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

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Really? You thought this was a good idea? Wow, I’m not angry, I’m…I’m kind of impressed!

Lately, let’s say over the past 6 months, I have started to get a little more serious about graphic design. I’ve always been one to tool around with it, but mostly just for web graphics and photo editing stuff for websites. Since moving to PDX, I’ve taken on a bigger role in the disc golf community, serving on the board of our the PDX club, as well as running a bunch of tournaments, etc.
Long story short, I’ve been doing some graphic design for the club, as well as for the tournaments that I’ve been organizing. Every winter Stumptown Disc Golf (club) runs a series of 4 tournaments December through March. It’s called the “Slosh” series, if you know anything about the weather in the Northwest during that timeframe, it totally makes sense. This year, every participant is getting a disc with their entry fee, so I got to design the logo. Here it is…

and here is what it’ll look like on disc…

Nothing super complex or catchy, but I really like it. Can’t wait to see it on the discs!

Keen’s Disc Golf specific shoes have finally arrived! Hooray!. If you haven’t heard of them, Keen is a footwear company based here in Portland. They are best known for their sandals, which can be found on REI-yuppies and neo-hippies all over the continent. Their new DG shoe, the “Milo”, is named after the best disc golf course on the west coast, which happens to be 35 miles from downtown Portland!