Steam punk would be cool for a wedding theme.  And/or for Halloween.

SuperK has Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease.  No camping this weekend.  I don’t really want to go without D.  She wasn’t looking forward to it anyway.  Still need to plan something for her brother and cousins’ bday camping trip though.  I wonder if there’s any places near Big Bear Lake or if those are all off in the distance.  Time to hit up google.  Might have to forego the camping though, consider how booked El Capitan was, there’s a decent chance no place will have any spots available even now.

Just as I was getting into the workout groove again, Diablo 3 comes out.  I haven’t worked out at night for 2 days straight.  Been playing the game.  Need to buckle down and do it right when I get home.  Eat and work out before D calls, then play after we hang up.

Since my home pc plays the game ‘ok’, no need for a new video card yet.  Which means I’ll be buying a power tower and/or heavy bag+stand soon.  Probably next week so some bills can go through this week.

Hectic in my head….

Info for ‘A’ bday ideas.

Info for vacation ideas.

Info for wedding option.

Mother’s day gift is going to be late.

Movie this weekend.

Archery this weekend.

Camping gear for D and A.

Work out equipment.

And then there’s everything at work.

A vacation, while one of the things jumbled in my head, is highly needed.

D is right, weddings are contageous. After going to 2 weddings in 2 weeks, we started talking about what we’d do for ours. Then today I made a list of guests based on a 50 person guest list (hers and mine combined). 25 guests each, plus us. I included the officiate and wedding party in the guest list.
We want something themed. The 2 we went to, while very nice, were also pretty traditional. We aren’t traditional. We like to dress up. Most people we know don’t dress up like we do, so the ‘party favors’ would have to be things they can wear within the theme. We’d also find a location that suits the theme.
We’ve briefly discussed ‘big’ wedding vs private wedding. Private being her, I, and SuperK only. Probably at some foreign location. Private would be cheaper, but I would kind of like to include friends, so that’s where the ‘big’ talk came in.
As for names, I’m not ready to change mine yet, and I’m not sure anymore if I ever will. She likely wouldn’t take my name anyway, or at best hyphenate(sp) hers so she could keep using her maiden name alone for work. I don’t think that bothers me. We don’t plan on having a kid, so our names stop with us.

In looking for themes/locations, I found a Masquerade ball happening at the end of June. I WANT TO GO! Looks like it’d be a lot of fun.

Mother’s day is in a week, but just knowing it’s coming up is effecting me.  It’s reminding me that my mom is gone.

MCA from the Beastie Boys died today. The BBoys have been a staple of my generation, and now a piece of them is gone. In turn it feels like a piece of me is gone. I didn’t know them personally, but they moved me a number of times with what they created. RIP MCA.

Started using some other apps.  Instagram, My Fitness Pal, and back on FourSquare.

Instagram for the ease of uploading pics to Twitter/FB (and some of the effects are cool).

My Fitness Pal to try an track my working out/eating/weight.

And FourSquare just because.  I have no reason.

My FB page got switched to TIMELINE.  Hate that design.  Since everyone I know and their brother is on FB, it’s hard for me to defect to Google+.  Especially since D isn’t on G+.

Just realized, I’m really sleepy.

I’m going to have a chicken salad for lunch.

I’ve been slacking on working out.  The weather lately makes my knees hurt, plus I don’t get the best sleep so when my alarm goes off in the morning, often times I turn it off and roll over as that seems to be the most comfortable time to sleep.  Then seemingly minutes later (really an hour) it goes off again and I still feel tired.

I have a banner coming that I ordered for about $15.  It’s a custom one that hopefully will help motivate me to work out more regularly.  It’ll help when D gets her garage converted to a mini-gym, then I’ll be able to work out over there too.

I did just weights and push-ups last night.  Started with stretching, then 10 push-ups, 1 curl bar round (30#’s of 10 bicep curls, 10 shoulder curls, 2 5# hand weights for 10 butterfly lifts), then 4 sets of 10 bench presses at 100lbs, with 25 crunches between the sets.  Another curl bar round then I tried to do more push-ups.  I only got off 5, my arms were jello.  So back to the curl bar for 1 last round and I was done for the night.  I think the stress of it was more than my body is used to.  When I was on the elliptical this morning, I only got to 10 minutes before I had to rush to the ‘library’.  The stress on my muscles has given me the runs today.  It’ll get better with time, but man, why don’t I remember this happens?  That alone would probably motivate me to keep my routine going. :P

Camping coming up on the 18th.  Going to Lake Casitas with the Dirties and a hand-full of others.  D and I are renting an RV, she’s not up for ground sleeping, and my back can’t take a cot or air mattress any more.  Not for leisure camping.  So we’re going in style. lol  Had to get our own spot though, there’s no way a 30′ RV would fit with the other cars in the other spots.  Plus I think there’s too many people going, no one is keeping track of it.  Knowing that, I thought it best to get our own spot.  This way we can have A and maybe K in the tent, and if there’s a couple extra people at the other sites, they can come on to ours since D and I will be in the RV.

Next up is booking a hotel for D’s track-day.  Money is just flying out the window these days.  We always have so much going on.  No time to MTB.  And we still have to figure out our vacation this year.  If the RV rental is nice, maybe we can do it again and go up to Sequoia, Yellowstone, or Yosemite or something.  Haven’t been in that kind of wilderness in years.  Would be nice.

Halloween is only 6 months away.  I don’t know what we’re going as.  Thought about going as Abraham Lincoln- Vampire Hunter, but I’m not skinny enough.

I’m starting to feel the itch for a ‘grown up’ car again.  I like the gas mileage of the Del Sol, but it really does feel like I should be 24.  Or work a data entry job.  Or be shorter.

I’m not quite as active as I use to be, so a truck isn’t really needed.  An SUV or Subaru would be ok.  The problem then is gas mileage.  The only SUV with AWD that gets good gas mileage is the Ford Escape Hybrid.  While I don’t have issue with hybrids per-se, I hate Ford (for no reason, I just always have).  I love Subaru’s but they aren’t very roomy for someone my size.  I suppose mpg wouldn’t be as big an issue if I only had 1 car and it got mid 20′s.  Maybe a Legacy Outback?  Considered a FJ Cruiser, but the average on that is 17mpg.  Not good enough.  I want an average of at least 23.

I love having a truck.  I don’t know what it is about them that I love so much.  After owning the Ram, I actually missed having a truck.  It’d be hard to get rid of the Dakota and live with only 1 car.  I’ve always been adament about having 2 vehicles in case 1 broke down.  I suppose I could get another motorcycle as the ‘backup’ vehicle.  Just have to make sure to ride it once in a while.  Easier said than done.

D suggested the Ridgeline, but its mpg is the same as the FJ.  The only upside is it’s roomier and still has a bed.  She also mentioned a used Prius.  They’re comfortable-ish, roomy-ish, but not AWD.  I’d have to keep the truck for camping/snowboarding/etc.

Doing nothing for now.  Need to figure out the house, where to move to, and engagement ring first.

Had a chicken salad for lunch today. Along with 1 sweet roll and 1 spam musubi. I ate 2/3 of the salad and all the chicken. Was ok, not the tastiest.

I feel bloated. I need to fix my diet. Get off the diet soda. Get back on Propel and water.