Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Day 44: What did I do to the Chinese?



Last night, due to the circumstances and because it is partly tradition we had Chinese food for dinner after Kelly came home.   Our Chinese restaurant is a hole in the wall dive that has some of the best take out food around.  Even her parents, who have a Chinese restaurant two minutes from where they live drive to our place when they want really good Chinese.  I say this because I have eaten there hundreds of times and never any problems, but last night was something else all together. 

I know that Mexico has Montezuma’s Revenge but what do the Chinese have?   Genghis Kahn’s revenge? What did I do to make Mr. Kahn so angry that he decided to make my life so uncomfortable.  I was miserable all day.  I don’t think I need to fill in any details since I am sure you all have been there before.  My breath had a slight chalky freshness to it from all the shots of Pepto-Bismol I did. 

Now, with a 4 hour sleep night and Mr. Kahn being angry at me for no apparent reason I did not get up this morning and commence to my AM exercise.  It had to wait.

Has the day ever gotten away from you? It seems to get away from me all the time.  Even when I am paying close attention.  After I started feeling better I still had to drive home from work.  At roughly 11:30 this morning someone decided to play demolition derby on I285 south bound and block all 5 lanes of traffic.  It cleared around 1:30 PM just in time for the afternoon thunder storms to move in and make an even bigger mess of traffic.  Driving home today was no picnic and it took over an hour. 

At home it was threatening to rain.  We still had to go out and get something for dinner. Etc. Etc. Etc.  You get my point.  I am sure this is what happens to you all the time.  Bottom line is I wasn’t able to get in a jog until after 7PM. 

I was tired.  I was hungry.  I was aggravated.  And I didn’t want to do it.  The best part was that Kelly was home and was able to jog with me.  Even after I had a head start not only did she pass me but I couldn’t keep up with her. 

Whether it was Mr. Kahn or my own body, I got the message today and went back to eating Paleo.  I definitely feel better when I eat that way.  Who would hate a dinner of steak and fresh zucchini out of the garden?  Perhaps Genghis Kahn or maybe his right hand man  General Tsao?  Either way I have learned a lesson that will stick with me for two or maybe even three weeks. 

Daily Recap:
Matt:     Jog, 31 minutes and 2.1 miles after 7PM at a 14:52 Minute pace
Kelly:     Jog, 30 minutes and 2.3 miles after 7PM much faster than me.

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