I fell off the wagon again. October was mostly a bust, because I thought I was going to be changing jobs and moving to another continent, only for it to fall apart in the eleventh hour. November was a total waste, between a week on vacation, a week trying to catch up on hours (that was interrupted by a massive storm that disrupted work for two days - so much for catching up on hours), another week top-loading hours, and then the week of Thanksgiving. With no immediate plans to leave the country, no upcoming holidays (other than Christmas, which doesn't count because I don't celebrate it), and a reasonable expectation that work-stopping weather is unlikely to strike twice in a season, I'm finally back on the wagon in a big way. I had originally decided that November through February were going to be my months to focus hard on Arabic and physical training. I've been forced to alter that, so now it's December through March. This should give me a good block of time to complete two nine week workout programs, and a lot of Arabic study. Also, I'm not sure about Chops, but I plan to reset my 10,000 Reps goal for 2010. The way I figure, if I'm largely spinning my wheels in my professional life, I may as well focus my personal life so that it pays dividends in both my personal and professional venues, and Arabic and physical training fit that bill. So, today is Wednesday. My plan is:
Monday: Quran Sura (reading and listening)
Tuesday: 25 minute swim, 45 push-ups, 60 sit-ups, stretch PT
Wednesday: 25 minute swim, stretch PT, Ahlan wa Sahlan lesson, flash cards
Thursday: yomp, 45 push-ups, 60 sit-ups, stretch PT, make 25 flash cards
Friday: 25 minute swim, stretch PT, Ahlan wa Sahlan lesson, flash cards
Saturday: 25 minute swim, 45 push-ups, 60 sit-ups, stretch PT, make 25 flash cards
Sunday: stretch PT, diagram/translate Bible verse
Tonight's swim got disrupted, which means that I'll have to push swimming into Sunday. I had hoped to give myself the majority of the weekend off, but between disruptions on Monday and today, I'll have to flex a bit. The eventual goal will be to stretch once or twice over the weekends, and just do a bit of light Arabic on the weekends, so that I don't burn out on either. At this rate, what I'll probably do is a full workout (swimming, push-ups, sit-ups, and stretching) on Saturday, and swimming and stretching on Sunday; then start off next week with push-ups, sit-ups, and stretching on Monday, and swimming Tuesday through Saturday (with a yomp instead of a swim on Thursday), which should leave Sunday open. So, thus far this week, due to disruptions (and the fact that I'm not going to swim late tonight because I already blew an hour on this afternoon's aborted swim and I'm borderline sick), here's what I've accomplished (or will accomplish by the end of tonight):
Monday: Quran Sura (reading and listening)
Tuesday: 25 minute swim, 45 push-ups, 60 sit-ups, stretch PT
Wednesday: stretch PT, Ahlan wa Sahlan lesson, flash cards
I'll try to post the plan for next week at some point this weekend, and give at least a weekly update. I've also acquired a couple of additional tools to use since my earlier posts, so I'll outline those as well. Alright, fifty flash cards, twenty minutes of stretching, and I'm nominally good for today. Here I go...
