Okay, so I had absolutely no idea what to title this blog entry, but it sure does feel great to sleep in again. I am really enjoying this fitness challenge that I am trying to take up; even though I'm barely making through the sets, it makes me feel like I'm not completely wasting my time. Today, I started the first day of week two for my push ups and week four for my squats. I have no problem with my squats; I would start my workout with push ups - which make me feel bad about my fitness level - and then cap off the brief physical activity with squats, so I can feel better. Since I completely forgot to do my sit ups last week, I'll start them this week. I really hope that I can find three days for each of the challenges in the next few weeks, because I'll be forced to do them in Vancouver, and it would be awkward for me to randomly be doing my push up fail.
This past Saturday, I said goodbye to some relatives that visited from New Jersey. I must say that I have had a really fun week catching up with them. I met my little three year old cousin for the first time, and she is the cutest thing ever - although she did smoke me in the face a few times causing my spectacles to deform a bit. I must say that the environment you live in affects your character so much. I am not blaming my relatives as people, but by looking at the way they are, to some extent, you can see what life in America is like. I hope that they enjoyed their time here in Edmonton and Banff, because coming from the New Jersey area, there really isn't very much they haven't seen before.
Also, in other news about this past Saturday night, there was a crazy storm that hit Edmonton. I'm sure many people, all over the world, know about it since it's been appearing on the news and on youtube. I must comment about this particular storm and what I saw from it. First of all, based on the reactions I've been hearing, I know for sure that it must have been scary if you were outside, whether at Capital Ex or Taste of Edmonton or whatever, and experiencing the storm first hand. It got so bad that my dad, while on his way home from a wedding banquet, phoned me to turn off all the electronics in the house. As I was in my lair for most of the day, I was quite oblivious to how violent and dangerous the storm had become. However, from the window of my house, I looked out and was absolutely fascinated by what was going on. I will admit that you might have seen me smiling just a bit from watching all the lightning and hail and stuff. Living in Edmonton, we normally don't experience very many of these magnificant works of nature, which may be why I was smiling. It felt as if I was in the eye of the storm as I looked around at all the clouds and lightning. There was a weird feeling in me that made me feel as if I was at peace while all the chaos was going on outside.
So, that's basically what I got from the storm. I didn't really realize the kind of damage it did until I went out the next day. Driving from my house to Londonderry takes about two minutes; and in that two minutes, I saw so many trees split in half and all these things blown to pieces. Afterward, I definitely wished that I had been a part of the storm to experience all the craziness that was going on. Okay, I know that sounds crazy, but I don't know, I'm weird that way. I'm normally not very fond of storms either, haha.
I wish the new hockey season started tomorrow.
**Reminder to do day 1 of sit-ups tomorrow**
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