Post-pourri

December 20, 2004

Today, I was Santa for 60+ kids, ages 1-6 (mostly 2-3). It was interesting. First off, the suit was way too big. I had to wear a vest under it, and even then, I had to tuck the extra fabric under me while I was in the seat.

Several percent of the kids screamed/wept/ran in fear. A small percent were willing to sit *near* Santa, or have Mom sit on Santa, and they sat on Mom. A very micro percent were Santa FIENDS, and they kept coming back for more and more.

One kid asked for Slimecano. One kid wanted the power ranger with the big blade. He kept explaining the blade to me. And then making slashing actions with his arm. Twin boys both said, “Well, I broke my digger.” “Well, he broke our digger.” And so, I extrapolated that maybe they wanted a digger.

When they didn’t know what they wanted, I’d say helpful things like, “How about a pony?” And their parents would start bugging out, making slashing actions across their throat, as if to say, “Ix-nay on the ony-pay.” So, I’d say, “How about a toy train set? Or maybe a new little brother or sister?” Some people have no sense of humor.

I did a home workout this morning, as the kid is still getting over her sickness, so my sleep has been a battered commodity. But hey, I read this book recently that got me jumpstarted on my weight loss efforts. I liked his thought process on most of it.

This guy used to be a big fat guy, and an all around wreck. He put his life in order, and then decided to overachieve. He’s run a pile of ultramarathons, including doing the Badwater twice. He also did the Grand Slam (4 100 mile ultras in one season), and then decided to beat up the old Guinness Book record for World’s Fittest Man. Sure, why not? So, I found his book interesting.

What I ended up doing with the book was just deciding to follow the fitness and nutrition parts for the next four weeks. Fairly blindly. I’m going to do more fitness than he’s got scheduled, but I’ll follow the menu items pretty darned close. I’ll let you know if it works at all. : )

So, what’s on the horizon for this week?

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