This was a ‘half order’

P.S. I can now post Blog updates from my phone…hooray!

Artwork, check!

I’m really satisfied with how this year’s BMO artwork has turned out. To add to the hundreds of discs that it will be printed on, this year we are also having shirts made! Woot!

Life has been crazy, job, disc golf, more disc golf, and other stuff. Last weekend I went down to Roseburg for a tournament. I blogged about it on Next Adventure’s blog…

Next Adventure Flight Crew Blog

For those that don’t know, I’m now officially a sponsored disc golfer! Next Adventure is an outdoor sporting goods store here in Portland, and also Oregon’s largest disc golf retailer. What that means for me is that I have started competing seriously again, after a two year long hiatus. So far, I’m not playing well…pretty serious funk actually, but I’m having a total blast! I’m expecting to get back to form by midsummer. Either way, like I said, I’m really enjoying myself at tournaments again, and it’s nice to have a company behind me helping with the costs of traveling and entry fees and such, GO FLIGHT CREW!!

The link above has some fotos from the event. I’ll try to start updating this blog again soon. I need to redesign the artwork badly, as I’m pretty bored with how that looks. Once things are look nice again, I’m sure I’ll be keeping it up-to-date!

Love you all,
Ryan

Today I did something that I make fun of other people all the time for doing…running.

Last night before heading off to bed, I made Chris promise to force me into a run the following morning. I hate running, it’s never been fun for me, but I have to do something.

Over the last 6 months or so I have had an ever increasing level of lower back pain. I ignored it until (u guessed it) it started to affect my Disc Golf ability. The pain has gotten bad enough in the last two months to affect my ability to play two full rounds of golf. I’m usually pretty good for the first round, but by the second round I can’t throw very accurately or very far because the pain is limiting the range of motion in my hips, badly.

I have been telling people all winter that I am re-entering tournament play after a two year hiatus. I had some anger management problems, and a few other issue that I had to work out that caused me to finally STOP participating in serious competition. Well, I’ve finally exercised those demons out, and I’m ready to get back in and test my skill against others. The only problem, my body has been screaming, “I’M NOT READY” for months, and I’ve been ignoring it.

I’m ready to get serious. I started a stretching regimen last week, and this week I’m adding running to the plan. The idea is to strengthen my core, and stretch, stretch, stretch. This should reduce and (hopefully) eventually solve my back problems. If not, I’m going to go in and talk to a spine person. It’s all a little tricky due to my Marfan Syndrome. I’m at the age where everything is falling apart, and the Marf is picking up some steam. I have to fight it, but do so gently as to not make things worse. I figure I have another 6 years left of good health, but only if I’m attentive and proactive. Wanna make it a good 6 years!

After a measely 1.05 miles this morning, I still don’t like running!

Worked a 13 hour day yesterday. On the way out of the law firm’s building, realized that the door was locked, from the inside. My co-worker and I were working on the server and client PCs till a little after 10pm, the cleaning crew had already left, and we were stuck. Even the emergency fire escape door was locked…FROM THE INSIDE!!?!????

Had to call my boss, who had to call the client (a $300/hour lawyer, sure she was excited about having to drive back to the office!) to come and let us out.

Also, this was all in Salem, about 45 minutes from my house. Got home around midnight, went straight to bed with the idea I would sleep in until about 10am. And…woke up at 6am.

Bummer.

Finding a dollar bill in the dryer after doing a load of laundry.

P.S.
Hi Aunt Nancy