And we're back!

Hi there, how are you? Long time!

Let's just skip the rambling explanation of the layoff, the wrap up of the various injuries and maladies, the cliched but valid enthusiasm brought about by the New Year, and just jump right back into this.

So, I'm now a father of, *gulp*, two kids. And I have returned to the challenging world of healthy living. I started back down that path, hopefully FOREVER, two weeks ago today, and it has gone very well so far. My first weigh in yielded an encouraging yet artificially inflated first week weight loss of over ten pounds. It was real, but inflated because the "before" weigh in was later in the day, I actually waited longer than a week to do it, etc. etc. yadda yadda yadda. But it's real. Week two has gone even better, judging by how I actually feel. I no longer turn into a ravenous monster that feels the need to feed after dinner like some sort of brain-munching zombie. Except, you know, not brains. Usually cereal in my case, strangely enough. But anyway...I'm working through that. The exercise is going well too. Beth is still home on maternity leave and A.J. is in school five days a week so I have the time and ability to knock out great workout sessions all week long. I even got to the gym five times this past week, which is the first time I've done that in...well, I don't even know exactly how long. I'd say nine or ten months, at least. But it is a long journey ahead of me. I still have quite a ways to go just to get back down to where I was in the spring. I'm shooting for that as an initial target, and then I'll ponder some other big-picture health goals.

So two kids. Yeah. That's...different. And certainly a topic that requires its own posts on another day. But thing are going very well with them so far. They are adorable together, and the experience the second time, at least for me, as something all new. As babies go, these two could not have been more different. I'm sure that will continue forever, and that's just part of the fun.