Month: October 2011

The Last Trip Home

“This is going to be my last trip home,” he told us in 2003. Ken, Ann’s grandfather, had been saying this for years before departing for his annual trip back home to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He had friends back there and would spend at least 5 months out of the year with them – when the … Continue reading The Last Trip Home →

More Good News

I write this, tonight’s post, for a few reasons. First, it’s almost the end of the month and I’ve hardly written a thing. Something about being busy and all that sort of prevents me from doing so. And catching a nasty virus on my old computer didn’t help matters, either. So this is sort of … Continue reading More Good News →

A Busy Week

Well, this last week sure was a busy one. As I had mentioned in this post, I rode my bike in the Long Beach Marathon Bike Tour for the second year in a row. That means that it was another day of waking up at the crack of dawn (or 4am to be precise), preparing … Continue reading A Busy Week →

All I Wanted Was A Pepsi…

Okay, a Diet Pepsi to be precise. It was one those mornings when I arrived at work and the only thing I wanted to drink was something carbonated. Not coffee, not water, not anything else. My body was craving a soda and that was the only thing that would satisfy it. So up to the … Continue reading All I Wanted Was A Pepsi… →

Long Beach Marathon Bike Tour – Track Me Live!

I will be riding in the Long Beach Marathon Bike Tour tomorrow morning at 6 am PST and this year, you will be able to track my progress live thanks to Endomondo. If you really want to do this, check my weight loss Twitter feed at @200by40 for a post that says something like, “200by40 … Continue reading Long Beach Marathon Bike Tour – Track Me Live! →