Monthly Archives: December 2010

Memphis, Chicago, etc…

Ended up spending yesterday in Memphis since I had missed the trip back to JFK.  Since I don’t have a place there anymore, had to find a way to kill the day.  Grabbed a quick nap (easiest way to kill … Continue reading

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Blizzard City

Weather-guessers hit it on the head this time – Central Park saw 20″ of snow yesterday and today, 6th biggest snowfall on record.  Yesterday was pretty brutal trying to navigate the city with the snow coming down horizontally, but today … Continue reading

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10 Miles is a Bunch of Laps

I made it!  The lack of a spiteful rant was probably the first clue that my schedule held up yesterday and I was able to make it home for Christmas as planned.  Just got to mass,  made dinner with the family, … Continue reading

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Merry Early Christmas!!!

Heading back to work tonite, my Christmas fate in the hands of my buddies in the Memphis war room.  Scheduled to leave Memphis in the middle of the night, swing through Harrisburg then on to JFK -New York City.  Supposed to … Continue reading

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Track Reunions

Early spin class on Monday morning, played it safe since I had an appointment later on that day for an interval workout in the pool.  Nothing crazy, wondered if doing it that way was even worth the loss of sleep. … Continue reading

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Downhill Both Ways

As luck would have it, didn’t make it home yesterday morning as I had planned (or as my schedule had stated).  Don’t know why I never get jerked around going to a place other than home, but sure enough the … Continue reading

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Dr. Nick

After the gigantic semi-annual sigh of relief, woke up Thursday and tried to break the vicious cycle of hotel fitness rooms.  Disaster.  The area my hotel was located was pretty commercial, the weather was not as cold but the winds … Continue reading

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Check in the Box

FedEx training complete, hallelujah.  Out of here tomorrow, have never been this anxious to get back in the cockpit as I am now, if for no other reason than to just get out of this northern Missippi hotel.  To San … Continue reading

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Captain Elliptical

In Memphis, for my aviation “annual checkup” – about as fun as the medical version only 95 times longer.  Day one down, two to go.  A long trip immediately follows my last simulator, I’ve never been so anxious to get … Continue reading

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Mechanized Triathlon

Touched all the bases today, in what will probably be my last day of relative freedom in a while.  No work tomorrow, but will probably be pretty busy with swim meets and football games.  After that it is back to … Continue reading

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