Karate tonight. My ankle is bothering me a little, I’ll try to take it easy on it.

I’m on the red line on the way home, after a relatively productive day at work. I’m pretty pleased with the progress I made. I also ordered a book on Flex development from Amazon, because our CTO decided it would be easier for me to learn than it would be to hire a Flex developer. So I’m going to be spending some of my time every day trying to understand and compile a whole mess of Flex code, much of which has bad or missing references. I won’t lie, this does not excite me. Learning Flex does, trying to get this code functional on a dev box so I can modify it promises to be exceedingly tedious. I may be in for a few very dull weeks later this summer.

I’m still listening to the soundtrack for “Were the World Mine” almost exclusively. I think I’ve almost worn out the addiction though. I would have already done so if I didn’t take a break last Saturday to work through the majority of the musical theater in my library. As it is I think it’s got maybe two days left, possibly less, as last night I listened to Celtic Requiem as I took my bath.

I want to start going to the gym in the morning before work, but I’m not sure if I can manage it. I’m really not a morning person at all. I mean, at ALL. I used to go every morning with my brother, but that only worked if he came in to wake me up. I’m not sure how good I’ll be at getting up on my own. I will probably need to start going to bed earlier if I really want to start getting up that early on a regular basis. I’m not gonna lie, I really dislike getting up early. It might be better to go after work. Three days a week I could go to the Gym, and the other two I could go to Karate class. That’s something to consider.

I’m in as good a shape as I’ve been in my entire life. Possibly the best shape, although I think I’ve got a few more pounds to lose and some more endurance to pick up before that’s officially the case. Many people probably know that strict daily discipline is not my strong suit, but seaeing how well I’ve done with getting to karate twice a week I may be able to get some more in on a daily basis, I just need to commit to it. Maybe I’ll commit to going to the gym three times a week for July (starting the week after the 4th). If I do so I’m going to need to buy some new trainers, as all my shoes are falling apart or extremely uncomfortable. Maybe I can order some new New Balance online. Assuming their sizing hasn’t changed in the last couple years I should just be able to get the same size as my old pair. Right?

Had to stop writing cause I had to switch trains. It’s approaching midnight now. I’m getting ready for bed. Karate was good. I’m still thinking about trying to make it to the gym a few days a week, but I think my focus for July is just to change my sleep schedule so that I’m getting up earlier and getting to bed at least a little earlier as well. My goal for the first week of July is to be consistently out of bed by 7 on weekdays.