I need a kick in the butt. Took a week off to visit our son in the Coast Guard. Came home and never got my rear in gear, so it turned into a two-week break. (The only other time I've taken so much time off from the gym was for surgery, and even then I was back at it before the doctor gave me the green light.) So now I'm puttering away on the 3rd week...getting to the gym but feeling listless and unfocused. On top of it all, my blood pressure shot up right about the time I took my little vacation. Before that I'd cut out almost all cardio, so that might be the cause of everything. Nothing a little ephedrine wouldn't solve, except for the elevated bp...Catch 22.

OK I'll quit whining now and go workout. NEXT week I have jury duty...it's always SOMETHING!!! At least today the sun is shining.