DAY 13 IS HERE! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, THAT MEANS WE ARE OVER HALF WAY DONE WITH THE 24 DAY CHALLENGE!
SO WHAT HAVE I LEARNED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF? I HAVE LEARNED THAT NOT EVERY DAY HAS TO BE PERFECT. DAYS WILL GO EXACTLY HOW YOU PLANNED MOST OF THE TIME BUT THERE WILL BE DAYS THAT JUST ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO RHYME OR RHYTHM AND JUST THROW YOUR PLAN ALL OFF...
IT IS THOSE DAYS THAT MAKE US BETTER AND MOVE US CLOSER TO OUR GOALS. THE EASY DAYS ARE JUST THAT, EASY...THEY DONT CHALLENGE US, THEY DONT PUSH US OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE, THEY DONT TEST OUR ABILITY TO ADAPT AND OVERCOME ADVERSITY. HAVING NOTHING BUT EASY DAYS IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO REACH THE GOALS YOU HAVE SET. WE NEED THOSE DIFFICULT BUSY DAYS...
TODAY WAS A BUSY ONE FOR ME. I GOT UP THIS MORNING AND MIXED UP MY SPARK AND TOOK MY MORNING SUPPLEMENTS. AFTER SHOWERING AD GETTING READY FOR WORK I GOT MY SON UP AND GOT HIM DRESSED. TODAY IS A BIG DAY FOR HIM, HE IS COMPETING IN THE 2ND GRADE SPELLING BEE. HE HAS BEEN PRACTICING FOR THE LAST WEEK OR SO.
AFTER HE IS READY MY WIFE AND I GET OUR DAUGHTER UP AND DRESSED AND READY FOR A FUN FILLED DAY AT DAY CARE. WE ALL HEADED OUT THE DOOR AND DROPPED BUBBA OFF AT SCHOOL THEN SCOOTED OVER TO DAY CARE AND DROPPED OFF BABY GIRL.
WE MADE IT BACK TO THE SCHOOL JUST IN TIME FOR THE START OF THE SPELLING BEE. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THESE WITH KIDS THIS AGE, IT IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. WE ARE STILL PRODUCING SOME VERY SMART CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR TEACHERS!! PAYTON MADE INTO THE 6TH ROUND BEFORE EXITING THE COMPETITION. MY WIFE AND I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROUDER OF OUR SON THAT DAY. HE STUDIED, HE PRACTICED, HE GOT UP IN FRONT OF THAT MICROPHONE AND SPELLED THOSE WORDS WITH CONFIDENCE. HE EVEN TOOK HIS DADDY'S ADVICE AND THAT IS IF YOU SAY IT WITH CONFIDENCE PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE YOU!
SO EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW HE MISSPELLED THE WORD, HE DID IT WITH CONFIDENCE AND WALKED OFF THAT STAGE WITH HIS HEAD HIGH AND SHOULDERS BACK!!
MAN CAN WE LEARN A LOT FROM OUR KIDS!! SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T GO LIKE WE WANT THEM TO, SOMETIMES WE KNOW WE MESSED UP, SOMETIMES THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT ALL. BUT REALLY THERE IS SOMETHING, WE CAN KEEP OUR HEAD HIGH AND SHOULDERS BACK AND WITH CONFIDENCE ACCEPT ALL THAT COMES OUR WAY. JUST LIKE MY SON DID WHEN HE MISSPELLED THAT WORD...
SO NOW THAT THE SPELLING BEE IS OVER I HAVE TO HURRY BACK TO WORK. I HAD A FELLOW FIREFIGHTER STANDBY FOR ME SO I COULD ATTEND IT THIS MORNING. AS SOON AS I GOT TO WORK I KNEW, OH BOY THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS. AND IT WAS!!
24 STRAIGHT HOURS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SLEEP. WE MADE 22 CALLS! OUR SHIFTS ARE ONLY 24 HOURS LONG, SO TO HAVE 22 CALLS WE WERE GETTING OUR BUTTS HAMMERED!
HE HAD THE WHOLE 9 YARDS THROWN AT US ON THIS DAY. FROM HEAD INJURIES DUE TO BEING RUN OVER BY A CARE TO SEIZING BABIES, TO HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES. THERE WASN'T MUCH WE DIDN'T SEE...
DURING SHIFTS LIKE THIS IT IS SO HARD FOR ME TO KEEP MY DIET IN CHECK, HELL IT IS HARD FOR ME TO EAT PERIOD. SO I ALWAYS DRINK LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER TO HELP CURB ANY HUNGER PAINS I GET AND OF COURSE I HAVE MY ADVOCARE SUPPLEMENTS IN MY POCKET...
EVEN THINKING ABOUT GETTING A WORKOUT IN ON DAYS LIKE THIS IS JUST A BIG JOKE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TIME, WHICH IN ALL REALITY LIFTS 200# PEOPLE 22 TIMES IS A WORKOUT ALL IN ITSELF!
BEFORE THE SHIFT STARTED I PUT MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR AN EXTRA OVERTIME SHIFT THURSDAY. WELL NOW IT IS 530AM AND I AM GUARANTEED TO WORK, WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING!!! WELL TO BE HONEST WHEN YOU MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOUR SHIFT IS GONNA GO, SO YOU ROLL THE DICE. PLUS MOMMA NEEDS MONEY FOR COUSHATTA!!!
630AM ROLLS AROUND AND EVERYONE ELSE SLOWLY GET OUT OF THEIR RACKS AND GET MOVING. MY PARTNER AND I HAVE NOT TOUCHED OUT BEDS, ALREADY HAD COFFEE AND YES I HAD A BREAKFAST TACO. I FIGURED I WAS GONNA NEED THE ENERGY FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
I SHARE THIS STORY BECAUSE I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ALL GET BUSY, VERY BUSY AT TIMES. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE MAKE IT. WAS I UPSET THAT I DIDNT EAT AS CLEAN AS I WANTED TO? NOPE. WAS I UPSET THAT I DIDNT GET TO WORKOUT? NOPE. WANNA KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THAT'S LIFE FOLKS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THIS JOURNEY WE ARE ON DOES NOT END IN 24 DAYS, 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS ETC...NOPE WE ARE ON THIS JOURNEY FOR THE LONG HAUL, UNTIL THE GOOD LORD DECIDES TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND SAY THANK YOU FOR PLAYING.
BUT UNTIL THEN WE MUST CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION. IF WE HAVE A FEW BAD DAYS, YEA IT SUCKS BUT IN THE BIG PICTURE THOSE BAD DAYS MAKE THE OTHER DAYS THAT MUCH EASIER!
REMEMBER WAY BACK IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF BLOGS I SPOKE ABOUT THE DAY 1 ATTITUDE. THAT IS WHAT KEPT ME GOING AND KEEPS ME POSITIVE ABOUT THESE ROUGH DAYS. YOU SEE EVERYONE CAN COMPLAIN, CAN BITCH ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS, HOW BUSY THEY ARE, HOW THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS OR FOR THAT.
BUT ONLY THE FEW CAN SAY YES IT IS HARD, YES I AM TIRED, YES I AM BUSY, AND YES I WILL MAKE TIME. THE PEOPLE THAT CAN SAY THAT ARE THE ONES THAT SUCCEED IN LIFE AS WELL AS IN EVERYTHING ELSE.
BE THAT PERSON AT HOME, BE THAT PERSON AT WORK, BE THAT PERSON WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING!!
THIS JOURNEY IF YOU TAKE IT WITH ME WILL CHANGE MORE THAN YOUR PHYSICAL SHAPE, WE ARE CHANGING ATTITUDES. WE ARE CHANGING MIND SETS, WE ARE SLOWLY CHANGING THE WORLD! ONE PERSON AT A TIME...
STAY SAFE STAY WARM AND TALK TO YOU TOMORROW FOR DAY 14...
WE MADE IT BACK TO THE SCHOOL JUST IN TIME FOR THE START OF THE SPELLING BEE. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THESE WITH KIDS THIS AGE, IT IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. WE ARE STILL PRODUCING SOME VERY SMART CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR TEACHERS!! PAYTON MADE INTO THE 6TH ROUND BEFORE EXITING THE COMPETITION. MY WIFE AND I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROUDER OF OUR SON THAT DAY. HE STUDIED, HE PRACTICED, HE GOT UP IN FRONT OF THAT MICROPHONE AND SPELLED THOSE WORDS WITH CONFIDENCE. HE EVEN TOOK HIS DADDY'S ADVICE AND THAT IS IF YOU SAY IT WITH CONFIDENCE PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE YOU!
SO EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW HE MISSPELLED THE WORD, HE DID IT WITH CONFIDENCE AND WALKED OFF THAT STAGE WITH HIS HEAD HIGH AND SHOULDERS BACK!!
MAN CAN WE LEARN A LOT FROM OUR KIDS!! SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T GO LIKE WE WANT THEM TO, SOMETIMES WE KNOW WE MESSED UP, SOMETIMES THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT ALL. BUT REALLY THERE IS SOMETHING, WE CAN KEEP OUR HEAD HIGH AND SHOULDERS BACK AND WITH CONFIDENCE ACCEPT ALL THAT COMES OUR WAY. JUST LIKE MY SON DID WHEN HE MISSPELLED THAT WORD...
SO NOW THAT THE SPELLING BEE IS OVER I HAVE TO HURRY BACK TO WORK. I HAD A FELLOW FIREFIGHTER STANDBY FOR ME SO I COULD ATTEND IT THIS MORNING. AS SOON AS I GOT TO WORK I KNEW, OH BOY THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS. AND IT WAS!!
24 STRAIGHT HOURS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SLEEP. WE MADE 22 CALLS! OUR SHIFTS ARE ONLY 24 HOURS LONG, SO TO HAVE 22 CALLS WE WERE GETTING OUR BUTTS HAMMERED!
HE HAD THE WHOLE 9 YARDS THROWN AT US ON THIS DAY. FROM HEAD INJURIES DUE TO BEING RUN OVER BY A CARE TO SEIZING BABIES, TO HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES. THERE WASN'T MUCH WE DIDN'T SEE...
DURING SHIFTS LIKE THIS IT IS SO HARD FOR ME TO KEEP MY DIET IN CHECK, HELL IT IS HARD FOR ME TO EAT PERIOD. SO I ALWAYS DRINK LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER TO HELP CURB ANY HUNGER PAINS I GET AND OF COURSE I HAVE MY ADVOCARE SUPPLEMENTS IN MY POCKET...
EVEN THINKING ABOUT GETTING A WORKOUT IN ON DAYS LIKE THIS IS JUST A BIG JOKE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TIME, WHICH IN ALL REALITY LIFTS 200# PEOPLE 22 TIMES IS A WORKOUT ALL IN ITSELF!
BEFORE THE SHIFT STARTED I PUT MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR AN EXTRA OVERTIME SHIFT THURSDAY. WELL NOW IT IS 530AM AND I AM GUARANTEED TO WORK, WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING!!! WELL TO BE HONEST WHEN YOU MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOUR SHIFT IS GONNA GO, SO YOU ROLL THE DICE. PLUS MOMMA NEEDS MONEY FOR COUSHATTA!!!
630AM ROLLS AROUND AND EVERYONE ELSE SLOWLY GET OUT OF THEIR RACKS AND GET MOVING. MY PARTNER AND I HAVE NOT TOUCHED OUT BEDS, ALREADY HAD COFFEE AND YES I HAD A BREAKFAST TACO. I FIGURED I WAS GONNA NEED THE ENERGY FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
I SHARE THIS STORY BECAUSE I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ALL GET BUSY, VERY BUSY AT TIMES. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE MAKE IT. WAS I UPSET THAT I DIDNT EAT AS CLEAN AS I WANTED TO? NOPE. WAS I UPSET THAT I DIDNT GET TO WORKOUT? NOPE. WANNA KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THAT'S LIFE FOLKS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THIS JOURNEY WE ARE ON DOES NOT END IN 24 DAYS, 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS ETC...NOPE WE ARE ON THIS JOURNEY FOR THE LONG HAUL, UNTIL THE GOOD LORD DECIDES TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND SAY THANK YOU FOR PLAYING.
BUT UNTIL THEN WE MUST CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION. IF WE HAVE A FEW BAD DAYS, YEA IT SUCKS BUT IN THE BIG PICTURE THOSE BAD DAYS MAKE THE OTHER DAYS THAT MUCH EASIER!
REMEMBER WAY BACK IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF BLOGS I SPOKE ABOUT THE DAY 1 ATTITUDE. THAT IS WHAT KEPT ME GOING AND KEEPS ME POSITIVE ABOUT THESE ROUGH DAYS. YOU SEE EVERYONE CAN COMPLAIN, CAN BITCH ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS, HOW BUSY THEY ARE, HOW THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS OR FOR THAT.
BUT ONLY THE FEW CAN SAY YES IT IS HARD, YES I AM TIRED, YES I AM BUSY, AND YES I WILL MAKE TIME. THE PEOPLE THAT CAN SAY THAT ARE THE ONES THAT SUCCEED IN LIFE AS WELL AS IN EVERYTHING ELSE.
BE THAT PERSON AT HOME, BE THAT PERSON AT WORK, BE THAT PERSON WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING!!
THIS JOURNEY IF YOU TAKE IT WITH ME WILL CHANGE MORE THAN YOUR PHYSICAL SHAPE, WE ARE CHANGING ATTITUDES. WE ARE CHANGING MIND SETS, WE ARE SLOWLY CHANGING THE WORLD! ONE PERSON AT A TIME...
STAY SAFE STAY WARM AND TALK TO YOU TOMORROW FOR DAY 14...
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