Ok folks, so what am I supposed to do? I’m supposed to get more rest. But, my work hours are God-awful. If I try to get more rest then I’m not blogging … often … and then it become infrequent and irrelevant. I’m trying to give sound bites in FB. But, that probably isn’t good enough.The days keep marching forward. Hard to believe that it is April already. And, I have now been in this new Planning position for 2 years. Regrettably, we have already started work on our next planning cycle … that substantially ramps up our workload … at a time it never really came off-peak because of the negotiations I have been working on.RE the crude sales negotiations, we are making progress on that. We have two Memorandums of Meeting that move us from “talking” to “agreement of principles” to nearly complete “agreement on language”. I’ve never had to conduct a negotiation this way. But, I have to adapt methodologies to reflect the style of the other party. I am hopeful we can send the deal to signing around end-April. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers on this. Need to wrap this up soon … as I have another negotiation that I will have too kick off soon. And, is technically, already late.As for my BP, a couple of weeks ago I increased the dosage on my meds. There was no impact the first week, but this past week (the 2nd week) there does seem to be an improvement. However, I also know my BP tends to ebb/flow in about 2-3 week cycles. Thus, I need to wait a bit longer to determine if the increased dosage is having a beneficial impact. I hope so.As per my FB posts, I continue to hash. I seem to be really struggling with the hash. Without adequate rest and exercise in the base case, it makes the hash like torture. Nevertheless, I’m going to continue moving forward and trying. I took the long run a week ago … and got lost and ended up running and extra kilometer. This week, I found out the long run was 16km, the medium run was 10km, and the short run was 6km. I decided to take the medium run. I’m having a hard time believing it was only 10km … it took me nearly 2 hours to come in … and there were folks behind me. Seems I could have walked 10km in 2 hours.I was pretty tired before the run and worn out after. This was a special hash sponsored by the Jakarta Hash House Harriers (I normally go to TGIS, or Betawi). They had food (after the circle) and a commemorative polo shirt and singlet. The circle after the run was quite long and really didn’t appeal to me. I left before the circle was over (missed a free dinner; actually not free, I had already paid for it) and just went home, took a shower, went to bed. Lots of folks went to Everest and had a good time …. I just slept. Ho hum.As for Decy & Nathaysa … I have nothing to report. I never see Nathasya. All’s the same with Decy – filming at night.Other than the above, there is absolutely nothing going on in my life that is blog-worthy. Thus, I will close this.Take care. Ciao Ciao. GBU.
Yes, I know it has been a long time since I blogged. No matter what I do … I can’t seem to find the time to blog. I am not getting enough sleep during the week and I am not able to allocate my time effectively on the weekends. Work-Life balance is out of balance … and I’m not sure where to turn. This isn’t even the peak workload period, yet I am struggling to stay caught up … and, in fact, am falling further behind at work, home, etc. Ahem.So what is going on with my life? Quite frankly nothing much of value.Last week was Indonesia’s “Spring Break”. Nathasya went to Bali for the weekend with a friend of hers and their mother (as chaparone). I really don’t know what happened there. Nathasya doesn’t ever tell me any of the details of her life whether it is what is going on here in Jakarta or elsewhere. I’ll stop here.Last week, Decy and I spent some time together in Bogor (3 nights) at a quiet hotel. We talked a lot, exercised, enjoyed massages, and relaxed. The time together was very good and much needed … although far too short. We returned to Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon and Decy had to promptly go to her filming. Then, Thursday morning Decy flew to Bali to do some work on a commercial. Decy returns to Jakarta Sunday night (tonight) sometime around mid-night, 1 am.During this past week, one of Decy’s longtime friends (Desy) has been our house guest. Desy was here trying to get a US VISA, which she successfully got. And, she staying for Decy’s return … I don’t know until how long. I took Desy out on Friday night and we went to Club Tiga Puluh (“30″) and enjoyed their 12-yr anniversary night. Didn’t make it home until 2am-ish. I got to sleep about 3am. Then, on Saturday I took Desy on the hash with me.As per my FB posting, I didn’t do so well on the hash run. My BP has been elevated for a few days and (unfortunately) I was having heartburn from eating a late lunch. This made for a tough hash run and I chickened out at the split between the short run and the long run. As it turns out, the long run was not long at all … and the guys that took it finished just 15 minutes behind me (on the short run). I should have stayed on the long run. Ugh.RE work, I continue to work thru a number of commercial activities … which seem to be coming in faster than I can solve them … which is why work is pretty much unbearable right now. The big deal I’m working on continues to move forward. We still need to finalize contract amendment language and have one particularly sticky point that the other party is trying to introduce at the last minute.I am looking forward to my trip to S. Africa in May to see Chris. This has the opportunity to be a truly wonderful trip … with special time just with Chris.As for school break, Chely will be taking classes in the 1st and 3rd summer terms at Lee. Thus, she won’t be coming home for summer break (and she didn’t come home for Christmas 2010). Therefore, Decy and Nathasya will go to the US to see Chely. They arrive approx 10 June and will depart approx 21 June. They fly into Chattanooga and will drive over to Cleveland. Decy will have an international drivers license by then and will be able to drive herself. I don’t think she is going to go too far away from Cleveland … hopefully over to Huntsville to see Josh, Liz, Daniel, Alex … and maybe to Atlanta as a “new experience”. Clearly, she’s not going to be driving/flying around the country-side … just not enough time to do that. Decy hasn’t yet worked any of the details of her time in the US – I expect she will begin focussing on that in April.Other than the above, that is about all there is to write about … really, most of my life is the same story, day after day. A bit of a rut right now.Take Care. Be Safe. GBU. Ciao Ciao.
Sorry folks for being such a laggard on blogging. I just can’t find enough hours in the day. I’m living on 4-5 hrs sleep (sometimes less) as I go through the week and then drag myself into the weekend. Then I spend the weekend trying to sleep, exercise (hash) and catch up on my work. Unfortunately, this isn’t even the peak workload season at the office.The commercial negotiations has been an enormous drain on my time. And, the other work can’t stop … so I spend a lot of time in the mornings, evenings, weekends trying to catch up from the time diverted to negotiating. While we are making good progress we are not yet there … we are now working on final language for a contract amendment. At the same time this is going on, we have a significant campaign underway to provide pricing information to the government. Both of these items are very important and have a signficant impact to the bottomline of the company. Can’t speak specifics, but the amendment to the sales agreement locks up $1.7G in revenue … plus we were negotiating over ~$75M in transportation costs. The pricing information has a value range of ~+/-$100M … so call it $200M. In addition to the preceding, when I get this done, I need to work on another negotiation …. as you can see, my work is rapidly becoming more “commercial” and less “planning”.Healthwise, I think I am doing ok – but not great. Blood pressure isn’t coming down very much … although I have been back on the meds only 3 weeks and last time it seemed to take 4-5 weeks to build up in my system. Good news is that I am not having the “spikes” that I was having in the Sept-Nov timeframe. Thus, I feel ok about not taking the beta blocker any more. However, I may need to increase the strength of the Norvask. I need to give it more time … and then may need to go revisit the Dr. Of course, if I would get more sleep that would change everything. When I was in Singapore in December with the specialist my BP was pretty good … good sleep, no work can do wonders !!!On a positive note, Decy and I going to take a couple of days off next week. We have 3 nights booked at a very quiet hotel in Bogor. We haven’t had 3 nights together since the December 2009 cruise …. so long ago – and even that time was shared. Nathasya will be in Bali with a friend for spring break all week. Thus, we are really looking forward to just being together. I should be able to pretty much shut down work. Decy may need to spend some time on the phone and with the blackberry. BUT, with 3 nights together I can share a little bit. (Recall, Lido Lakes last fall was only 2 nights).Speaking of blackberries, my company one died … almost at the same time as Decy’s and Nathasya’s. So, the girls got new ones – ouch. I worked with the company to get a replacement – I could get a slightly used one, or wait 4-6 weeks for a new one. I took the slightly used one. Its good enough for me …. besides, I seem to be pretty hard on them and they only last about 18 months – this is my third BB. We shall see if it lasts to the end of my assignment – whenever that might be.Decy stays very busy with her acting. When she is not doing her telenovela, she is working on commercials. She goes out of town (generally for commercials) about 1-2x per month and 1-2x per month for the telenovela. Its hard to get an evening with her … although she can open up some days (like next week). I am very happy for Decy … she seems to enjoy her work … and as long as she is happy with it, I am ok too. Once it becomes “WORK” then forget it … as long as it is FUN … then fine.Well folks, I need to close this blog … need to take care of some things and eat. Its almost time for work – already it is 448am.Ciao Ciao. GBU.
Yeah Yeah Yeah, I know. Its been a long time since I blogged. But, let’s face it folks – blogging is going the way of snail mail and email …. Facebook, Twitter, etc., are the now and the future. Its hard to keep all the pieces moving at the same time. Thankfully, not too many folks are beating up on me. If one reads my blogs they will know about 90% of what I am about to write. Thus, really not a whole lot of “new news.”One of the most important things is that I went back on my blood pressure meds this past week (one of them anyway). Decy and I had gotten over the emotional hurdle of the reaction that I had to the beta blocker. And, after a month of watching my BP, I had convinced myself that lifestyle changes although an influence just couldn’t do enough. BP was too high (although generally acceptable to me most of the time). But, I couldn’t accept the risk associated with the periods when BP was even higher than “above normal”. Anyway, I’m on the meds again. It will take some time for them to build up in my system. In the meantime, I continue to watch and work on other things. For the avoidance of doubt – I AM NOT GOING BACK ON THE BETA BLOCKER.Decy was in Lombok this past week working on a commercial – that’s her “spare time” activity. Tonight, as most nights, she is doing her normal filming on the soap opera. I guess pretty soon she will start doing additional work on set design and set up. She really is enjoying this work and as long as it is “fun” then I am fully supportive of it. If the fun disappears then … forget it !!!In late March, Decy and I will be taking a couple of days off (3 nights) to go to Bogor (only 90 minutes away) to hide out and have some one-on-one time. We are really looking forward to this … we just don’t get enough time together. And, as many (all?) of you know, in early May I will be travelling to South Africa to see Chris – we are both very excited about this. We are also moving towards Decy and Nathasya coming to the US in July to visit Chely (I won’t be able to go). And, in the back of my mind, I am beginning to think about what we might do for Christmas ….As for Nathasya, she continues moving forward. Recently she did a photoshoot for advertisements on this year’s Miss Indonesia contest. Tomorrow she will actually do a filming for TV commercials for this. I’m almost certain she won’t compete this year for Miss Indonesia – although she might surprise me. Next Sept/Oct is the Putri Indonesia contest and she might try out for that – don’t know yet. As a side bar – its hard to believe she is already looking at colleges for Fall 2012. Wow !!!As for Chely, she is working very hard this semester at Lee. She really wants to move forward … and has refocused her priorities.As for Josh, Chris, Paul … everybody can follow them on Facebook. Anything going on that I could share in this blog is already in FB. Other stuff – I can’t share here anyway.RE my work, it is moving along pretty fast. Hard to believe we have already started initial activities for the upcoming Company Plan activities. It will be here before we know it. In addition to planning – I have been doing a great deal of commercial activities and have been actively engaged in negotiations (lead negotiator) on a significant amendment to a crude supply agreement. It has been challenging, exciting, and frustrating. We now have an agreement in principle and are working towards final contract language. I am also working on all the internal approvals that are required.As for my next assignment, if I knew something, I certainly couldn’t say it here. But, for the record, I don’t know anything. I have been in Indonesia already 4.5 years. Some folks stay 2 years … some stay 10 years … usually its 3 years. Thus, its very hard to say what will happen to me next. I would expect, however, that nothing will happen until after Nathasya graduates high school (June 2012). And, it is unlikely they would move me during the middle of the Company Plan work. Thus, if I had to make a guess it would be 4Q12 or later before I go somewhere. While that might not seem far away … it gets me pretty close to age 55 … wow !!! The majic number. Of course, I should focus on the here-and-now and that is that I am closing in on 53.As per my FB postings, I am actively hashing again. Had a very long and hard mountain run yesterday. Top to bottom elevation difference was probably 1000 -1500 ft … may not sound like much but it is if you are running/walking. Did really good, but got twisted off the trail just 5 minutes from the end. But, that was ok as I found a lost female hasher … we checked out a few alternatives and then found a road … stopped a motorcycle and asked for directions. Then we ran all the way back (thankfully downhill by then). Total run time 1hr 45 minutes !!!Other than the above, there really isn’t much to blog about. And, it is time for me to shut down and relax for the evening. Another big week is coming up. Thus, I will close this blog.Take Care. Ciao Ciao. GBU !!!!
Its hard to believe that it is already the middle of February. Seems like just yesterday we were talking about plans for the Christmas & New Years holiday. Alas, time truly is flying by. We have now been in Indonesia for 4.5 years. Really don’t know how long this assignment will last – hopefully until Nathasya graduates high school (June 2012) but there is no guarantee … and there is already a little bit of talking going on RE my next assignment.****Went to the TGIS hash yesterday. It was the same location that I hashed at 2 weeks ago at the “Unihash”, which for reasons that will become apparent in a minute was a good thing. There was a short, medium, and long run. I decided on the medium because they said the long run was 12 kilometers – as it turns out, it was a relatively flat run … wish I had gone on that one. Anyway – so I take off on the medium run and am closely grouped with a couple of folks. About halfway through the run, it begins pouring down rain. Things get confusing and the paper clues get hard to find. Finally, after about 20 minutes of confusion, myself and 3 others (2 were virgins) are completely confused as to where we are. We see some painted arrows occassionally (good sign) and even a “checkback” (another good sign) but we just don’t see any paper. We continue running, running, running. Finally we find more arrows and we take off running. Suddenly, I yell “stop, time out”. The other three hashers ask what’s wrong … I tell them “I know this run. We are on the long trail from the Unihash 2 weeks ago”. UGH. Somehow we got crossways and ended up on the old run … which would have been another 10 kms back to the start. I explain to the guys that I know where we need to go … so we promptly head off – cross country – without any trail at all. Finally, we meet up with the ending of the Unihash trail … and we run to the end. Overall, the run took us 2 hours to complete. Lots of folks were worried about us …. as they saw us heading in the wrong direction and tried getting our attention. Ahem … such is life. But, overall, an excellent run … and clearly good for my BP … which was an incredibly good 125/79 this morning … at least that is good for me.****Speaking of BP, I continue to monitor it closely. This past week has been incredibly difficult and many very long days and short nights. BP did ok on Monday-Wednesday but climbed a bit on Thursday and Friday. And, as mentioned, “reset” due to the hash. Good news is that I am NOT getting the BP spikes I experienced last year. I still haven’t decided what to do on the meds.****I think I mentioned that Nathasya was in another magazine spread. I will try to scan the pictures later today and post them on FB. These are really good pics of her.****Decy continues to do her soap opera filmings and when she isn’t doing that she is busy with commercials … sometimes in them, sometimes doing make-up. I think in many ways she is more busy than me. She had an offer to do a commercial this past week, but turned it down … they didn’t offer enough money. Today she is at an audition for a skin lotion commercial. On the soap opera, they are going to start using her for designing and building the scenes/backdrops. This will be a new experience for her … and I am sure she will do it well.Other than the above, there isn’t much to write about … we seem to be in a status quo situation right now … each day, much like the others.Take Care. Ciao Ciao. GBU.
Hmm. Guess with my needing to get more sleep that means less blogging – because I normally blog in the mornings before work. What I am finding is that if I get up at 330am, I typically don’t have time to blog. The only way to allow sufficient time before going to work is to get up at 315am or 320am. While the 10-15 minutes doesn’t sound like much … it adds up … especially if I am up until 11pm (like I was last night).I am working hard, however, to get to bed at an earlier time … but that too, is hard to do … especially if I am working until 7pm (or later) … then the commute home, then dinner, then try to let the food digest a bit. Pretty much forget exercise during the week – ugh.Speaking of exercise, I thoroughly enjoyed my long 4 day weekend. Each day was some combination of work, rest, relaxation, exercise. Best part was that each morning I was able to wake up with Decy and spend time with her before she had to go do her things.Wednesday, just came home from work (late as usual) and relaxed.Thursday, slept in; then worked on financial stuff, taxes, and some office work. Afterwards, went to Salon Ramona and had a full treatment. Came home, relaxed and watched some movies.Friday was more blending of work … and exercise – I ran on the treadmill for 60 minutes. Completed 9.2 kms and typically ran at a 9-9.5 km/hr pace. Overall, I felt pretty good about that. Friday evening I went to Club Everest and listened to an old time rock-n-roll band. Enjoyed the music – then beat Decy home to meet-n-greet her (she was filming at the fish marketing that night, as you can see from her FB).Saturday I worked some more on taxes and office work, then went to Hotel Mulia with Decy to celebrate Samantha’s birthday. There were 16 folks in total. We dined, listened to some soft music that almost put us to sleep, then went upstairs to CJs for a while. Got home around 3am and had noodles with Decy … then off to bed.Sunday was the heavy duty work day (office related) and worked until 7pm and then had dinner with Nathasya while watching a movie. Afterwards, I crawled into bed and watched another movie before dozing off about 11pm.Speaking of Nathasya, she was in another 6 page spread of a fashion magazine. I haven’t yet been able to get pics of it. Only saw the magazine briefly – Decy needs to buy more.As for me and BP, it seems to have stabilized since coming off the meds and seems to have gravitated to being between “high normal” and “early hypertension”. While that is not what I want, I can live with that until I get other things sorted out. Also, PTL, I am NOT seeking the spiking that I was getting in Sept-Dec. “Not taking meds” is probably not the best long term solution … but I am ok with where I am at right now. At least I am not living in fear of having another reaction to the meds.On that positive note, I need to close. Have several things to do and it is already 453am … and will be leaving for the office soon.Ciao Ciao. GBU.
This past week has been an incredibly challenging week. The reaction I had to my meds on Saturday night were incredibly significant and devastating – in short I blacked out (not passed out, blacked out) for hours. Many hours passed with things going on that I had no control over and no remembrance of. It took me two days to recover enough to begin thinking through the situation, consequences, and alternatives.On Wednesday I took a decision that many might question as being wise/unwise. That is, I went off the meds – all of them. The blood pressure med and the beta blocker. While it is true that perhaps other meds may not have the same effect and while it is true that perhaps it was the beta blocker not the BP med that might have caused the problem (recall, I also lost Christmas and 2 days as I took the beta blocker on Christmas Eve for the first time) …. at this juncture until normalcy of life has been restored, I simply cannot take the risk of another event. Maybe in a few weeks or months I can try again with new meds … but not right now.My body has been adapting to coming off the meds. I can feel it. I can see it in the BP readings. BP climbed all week … very gradually. But dropped sharply after the hash (more on the later). On the other hand, my thinking seems to be more clear. My focus sharper. My apetite has been erratic (virtually non-existent) since the event. First, I didn’t eat for 2 days … then only a little bit. Yesterday (Saturday) was the first day in a week I ate normally. But, I’ve already eaten lunch today.I need to continue to work on lifestyle aspects to see how much influence I can bring to bear on my BP without needing to take the meds. The more I can control by myself the better off I am.
- I know that exercise is / will be helpful. It is just incredibly difficult with the long commute times and long work hours to find time to exercise 3 times a week
- I know that additional sleep is / will be helpful. But there are similar time conflicts as per the above. However, I am trying to increase my sleep by doing less other things (and sometimes that means less blogging)
- I know that diet is / will be helpful. Not sure there is much more I can do there; my diet is about as good as it gets
- I know that alcohol can increase BP – interestingly enough, it happens after you stop drinking, not while you are drinking. This is a significant focus area for me. I have worked hard to decrease intake on weekdays (almost non-existant now and has been that way for a couple of months), but now need to focus on weekends.
So where do I go from here? Well, its a step-by-step process. With the love, support, and prayers of family and friends I’ll get thru this and will find a way forward. With God’s help all will be well.****Regarding the hash, while I know that some folks consider hashing a “negative.” For me, it is clearly a “positive”. I love to run. I’m not a good runner. Never will be. But, I love the run. It forces me to focus on something completely external … its a competition … stay on the trail, don’t get lost, try to stay close to those who are better runners than myself … get back to the starting point safely and before dark. During the run my brain flops back and forth between “issues” and the “run” … but the harder I run, the more focussed I become … and begin focusing less on the issues and more on the run.The exercise is incredibly beneficial … yesterday’s 1 hr 25 minutes (I’ll explain more on the run in a minute) of exercise was good for my heart, my lungs, my muscle tone … everything. Yes, I’m stiff and sore today (going to get a massage this afternoon) … but that is what happens when you exercise. I woke up this morning feeling incredibly fresh … the best I’ve felt in months.As for the run …..First, we had an incredibly hard time finding the starting point. It was a long ways from town and they moved the location without telling folks. Interestingly enough, I remember driving by the starting point (the first time) and seeing the cars but regrettably failed to see the hash signs. The result was that we went about 5 miles too far and had to double back. Good news is we found another hasher in the same situation and we followed him to the run site. We arrived with less than 5 minutes to spare before starting time.Oh, yes, its important to note that it had been raining before the run so everything was wet and slippery.The run was on the flank of a volcano and started in a relatively flat area. We took off through some fields of rice and cassava and then turned “up hill”. As we climbed, we crossed a stream, crossed it again, and again and again. There were no bridges … so we were wading thru the water and then running with sloshing shoes. We probably crossed the river (about 10 feet wide) about 7 times. The ground was clay and volcanic ash so it was very slippery from the rain. We ran “up hill / up stream” for about 30 minutes. I was becoming fatigued (no kidding).We finally left the river area and began a long ascent up to the ridge – the top of a flank of the volcano. Climbing. Climbing. Climbing. I couldn’t run … too hard, legs too tired, couldn’t catch my breath. Finally, after about 20 minutes we make it to the top. By then, we are probably 3 miles away from our starting point. Thank God it is a circle run …. for every step up … there is a step down.So, we started our long descent running on the crest of the flank …. down, down, down. The flank was a farming area so we were running through fields – that part would have been fun and easy. BUT, the rain had made it slippery … I was sliding much of the way and fell down two times. Thankfully, I didn’t hurt myself. After a while, we had a few more stream crossings (and short climbs) … and then a short run thru the jungle and thru a community.I worked hard to stay with some folks … and was close to two runners – we all came in about 15 feet from each other. There were lots of folks behind me … so I didn’t feel too bad. I guess maybe I finished in the top 3rd.After catching my breath, I took a quick shower by pouring water over me … and changed clothes. I joined the other folks for eating, talking, some beer drinking (with caution). Afterwards, I changed clothes again and went to the “on on”. Made it home at 2 am. That’s ok … because Decy was out of town last night doing a shoot (in almost the same area).Well family & friends. I will close this blog. Trust you have found it informative and not too boring.Ciao Ciao. GBU.
Saturday night went to a benefit event sponsored by Jakarta International School. Nathasya performed and did very well. There was wine auction as a fund raiser …. one bottle went for $22,000 …. way outside my league.After the event, Decy and I went to CJs. Regrettably, had another reaction with my meds. I’m ok now ….
Not really sure what happened on the hash but must have gone through some very ugly grass / bushes. I think it was at the lake when I was looking for a way to cross without having to swim. Anyway, I had quite a few scratches on me. It would appear that the grass had little thorns that became inbedded in my skin. First they caused a bit of itching and redness … then they started to swell and became blisters. Ouch Ouch Ouch.My legs are now covered with little blisters. Some growing. Some popped. Some healing. I am hopeful this will only last a few days. It is clearly disturbing me (itch, itch, itch) during the day and the night. Not sure if related or not, but I suspect so, my blood pressure has climbed a bit … but not like it use to. Will need to watch carefully today as it started climbing Monday at lunchtime … and is still elevated this morning.On a different note, Nathasya will be participating (via Jakarta International School) in a charity event on Saturday. Formal event with cocktails, dinner, and entertainment from JIS students. Decy and I have bought 4 tickets and plan to go. We are hopeful Terry and Samantha can join us (they have a potential conflict). If not, we will have to find a replacement … or just consider the monies “fully donated”. I haven’t yet decided if I am going to wear a suit or a tux … we shall see.Just moments ago received an email from my company RE beginning to lock down the planning cycle for this year. Yikes. I don’t even want to think about that. We already have a preliminary calendar and soon we will finalize and release … but it feels “too soon”. We are still working on the final reporting for 2010 … and aren’t yet ready (mentally) to face stewardship preparations for 2012.On that above lovely note, I think I will close this blog.Ciao Ciao. GBU.
Wow. Where are the days and nights going? Everything is zipping by so fast.Really nothing to talk about RE last week (during the week days) other than the fact that Decy had an offsite shoot in Bandung … another commercial. Plus, she had two auditions over the weekend (Sat & Sun). She is hopeful that she can get one of the parts from the auditions … she’s trying … but competition is tough … young, pretty girls, etc. Overall, Decy is enjoying the work / challenge … and that is very important.As for me, well, I went on the Betawi Hash Saturday. It was in an area I ran in about 10 years ago during my first stint in Indonesia. It was an incredibly long run and included lots of check-arounds and check-backs. I stayed “with the pack” as much as possible. Had that not been the case, I would have been eternally lost.After over an hour of running, we came to a small lake that we had to cross. There were two little tubes … for some folks to sit in. I passed my money and hand phone to a hare who promised to take care of them … and jumped in …. there was an old man (in one tube) and a girl (2o’s ?) in the other … and I swam across the lake pushing them. Then, I climbed out and helped them up a steep (but short) hill. Then 30 meters away was a big mud field we had to go thru or around … I couldn’t tell … so I went thru it. Had mud and water well past my knees.After the lake and mud crossing I was pretty wiped out (as if the 1 hr run wasn’t enough). Did the best I could and walked in the rest of the way. Finally made it back to the car 2 hours after the run started. My body is still crying.Spent a quiet Sunday (after sleeping until 130pm) doing light work … and then watched a movie with Decy. We watched the classic “Driving Miss Daisy”. Good thing we were on the floor with pillows … as we spent most of the movie laughing and rolling on the floor laughing (ROFLOL). He he he. We spent lots of time joking as to who was more like “Miss Daisy” … Decy … or me.Well friends, gotta close this blog. Sorry it is short. I am running way behind today.Ciao Ciao. GBU.
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