Back Pain Update

Today was a good update. I got great news on my back. Met with my doctor today he says I can begin taking Lodeine to reduce inflammation in the area of my Degenerative Disc and Herniated Disc at L5-S1. Lodeine should allow me to resume riding my bike to work again. I WILL be riding tomorrow.

SG Hike

Wow, what a perfect day of hiking. Started in the dark with no headlamp at a little at about 6:15 am. Saw only one person on the way up. Made it to the top at 10:30. It was extremely windy on the top!! Santa Ana gusts and very cold (I had no gloves....). Ate quick lunch and headed down with IPOD tunes blaring away. Made it back to the car about 2:15 pm.

A long day of solo hiking, with tons of thoughts and creative ideas stirred by major overload of endorphins. Very sore back and legs on the way down were the only down-sides to the day.

Love it.

San Gorgonio 2009

I plan to hike San Gorgonio by myself tomorrow. Will leave by 3:45 or 4:00 am at the latest. It should be a good day to hike.

Best Age?

What is the best age to be? When I was 18, I thought that was the best age and that things would never be better. Then I was 25 and I thought the same.

I am now 49 and I love being 49.

Early

I had a plan to ride early today, then at the last minute I decided to ride after Brandon's game. His game went way late. Consequently I did NOT get to ride. Bummer.

Note to self - always exercise early.

Busy Day!

I like being busy.

Life is too short to sit on the couch.

Today was busy. A fun day.

Exhiliration

My most exhilirating moment in life was 5 minutes of extreme fear while on top of Mt Whitney. Racing to get off of the top of the highest mountain in the United States as a dark thunder cloud let out three huge bolts of lightning and thunder, I literally feared for my life. During these moments I had absolutely no control over my destiny or over what happened in my life.

Why do these moments make us feel more alive than we would ever otherwise feel?

Happy

Why are some people not happy? I feel sorry for them.

Everyone should be happy, maybe not all the time - but at least 95% of the time.

There's really few excuses to not be happy.

I am a happy person.