Big Move

I'm getting ready to move the board (should I give her a name?) to the church building where there is plenty of space to store her and would make it much easier to get her out and take her to the beach.

I think it's a good idea and have been encouraged by the rest of the team to do that.

I just have to remember to do that when I go the the building sometime.

The Times

My television room is no longer mine. It is official. It is being converted into a nursery for our first child, and my nice comfy cadeira de papai is already in our much less comfortable bedroom. That is, there is not enough space in there for it. So, my life is different already. All of the jungle, scary mask type decorations are off the walls and shelves to make room for more baby friendly smiley plush toys and friendly looking dangerous animals like lions and zebras. I like them. They are all smiling. It's really nice and I think it will be a cozy happy place for my child (which we have another chance to find out the sex tomorrow).

I am saddened again by the sensless violence that occurs in my homeland. The last time I remember such a tragedy is when I was considering moving to Abilene, TX for college, and the violence occurred in a high school, and now, I am out of college and the violence occurred at a university. I don't know what to make of this.

Repeat

I went back to the gym for the first time in a month today. I am not a body builder. This is just a means to an end. I have about 53 lbs. to lose to feel like I am in shape. Today was rough. I have not been drinking enough water lately. I think I got a little dehydrated and felt sick. On top of that, I started eating differently today, more whole foods and probably added more dairy to the diet, so my digestion was a little off. All of the activity along with that caused me to have indigestion, which made finishing the workout tough. I did it though. I finished, though I took a few more seconds of rest between sets than I was supposed to.

All of this so that I will be more balanced and confident in the water. I need to add some swiming in here sometime.

I am excited that Travis' brother is coming from Canada soon. He is an adventure sports kind of dude, so I think he may be the motivation I need to get the board out and carry it down the 12 flights of stairs in our building to get it to the car. It doesn't fit in the elevator. After I get it down this time, I am taking it to the church building. No more carrying it so much.

I am getting too old to learn to surf I think. My life is starting to look different. MV only has 3 months left to carry the little grommet, then our life will be something totally not what it is now.

End the end, I am still confident that I will be a surfer.

-currently on iTunes: Beth Carvalho, "Chega de Saudade"