July 30

Post 904, Day 211 of 2013
- and 942 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

To wake up in the morning with joy at what the day may bring. That's what I want, and that's why I am looking forward to retirement.

Right now, I know what I would like to wake up to, but I don't, because it is dependent on other people - and that is the part I will gladly give up upon retirement.

Today, I have a job I would gladly not go to, but I have a goal in mind that requires me to stick it out for exactly 914 more days. If that proves impossible, so be it, I will, as they say, burn that bridge when I come to it. Meanwhile, that day represents the first day I will have my IBM pension (starts a year earlier), my VA pension (vested 50 days earlier), and full Social Security benefits.

Until then, five days a week, I wake up and, like most people, I have to go to work. 

The thing I would like to do is to wake up and play music with my band, but that isn't likely to happen for even one day, thanks to it involving four other people with their own (different) priorities. 

Since I'm eleven to twenty years closer to being able to do that than any of the other band members, I can say with some certainty, this may never come to pass.

Thus, my other retirement plan.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         210.6 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     210.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 0.2 lbs

Diet Comment

I thought I would lose weight after yesterday's minimal eating. What do I know?

Food Log 

Breakfast
Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond milk, kale, a large egg, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia seeds, vanilla whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, vanilla, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Roasted turkey breast with red beans on Spring Mix and red cabbage with balsamic vinaigrette. 

Snack
Soft-serve ice cream. Later, a Protein bar

Dinner
Egg salad on coconut Paleo bread, with red cabbage slaw.

Snack
A Protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 144+ oz. 

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