Inside allllll day today. It was pouring overnight into the morning with a cold front pushing in tonight. Eventually, I made it in to the gym for a workout, a quick video chat with Dorothy then back in the room. Somehow, I filled the day until mid-afternoon without watching much of anything. I got some … Continue reading Day 219

Awake far too early again and on a day full of nothing. I won't bore you with the hours of not-much-to-speak of today except to say that I did embrace the sunshine. As the lunch hour approached, I threw some water in my ruck and got moving. In the end, I covered 7 miles and … Continue reading Day 218

Well I think I got too confident yesterday when I slept in until 6:30am because I was wide awake today at 3:30am but kept trying to go back to sleep. Once 5:30am arrived, I texted my dad who is always awake to see if he wanted to FaceTime. So, I brewed the espresso and caught … Continue reading Day 217

Last night was such a sleeping mess! I tried to stay up and failed repeatedly. I can't tell you a video or show I watched to completion. Eventually at 2:30am, I turned off the TV and truly "went to bed" fearing I may be wide awake at 3:30am. Nope! Those 2 x melatonin did the … Continue reading Day 216

3:30am. Eyes WIDE awake! Argh!!! I thought I'd sleep 8+ hours. I made it 4 and there was no going back to sleep. Dangit. At the moment, it was hard to imagine the freight train of sleepiness that would hit me late afternoon but sure enough, it would. I spent the morning creating a small … Continue reading Day 215

11:45am Germany/5:45am EST: Today, I’m writing this post in a few stages. As I type now, I’m still in Germany and it’s approaching the Noon hour or 6am eastern time. When we headed to the hotel last night, we were supposed to fly at 8:20am. After catching the 5am bus and walking in the terminal … Continue reading Day 214

Where to begin...well let me give you the spoiler up front. I left the continent, but I did not make it to the USA as planned. 2020 struck again...this time, in the form of heavy, heavy FOG that kept our aircraft on the ground after the 2nd and final layover. So, I am typing this … Continue reading Day 213

212 days. Wow. But heck, this was/is a GREAT day as it's the day I leave Oz...sorta. Depends on your time zone. For all reading, just count it as today because when I land on U.S. soil, it'll all make sense. The day started sans alarm and a lazy beginning and final brewing of the … Continue reading Day 212

5:45am: wake up! Time to brew the espresso and greet my girls as they get ready for bed in Kansas. Checked bags ready from the night prior. 6:45am: catch a ride to the air terminal for "bag drag" 7am: bag drag! Quite literally, it's a whole bunch of people slated to fly on the rotator … Continue reading Day 211

Wow, last night was niiiiicccceeee. I slept! A pretty good night sleep, as well. I got up at my normal 5:15am, brewed the espresso and headed on into the gym. Quite the grinder today but I enjoyed it. One more workout in the gym on Monday. One more swim in the pool tomorrow. 🙂 So … Continue reading Day 210