"Second Week" Sunday

Breakfast: Organic flaxseed oatmeal with half a banana cut up (Flaxseed is good for you. "Flax Oil as a True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer, and other Diseases". http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/flaxseed.htm )One strawberry/banana activia yogurt. (I am taking the 12 day activia challenge. Basically just healthing up my digestive system) I'm all about detox right now...
Lunch: HealthMex Mahi Burrito from Rubios
Dinner: Was challenged by eating at an 'all you can eat buffet after Mass. Ended up eating half of a Seabass filet. 4 pieces of different sushi. Some seaweed. three slices of white meat chicken and snow peas. For dessert, 1 triangle of watermelo. three cubes of honeydew and 1 cantalope cube. 2 squares of jello (1 green and 1 red). 1 half of an orange. WOW! That sounds like a lot! But I probably cut my regular plates down by four times....


I tried to do some exercise today, but it was really a weak attempt. I started some of my old self defense techniques, but stopped after doing about four of them... I did however challenge myself to do twenty regular pushups. I always do pushups from my knees in class because I'm afraid I will just not be able to do them... I think by doing them on my own the standard way, I might have confidence later to do them that way in class. I just have always had such a weak upper body.

So, I am really into the documentary book that chronicles Rudy's Recon Missions. If you don't already know, it's a book that has won many accolades. An embedded reporter wrote about his experiences with the recon marines when the Iraq war first started. Our very own, Rudy was one of those marines.

I am reading it to redevelop my appreciation for the military and the people who go to war. So far, I have laughed out loud a lot because the writer can capture the character of these marines so well that you feel like you are seeing them and hearing them. If you haven't been around many marines, many of them can be funny clever and just endearing, despite the rough edges and sometimes very foul language. He just captures them well. I haven't gotten far, about twenty pages or so. They JUST introduced Rudy. It's neat to read and imagine what it was like.

This is the first book since 'Lord of the Rings' that I am taking with me places. I tucked it under my shoulder today and read while I ate at Rubios. Just from the first few pages, I have a feeling that it will be with me a lot, like that.

I was such a LOTR geeek! I was on a mission to finish all three books before the first movie came out so that I could have my own experience and imagination with the scenes and imagery before the movie could sway my imagination. I would take it to everywhere! I remember once I took it to a beach party. I spread out my blanket and plopped myself down with the book. I got a lot of grief for it, but I was determined! I had a deadline.

Anyhow, it's a good read so far.

Rudy has only been gone for a few days, but I miss him... My workouts are still great...I can't expalin what it is, but whatever it is, I miss it. Do any of you feel the same?