Weight Loss

I've updated the weight loss over on the right. I'm down 22lbs now.

Here are my current goals:

At 215, I'm going skydiving with John.
At 200, I'm going to start Muay Thai training again.
At 170, I'm done losing weight. This is my end goal.

Lawyer day...

I spoke with the lawyer today. All is well... I paid the retainer fee, and she's going to draft up a settlement document for me. Rachel and I will both need to sign it, and then after our year separation is over, we can file for divorce. Everything will be in order and just waiting for the clock... I'm glad to get this moving along.

Also, according to Ariel, Rachel found an apartment today. Hooray! I haven't spoken to Rachel yet, but I'm still crossing my fingers that she's moving out VERY soon. We shall see...

That was pretty much it for my day. I've been kind of distracted at work for the past couple of days. I find myself not able to focus on anything. I think this whole mess is starting to get to me.... and I'm feeling kind of worn down. My work PC locked up at about 5:30, so I just turned it off and left. It was close enough to 6.

I went over to the gym and worked out like crazy for.... I dunno... somewhere around 90 minutes to 2 hours. I'm not exactly sure. It felt great though. And since I replaced the battery in my iPOD yesterday ($6 shipped from eBay), it lasted more than 30 minutes this time. In fact, it lasted the entire workout and still appears to have plenty of juice left in it. Hooray again!

-Aleks

Dun, dun, dun....

Unfortunately my trip to Georgia was canceled. However, the lawyer's office called this morning to reschedule the appointment. I made it for tomorrow morning at 9am. The TomTom estimates 54 minutes to get there, so I'd better leave at like 7:30 just to make sure I don't have any troubles finding the place. I wanna get this crap over and done with. Things have settled down here, and she's being somewhat sociable. I think it's probably temporary until Jordan comes back. Then she'll be back to her new self again. Aaaaannnnyyyywaayyy.... who cares? I'm headed to the lawyer tomorrow to get this divorce crap started. Rachel's supposed to be finding a place to live tomorrow. I'm going to Myrtle Beach in like 5 days.

Life is good.

Boredom

It's amazing. I'm bored, but I'm not sad. I'm not angry. I'm not depressed. I'm none of those crazy emotions that I've been recently. In fact, I'm kind of enjoying being bored. Once Rachel moves out, I'll have a lot to do in the house. Until then, I'm just biding my time.

I went to the gym again today. That's about it though. I'm excited for next week. I'm just so anxious to get away.

What to do, what to do... perhaps I'll watch a movie. Who knows.

-Aleks

Just checking in..

I really had a great day today. Ariel and I opened a Savings account for her this morning. Then I went to the gym for a while where I did better on the cardio than I've ever done before. Then I went to watch the movie Gonzo. It was excellent.

I had a couple of voicemails while I was at the movie. My trip to Georgia this week was cancelled. Then when I got home, I found out that they might just postpone it a day which might get in the way of my lawyer appointment. If they do postpone it a day, I'll probably drive separately so I can drive back on Wednesday night after we're finished instead of staying the night.

After the movie, I drove around downtown Charlotte for a while. That was pretty cool. I'm not sure where all I was. I saw a lot of restaurants and bars and such.

Then I came home. Rachel and I went through the DVDs and split them up. After that, I walked her through transferring her domain to her. It seems like it's still "in process". I'm not sure what the holdup is. I will look more into it tomorrow.

Then.... I went to Hooters to watch the Affliction MMA PPV. It was pretty cool because I had a booth to myself and just sprawled out in it for 4 hours watching Affliction on one TV and UFC on another. The Affliction card was awesome, and there were some excellent fights. It was probably the best MMA card I've seen this year.

Now, I'm home. All in all a great day. I don't have anything planned for tomorrow. I'll probably go to the gym though. I'm enjoying working out.

This is Aleks reporting in...

Exhaustion

I feel exhausted today. It must be the drive that did it to me. I'm not really sure. Perhaps it's the fact that I didn't work out today since I drove to Virginia. Who knows....

I just feel really, really drained today. Like I haven't slept in days... I think I'm going to go to bed.

Capsized rhetoric

Do we need to speak in rhymes to get what we want? Do we need to speak in tongues to figure out how to taste? The fascination with speaking in nonsensical words and phrases only allude to a true meaning that is nonexistent. The passion with which I write makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end and my entire body shiver. I think that everyone I know is collapsing into a black hole of subsonic depths from which there's no escape.

Does that above paragraph mean anything? Nope. Get over it.

Hi. I love cheese. It's too bad I can't eat it right now because of my diet and exercise routine. A big wad of mozzarella cheese sounds so awesome right now.

How was my day, you ask? Perhaps....

Let's see. I got up. Went to work. Ate lunch. Went back to work. Went to Wal*Mart. Went to the gym. Went to Rite-Aid. Went home. It was glorious. And I'm doing it again tomorrow. Except...! I'm driving to pick up Ariel tomorrow in Wytheville, VA. At least I won't be home, ya know?

Rachel's started packing boxes. There are a bunch in the living room.

And here we go...