SO AFTER READING DAY 13 YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT I GOT MY 24 HOUR OVERTIME SHIFT TODAY. I WILL ADMIT THE MONEY MAY BE NICE WHEN IT COMES IN BUT I FEEL LIKE DOOKIE...
I LEAVE MY HOME STATION (FIRE STATION 14) AND HEAD OVER TO FIRE STATION 17 TO BEGIN MY BACK HALF OF THE 48 HOURS. I FIRST STOP BY THE GROCERY STORE AND PICK UP A SALAD, SOME CHICKEN AND VEGGIES AND SOME ZONE PERFECT BARS TO SNACK ON.
WHEN GOING TO REPORT TO YOUR OVERTIME SHIFT STATION THEY GIVE YOU AN HOUR TO GET WHAT YOU NEED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
I PULL UP TO THE STATION AND RELIEVE MY FELLOW C SHIFT BROTHER THAT HAS BEEN WAITING FOR ME TO GET THERE. I CALLED HIM EARLIER TO LET HIM KNOW I MAY BE ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATE AS A COURTESY.
I SAY GOOD MORNING TO THE CAPTAIN AND THE DRIVER, PUT MY GEAR ON THE ENGINE AND BEGIN INSPECTING ALL THE EQUIPMENT. ONCE I GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT I BEGIN TO DO OUR MORNING CLEAN UP OF SWEEPING AND MOPING.
AS I AM SWEEPING THE CAPTAIN COMES OVER TO ME AND SAYS "I HEARD ABOUT YOUR ROUGH SHIFT YESTERDAY" I SAID SIR IT WAS A 22 CALL DAY. HE THEN GRABBED THE BROOM FROM ME AND SAID "GO TAKE A SHOWER AND GO SLEEP, WE GOT THIS!" WELL AT FIRST I SAID NO SIR I CAN FINISH MY DUTIES AND SLEEP LATER. HE THEN GAVE ME A "ORDER" TO GO SHOWER AND TAKE A NAP...I DON'T DISOBEY ORDERS!
AT ABOUT 900AM I AM CLEAN AND CHANGED AND LAY DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 26 HOURS. BOY I FALL ASLEEP FAST TOO!!
THE NEXT THING I KNOW THE LIGHTS ARE THROWN ON AND SOMEONE IS YELLING MY NAME...SHIT, I JUMP UP AND IT IS OUR BATTALION CHIEF. NOW STILL BEING HALF ASLEEP I JUMP UP, BUT ONLY TO SIT UP. I YELL BACK "I AM HERE"...THIS IS JUST A TAD FUNNY BECAUSE ANY OTHER DAY I WOULD HAVE JUMPED UP AND WENT TO MEET THE CHIEF WHERE EVER HE WAS LOL!
HE WALKS INTO MY RACK AND SAY "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING SLEEPING?" I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A ANSWER OTHER THAN I WAS REALLY TIRED FROM MY PREVIOUS SHIFT. HE SAID "YEA I HEARD ABOUT IT, NOW GO BACK TO SLEEP." REALLY, I WAS WOKEN UP JUST TO BE TOLD TO GO BACK TO SLEEP!
AFTER THAT I DON'T GET UP UNTIL 230PM WHEN I MAKE A QUICK SALAD FOR LUNCH, WHICH WILL BE THE WORSE DECISION I MAKE. AFTER LUNCH I GO BACK TO SLEEP. IT SEEMS LIKE NO MATTER HOW MUCH REST I GET MY BODY IS NOT RESPONDING.
ABOUT 600PM I DECIDE OK I NEED TO WORKOUT TO GET ALL THE COB WEBS OUT. I BUST OUT THE 50# KETTLEBELL AND KNOCKOUT A 20 MINUTE WORKOUT OF:
2 SINGLE ARM KB SWINGS
2 SINGLE ARM CLEANS
2 SINGLE ARM SNATCHES
2 SINGLE ARM OVERHEAD SQUATS
THEN I SWITCH TO THE OTHER ARM..
THEN I DO 4 ROUNDS OF SIT UPS AND SIDE BENDS...
AFTER THAT I FEEL A LITTLE MORE AWAKE BUT NOW MY STOMACH DOESN'T FEEL SO GOOD (REMEMBER THAT SALAD). I THINK OK I JUST NEED TO EAT. I COOK UP MY CHICKEN AND VEGGIES AND EAT DINNER CLOSE TO 700PM. I DO GET ALL OF MY ADVOCARE SUPPLEMENTS IN TODAY, ALTHOUGH NOT AT THE RIGHT TIMES BUT I FIGURE THAT AT LEAST I TOOK THEM.
IT'S NOW CLOSE TO 900PM I CALL THE WIFE AND TELL HER THAT I AM EXHAUSTED AND GOING TO BED. SHE PROCEEDS TO REMIND ME THAT I AM OLD! GOTTA LOVE HER...
BY NOW MY STOMACH IS IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN AND THEN THE VOMITING AND DIARRHEA SHOW UP. WOW PERFECT JUST THE WAY I WANTED TO END MY OVERTIME SHIFT, OVER OR ON THE TOILET!
THIS KEEPS ME UP UNTIL ABOUT 330AM AND THEN IT SLOWLY STARTS TO LET OFF. I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SALAD FOR LUNCH. WELL AFTER THINKING WHAT THE HELL COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS, IT WAS THE SALAD AND BAD SALAD DRESSING I BOUGHT FROM H.E.B. THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN I PROMISE!!
630AM COMES AROUND I GET UP FEELING A LITTLE BETTER. I MAY HAVE SLEPT LIKE SLEEPING BEAUTY YESTERDAY BUT I FELT LIKE DOOKIE!!!
FINALLY THE SHIFT IS OVER AND I HEAD HOME. TODAY IS HALF DAY AT SCHOOL, SO I TAKE A SHOWER AT HOME CHANGE CLOTHES RUN SOME ERRANDS AND THEN PICK UP MY SON AND NEPHEW.
WE GET HOME AND IT IS TIME FOR ME TO TAKE ON THE DOUBLE 50# KETTLEBELLS FOR MY WORKOUT TODAY.
SO TODAY I DID A VARIATION OF YESTERDAYS WORKOUT..
20 MINUTES OF:
2 DBL SWINGS
2 DBL CLEANS
2 DBL PRESSES
2 DBL FRONT SQUATS
DOUBLE KETTLEBELL WORK REALLY PUSHES THE BODY. YOU MAY BE THINKING OH I CAN DO THAT SINGLE ARM, YEA BUT DOUBLE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
YOUR BODY HAS TO FIRE AS ONE IN SYNC UNIT OR ELSE YOU WILL HURT YOURSELF.
TODAY MY STOMACH HAS NOT HURT BUT STILL DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT. I HAD A COFFEE THIS MORNING AND A FEW SNACKS HERE AND THERE BUT I REALLY DO NOT FEEL LIKE EATING.
I WILL GET MY EATING BACK TOGETHER SOON. SO WHAT IS THE MORAL OF TODAY'S STORY?
IT IS WE WILL SURVIVE!! AND THAT HERE I AM TYPING AWAY FEELING BETTER AFTER ALL OF THAT CRAP THE LAST 2 DAYS. SURVIVING!!!
ALSO HERE IS A SPLIT PICTURE OF ME FROM A WEEK AGO TO TODAY AND WHAT THE SCALE SAID THIS MORNING. LIKE I SAID I AIN'T MAD AT MY RESULTS. WE STAY THE COURSE, WE STICK TO OUR PLAN AND OUR RESULTS WILL COME!!
STAY SAFE AND STAY WARM - TALK TO YOU TOMORROW
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