Re: RE: So how was your 4th? (Pat from KC)

[Guest guest]

My 4th of July Report: We didn't really have any formal plans this

weekend, so I didn't have

the BBQ challenges a lot of you all faced. We had our 7/4 celebration on

Wednesday night the

30th with the township fireworks - which were great!!!!. I booked out

early from work

on Friday and did a 20+ mile bicycle ride - 1st time on the bicycle

since mid-June, so it

felt great. Felt, so great that I got up early Saturday and did another

20+ miles!!!! I was done

by 8 AM and we did some errands at the Mall, finishing up with lunch at

Subway. In the afternoon,

my friend Tom stopped by and we wound up watching the Mets defeat the

Yankees (yeah!!!!). Tom

and his wife live a couple of towns over and he was in town looking at a

house they're considering

buying. We're really hopeful that this happens. Saturday night, I BBQ'd

up some chicken and

some small swiss steaks. Yum!!!!

Sunday morning, with a quiet 4th of July upon us, I set out for yet

another bike ride. This time,

I went just over 21 miles. In the afternoon, we went over to my Mom's

condo complex (next

town over) and took advantage of her pool, We had lots of fun swimming

and frolicking with

the kids. I had a steak sandwich (left over steak from last nights BBQ)

for lunch and BBQ'd

up some Swordfish for dinner, which my wife served with couscous and

steamed Broccili

and Zucchini.

Monday, my wife was having her mother and a few of her mother's friends

over for a

visit --- so I was able to go do my own thing. Weather was horrible -

very hot, humid,

heavy air. In the morning, I decided to hit the treadmill. Did 2 minute

run/walk intervals

for 1 Hour and 20 minutes. In the afternoon, I went off to see

" Spiderman 2 " (which I

thought was great!) and run some additional errands. I had some left

over BBQ chicken

for lunch and the Morningstar Farms Veggie Imitation Buffalo Chicken

Wings for

dinner (boy, were these delicious & point -friendly). My wife keeps a

vegetarian

style, so we have lots of this sort of stuff in the house.

My company is closed all this week. We're forced to use vacation days

today-Friday,

so I'm taking advantage. I did another 30+ miles on the bicycle this

morning. It was

beautiful. The weather was terrific - all the humiidity is gone and

there was a cooling

breeze. I rode down the canal way on into and beyond Princeton.

Everything felt

" in sync " - I felt so strong on this ride. In the last 5 days, I've

cycled 92.1 miles and

run/walked another 6 miles. Imagine me doing that pre-WW??? Never.

Tomorrow is our last day home for the week - I'm going to get some more

cycling

in. On Thursday, we leave (along with Tom and his family) for a little

family vacation

to Lake , NY. Really, looking forward to this. I'm totally psyched

and motivated

to keep this a healthy, active vacation - plan to do some running and

lots of walking - and

lots of running after the kids :-).

Best,

Mitch