Moving to Virginia

I'm back!  I know it has been a while since I have posted but I have been a little busy.  I recently moved my family across the country to Virginia.  Can I just say that I hate moving!!!!  We used ABF to move our stuff and we drove the mini van across the country.  2200 miles with three kids and a blind deaf diabetic dog.  Woooo hooo!!! Let the good times roll. 

Fortunately we have a DVD player in the car that I refer to as the pacifier or passy for short!  My kids really did handle the trip quite well all things considered.  We left town without making any hotel reservations because I wasn't sure where we would want to stop.  The fastest route to take from Idaho to Virginia is to get on I-80 and drive until you cant see straight then drive some more.  My wife had tentatively planned on stopping in Sydney Nebraska.  We had also planned on stopping in Wyoming for a few hours to visit family.  Little did we know that our family members would be out of town.  No biggie we will just drive on. 

Because we didnt stop in Wyoming, we arrived in Sydney earlier than we had planned so we decided to drive to North Platte.  Another hour and a half or so.  We pull off the freeway in North Platte and see a bunch of hotels so I pull into one and walk into the lobby and ask about a room for the night.  After the lady climbed off the floor ( she was laughing at me so hard she fell down) she told me that there wasn't a room in the whole city.  Is there a convention or something I ask.  Again I had to wait for her to settle down with tears streaming down her cheeks and between gufaws she said, no this is normal for us.  I ask about a hotel down the road and she tells me that when she last checked there was a room in Kearny (with her hotel chain) but the hotel didn't allow pets. 

Grumbling, I walk back to the car and tell my wife the news.  I could barely hear her response over the sound of my kids groaning in the back.  After a quick pit stop at a gas station we are back on the road with the passy playing.  I have my wife start looking on her phone for pet friendly hotels that don't appear to be run by Norman Bates.  Let me tell you they are few and far between!  We call several hotels along the way and even pulled over in a couple towns all to find no rooms available.  Finally we call a hotel in Lincoln Nebraska, they are pet friendly and they have a room.  We will take it!  By the time we arrive it is 3:30 am.  I have been driving since 9:30 am the previous morning.  To say I was tired was the understatement of the year!

I walked into the room and fell into bed and passed out.  We got a bit of a late start the next day but made it to Chicago to stay with my sister.  The rest of the trip was fairly uneventful.  But heed my warning.  If you are traveling across Nebraska and it is getting later in the day, call and make a reservation, otherwise you might end up driving much further than you want to.
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Chick or "Crack" Fillet

I don't know if you have ever had a meal at Chick-fill-a, but if you haven't you need to.  I have dubbed it Crack-fill-a, simply because the chicken is soooooooo good.  I love their chicken bites with the Chick-fill-a sauce.  Chick-fill-a sauce is basically a honey mustard, but it is amazingly good.  So if you are in the mood for some great chicken nuggets go to Chick-fill-a.

Going against the grain.

Have you ever felt like you are going against the norm?  I think most people have felt that way at one time or another.  I have not written for a while due to the fact that my family and I have made some huge changes in out life lately.  I just recently sold my dental practice and moved to Virginia.  I never imagined that I would end up on the east coast, but here I am.  I left my family back home in Idaho and moved across the country.  Why, you ask?  Because I was given  the opportunity of a life time.  I am now a dentist in Virginia.  Perhaps at a later date I will tell you all the details of the job I was given here but not today. 
Back to going against the grain.  Most of the people I know want to move closer to family and when they finally get close to family they don't want to leave.  For instance I know of a dentist who lived close to me in Idaho.  He had a friend who offered him $30,000.00 per month just to come to Nebraska and work.  His wife said no and as a result he is still in Idaho probably making 15,000.00 per month.  I would have jumped at the opportuinity to make 30k per month.  My wife and I talked about it quite a bit and we decided that after having been screwed by a prior business partner we needed to take advantage of this opportunity.  So here we go.  I am excited for the opprotuinty and I firmly believe that if you don't take a chance then you won't ever taste the sweet reward of success.
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Im losing weight

So I weighed myself this morning and I am down six pounds.  That makes 2 pounds per week.  I am very happy with that.  I have lost fast in the past and gained it all back plus some.  This time I am trying to lose slow and see if I can keep it off.  Go me!!

Getting taken advantage of

Why don't people do what they say they will do?  It makes me sick to hear of all the people out there trying to weasle out of fulfilling their agreed to obligations.  Everyone needs to man up (sorry ladies just a figure of speech) and take some responsibility.

Diets

Weekends and I don't get along when it comes to losing weight.  I do very well Monday through Friday, but when Saturday and especially Sunday roll around my eating plan goes out the window.  I did however work out on Saturday this last weekend.  So here is what I am doing.  I have started exercising for a half hour every day except Sunday.  I have cut out all soda which is a hard thing for me to do but I have found it is worth it.  I even have to say that I feel better being off the soda.  I also am drinking fresh juice from a variety of fruits and vegetables.  I have lost one pound so far but I am encouraged by that as I don't want to lose to quickly because when I have done that in the past I gained it all back plus some.  I really like the Jillian Michaels work out I am using.  I hope to drop about 40 pounds.  I will keep you posted but so far I feel much better and I feel my muscle mass is increasing and I am hoping that is why I have only lost one pound so far.

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Diet and exercise

For those of you who follow my blog, you will know that I have started several workout programs.  The ones I have talked about the most are Insanity and Asylum.  I really like both of these work outs, but they are very intense.  In fact they are too intense for a fat middle aged guy like me.  Needless to say I need to lose some weight and get in shape before I take those DVDs on.  I told you yesterday that I am trying to clean up my diet.  I am juicing and I started a new work out DVD series by none other than Jillian Michaels called body revolution.  I have done the first two workouts one last night and one this morning.  I think that I am really going to love this series.  First of all the workouts are only 30 minutes long, second she starts off with "easier" exercises that a tub of lard like me can handle.  I have enjoyed the workouts so far and they aren't going to injure me like I was injured by Asylum.  It was my own fault but I did get a minor shoulder injury.  I am feeling better with the juice and cutting out soda.  I will keep you posted, I weighed myself for the first time this morning, and I will let you know how much weight I am able to drop.

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