Weekly recap #1?
Well I have managed to get myself somewhat overwhelmed with all the extracurriculars I have picked up. Its amazing how fast the days go when you are keeping busy with stuff that is interesting.
I made my first Toastmasters, which was very cool indeed.
Last week was the first week of youth soccer, its called the Lil’ Hammers, and Sunday marked the first game of the league I am playing in: the Rio Salado Adult Soccer League or RSASL (quite possibly the worst acronym ever). ‘So, uh, what league are you playing in?’ ‘Oh, uh, that would be, um, oh, um … never-mind.’ More to come in that as it progresses, needless to say its a total riot.
My sister, Caroline, and brother in-law, Brian, were in for the week and left on Thursday, which sucked cause they just started being useful around the house. Brian and I went golfing on the prior Saturday and I had a really good time. It was quite perfect out for January in Chandler and we hung out with Chris the Plumbing Contractor whose business was slowed down a bit. Turns out most of his business was in new builds and those disappeared pretty completely and quickly. Way to diversify yourself my man. Nice enough guy anyway though. I cooked for them a couple of times and they repaid the favor with Zipp’s pizza and Rigatonis which was very kind of them. They weren’t such fans of Zipp’s but thats fine, their loss.
Made it to Yoga four times and went for my last run for a while. The knee is not liking the cold weather and wants to play stiff and not super comfortable. So now I am throwing some plyrometrics in with long walks. We shall see.
Eating has been going well. Did some stir-fry the other night and it was just like a restaurant’s only when they overdo the chicken and its a little dry. In a wok at high heat add 1 Tablespoons of Ginger minced, 2 Tablespoons of Garlic minced, cook them in 2 Tablespoons of Peanut Oil for 15 seconds and then throw in 2 medium sliced Onions and stir for 5 minutes and remove. Add another tablespoon of Peanut Oil and reduce heat to medium. Add a tablespoon of garlic and 1 pound of chicken breast chopped into 1/2 inch cubes. Go back to high heat and stir for 5 minutes or less, or till chicken no longer pink in center. go too far and get dry tough chicken, not so tasty. Add back the vegetables and a few cups of chopped bok choy along with 2 tablespoons of Fish Sauce. Mix and then add 1/2 cup of chicken broth and reduce water in pan. Eat and enjoy. (A quick word on heat: experiment, you might not need to have it all the way to high, just most of the way. Get it hot enough to do its thing, but don’t burn everything. Also stir a lot.)
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