After a few month of sabbatical, I finally made it back to the gym this morning. I was up at 4:20 AM (after having been in bed just before 8 PM), had breakfast, and then headed into the office. I did a quick check of email and then headed over to the gym.

I did 40 minutes of cardio, taking it easy, and not trying to push myself (although I eventually worked my way up to 80 RPM). A little bit of right knee pain about 25 minutes in, but I adjusted my leg motion and the pain went away. I ended up burning 558 calories and doing 2.98 miles.

I feel pretty good for just having made it to the gym this morning.

Thinking about the toilet paper in the restrooms at the office, I am reminded that there are some things that we shouldn't be cheap about. Toilet paper is one of them.

Work went by quickly today, and I was kept fairly busy throughout the day. In fact, I didn't get out of the office until almost 5 PM. I had a 6 PM meeting so once I left, I couldn't dawdle. While waiting to change trains at Mt. Vernon Square, a man came up to me and asked, in a thick Russian accent, "Do you speak Russian?" I said no, but I wonder why he asked me, of all people.

I was back home just before 6 PM, in time for my meeting, which fortunately only lasted 30 minutes.

Got the July issue of ASIMOV'S in the mail today and the JULY/AUGUST issue of ANALOG. Also my American Express bill.

I packed my lunch today, and I also managed to eat second breakfast after the gym. It was a good day health-wise. In fact, I capped it with a low-carb dinner of hummus and carrots and tuna fish (no bread, just the tuna). It was good!

Yesterday, I started reading Randy Pausch's book, The Last Lecture. This morning, I finished it. It was a great book. I really enjoyed it. Once I was finished, I couldn't let it go at that. I went to the website and I watched all 76 minutes of the actual lecture. It was incredible. On the train home, I resumed In Joy Still Felt. I'm nearly 300 pages through at this point.

Spoke with he11o_sunshine this evening. Also talked to Doug for a while.

I'm working from home tomorrow (which is why it's 10 PM and I'm still awake). I have an electrician coming by to do some work.

I took the telescope out briefly this evening. I still need to align it properly but I was able to look at a few stars. I spent about 30 minutes at it. Not only was it fun, but it was relaxing, too.