risk factor, which is the big one, was a 7.5 when I started rehab, it is now a 3.12. Anything below a 4.7 is considered pretty good. They come up with that by measuring things like good and bad cholesterol, I was way up on good and down on bad, and triglycerides (went from 205 to 94) and overall I am very very happy with the results. The trick now is to keep going since I will be done with rehab and no one will be pushing me to continue. I will however continue because I have plenty of reasons to stay healthy, the number one reason is pictured here. St. David's is also honoring me in November as one of the people who has turned their life around this year. I am not sure I am worthy of that kind of praise but I am very happy that they think I am. It means I did something right.

Cleaning Out the Crap

I am usually pretty good about keeping my small apartment fairly clean, but I have lived there since 2002 and that means I have accumulated way too much crap. Most of it is stuffed in closets and never used. My outside storage closet is jammed full of stuff that is...again...never used. So the San Marcos Goodwill will be seeing a lot of me this weekend. I have decided to spend the weekend cleaning out the crap. My closets will be empty with only those things that I really need in them. I will be organized. I will know exactly what I have and where it is. While this sounds like a crappy way to spend the weekend (and cleaning out the outside storage closet will be pretty crappy because it's hot) it's actually not all bad. That's because I know I will find things that I have long forgotten. It will be kind of like Christmas at every turn...oh look at this kind of stuff. I am actually looking forward to it...well a little bit anyway. The trick is getting all of this done by the end of the weekend. Now that will be pretty hard.

It's My Anniversary

Believe it or not Chris, my girlfriend, and I have been together for four years now. A lot has happened in those four years but she has made everything better. She is my best friend, certainly my best looking friend, and a wonderful role model for my daughter. She is someone I can tell anything to, she is someone who can talk to my daughter about "girl" stuff that I either don't know about or aren't comfortable in talking about. It's just been great and I love her a lot and I wanted to share with the throngs of people who read this blog (yes I am talking to you) how wonderful she is. Really I can't believe it's already been four years. It shows you how fast time goes by and how precious it is.