I woke up that early to accompany my dad to an awards ceremony at the Hyatt Hotel downtown. The Honors breakfast was for the Houston Police Department, as this week is national police week. My dad received the Lifetime Achievement Award along with a spanking new trophy. It is kind of a big deal. The major and chief of police presented it to him and Dave Ward, a local news celebrity, hosted.
Let me tell you something about my dad. Since before I was born he has been a Homicide Lieutenant for HPD. When I was younger I didn't truly appreciate the work my father did. As I got older my dad would start to tell me about his job. I even attended a class he taught on kidnapping. Now I realize how much my dad does for me and my community. He does awful, painful and sometimes lonely work. Many times he goes out on scenes and can not bear to share what he sees. I have so much respect for him. He devoted his life to keeping others safe and had to do it at a cost. I can't honestly think of a better man. In July he will retire from the department after serving over 30 years. Not sure what he will do then, hopefully something less stressful. Maybe he will join my mom and take up knitting, that's not stressful. Anyways, I hope that my husband lives up to the standards my dad has set. He will have to love me as much as my father does. Husband, you have large shoes to fill. Seriously though, my dad wears size 12. I came back to house a little before lunch and proceeded to work out. Which, by the way, I did not get to yesterday. Worked out for about an hour and a half before dealing with the dryer fiasco. The dryer is broken. If you know my dad like I do you would run as soon as you heard that. I ended up on the internet for an hour searching for solutions to the dryer problem. My dad picked up the part on the way home from work and we installed it as soon as he changed clothes. Well we soon found out the part did not do anything to help. Therefore I wasted two hours of my life.
Then, I decided to cook dinner for the men. I just grilled some hamburgers on the George Foreman. Nothing too fancy. Though I did drive to the store just to get avocados because I LOVE THEM. Avocados just make everything better.
Now I'll probably read some chapters in my book before hitting the hay. I seriously think I will be asleep before 10pm tonight. That never happens either. Gosh.
Today's Workout (725 calories)
- 11 minute non-stop jog
- 2 sets of dumbbell lap pulls, side shoulder raises, front shoulder raises, lat pulls, dumbbell bench press
- 3 sets of scissor kicks, crunchy frog, mason twists
- 2 sets of the same arm exercises above
I guess I will have to tell you about my book tomorrow. I thought I would be further along by now. Stupid broken dryer, I blame you.
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