Matt Meade

Everything went well in surgery, much better than I expected actually, it was a walk in the park.

Normally my eyes are very easily irritated, even just watching someone put in eyedrops makes them water.

But this was totally easy, no problem, and even though things are a bit hazy today I can notice the difference!

I randomly saw a LASIK ad about a free evaluation (some people’s eyes don’t qualify for it) and decided “Why not?”, it is one of my long-term goals after all.

Well I went in for my free exam and long story short, I am going in this Saturday (Halloween) to have it done!

I can’t wait!

Dentist today and oh my lord, the gas!

I seriously don’t remember the gas having such a strong affect.

I could practically hear Jimmy Hendrix music.

2009 Resolutions:

1. Phase meat and dairy out of my regular diet (I have a year, not cold turkey). FAIL
   
2. Save money. I’m tired of living paycheck to paycheck. WIN
3. Make the non-profit org I started official. WIN
4. Upgrade my job. I either need a new one or a raise. FAIL
5. Get back to Jiu-Jitsu (This depends a lot on resolution 2 and 4, but I miss it so). FAIL

I made it through several funky September dates with no funk whatsoever! (not to mention a REALLY funky August date)

Not a single beer drank or emo poem written.

I think it’s a good sign considering my history with Septembers.

Maybe the new location work moved to isn’t so bad after all. Yesterday I found a really nice free skatepark about 2 minutes away!

Consistency told me I was a little rusty, and my muscles this morning told me I was a little out of shape, but I think I can fix both of those since I know where a free park is close to work now!

So I’ve started riding my bike to work. I can tell I’ll be in great shape from this, but it’s more because the consistency of exercise, not because it is super-hard.

Honestly my butt hurts more than my legs, stupid bike seats…

My goals are:

• To be in better shape when I can afford to return to jiu-jitsu than I was in when I left.
• To cut my time to under an hour (I take 1hr 20min now)

I decided to see how far I could bike towards work in 1 hour last night. I made it 10.25 miles.  I wasn’t really that tired or sweaty afterward either.

Since work is only 3 more miles away, I have determined that I can easily make the 13 mile trip to work if I can get up early enough for an hour and a half commute.

Yay free transportation and free excercise!

Boo high gas prices!

I finally got around to getting my old BMX put back together (I had brought it up from home last visit). While ridable, it still needed a lot of work I am not ready to invest just yet.

What it did however was remind me how fun riding is, and I bought a cheap mountain bike off of craigslist. Had a blast riding it around the neighborhood and I’m planning on maybe taking it to work when weather permits.

Donate to my friend Chris, who looks creepy: LINK