Day 15...holy cow! I can't believe it's only been 15 days since I started really taking care of myself like I should. I woke up at 4:45am...as usual and got up to get dressed. I had a nice morning. I got to work around 5:50am or so. I had my headphones and iphone arm band in my truck with me, so I took right to the tarmac. I set up the iphone for music and started stretching a little. As I was stretching, I heard a helicopter starting up, so I went back there to watch it take off. Helicopters are amazing. It's amazing that there can be so many moving parts in such a good state of balance to make that big piece of machinery fly. As soon as it took off, I started walking. I felt awesome this morning!! I really wanted to run, but I wanted to get this mile out of the way. While I started walking, I heard a voice echo against the hangar. It was hard to tell with my headphones on, but I looked around and saw Tex on the OTHER side of the ramp yelling my name and waving good morning to me. Tex is the chief pilot for ConAgra Foods and a great friend. Such a nice guy. Always has a smile on his face and always has something good to say.
I waved back with a ginormous smile on my face and kept going. Turned the first corner...then the second and looked down that loooong stretch of concrete. I think that stretch between the fence and the west end of the ramp is about 1/4 mile by itself. Looks so long, but the music and cool air made my adrenaline pump hard. I had a brisk pace, no pain in my knee or back, sun was rising behind me and I could feel it fueling my efforts to keep going. There's something about the sunshine that makes me want to stay outside and soak it up. West end...another corner to turn. This time heading north watching the sun come up on the east side over the top of our hangars and peaking behind the airplanes on the north end of the ramp. So beautiful to look at. North corner...turn! As I turn the northwest corner, I see Tex walking toward me with a cup of coffee in his hand. I wanted to hit the northeast corner before I talked to him. I pulled my headphones and said hello real quick to him. He immediately asked how my weekend was and how I was doing and what I was doing walking. So, I explained to him that I was pumped up about getting in shape. I said "Tex, you're gonna be the first to hear this today, but I lost ten pounds last week and I can't wait to lose the next 10!! I'm down 18lbs in 2 weeks and I'm on a roll." He just shook his head and said "Good for you, Mikey...don't let me keep you, do your thing and we'll talk later!"
On I went. When I got to the next turn, I started getting that cramping feeling in my back and popping in my knee. Shit! I was hoping to get at least 3/4 of the way around the 2nd lap before I felt any pain, but oh well. I walked as much as I could at that pace, but I had to slow down...I had to pace myself. I don't want to get hurt and let that set me back. I sat down for 2 minutes to stretch out my back and my knee and got up and hit it hard again. That last 1/4 mile stretch really sucked, but I did it. I figure it's gonna hurt, but I just need to finish. That's been my mentality thru this...that it's gonna hurt, it's gonna suck, it's gonna be hard...but for crying out loud, I HAVE to do this. If I want to achieve my dreams of being a pilot, meeting a wonderful woman with whom I want to start a family and even being healthy for my friends and for ME....I HAVE TO. No questions asked, no excuses. Nothing tastes as good as thin feels. It's time to change this. I have some of the most amazing friends in the world and I would feel horrible to see all this hard work and devotion go down the tubes and let everyone (including myself) down. Got done with the walk and sat down at the picnic table to cool down a little (Yes, a one mile walk makes me sweat) and breathe the air. I watched another bunch of helicopters take off and head out. It was so neat.
Started work by walking around each one of our buildings because we hard wireless network issues and speed issues on our network all day. It took me until the very end of the day to figure out that 3 iPad's were maxing out our internet connection and ruining the network traffic for everyone today. I knew they were iPad's, but I had no idea who they belonged to or where they were. All I knew was they were on the network sucking the life out of the connection. AT&T even confirmed that our internet circuit was at 100% usage! Crazy! I found them in a client's office on the desk downloading the new cycle of approach plates from ForeFlight Mobile...ugh!! Oh well, they will be done tonight, so I let them go. Oh well! Got home, changed my clothes and had an amazing dinner. Now I'm watching DA BEARS and loving life right now. Yeah, of course I'm missing some things, but right now, I guess I'm where I'm supposed to be. Everything happens for a reason and someday I will look back at this day and realize why I'm in the position I'm in. Life is good right now and I'm very grateful for everyone and everything I have in my life. This morning was one of those mornings where I was incredibly happy to be alive and have amazing people around me.
Thanks for reading tonight, friends. I love you guys...and girls! Thanks for all the support, everyone. It's appreciated more than you know. :)
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