As I sit here wondering why I even came back given that I barely had time before for this site... I still wonder the same thing.

Well, this whole getting in shape is kicking my ass.  I started kajukempo and just a week before my blue belt test, I ended up snapping my ACL in during a sparring match with a brown belt.  For those who don't know, the progression is white -> yellow -> orange -> purple -> blue -> green -> brown -> black.

So much for any work out.  A year of rehab later, I'm back to where I started.  I ended up with an allograft, which is taking ligament from a deceased "donor" rather than pulling a section from my other leg.  Ever wonder what happens when you sign a donor card?  I'd say thanks, but it'll have to wait 'til I get to the other side I suppose.

To ease into exercise, I went with an easier sport- scuba.  I went with the PADI program and I'm currently open water certified and I've already pre-paid the advanced course.  Yes easier on the body, but not a cheap sport by any means.  I've already bought most of my own gear, only used but pretty current in the market.  

So I wanted to get back in the gym again, so I joined the gym and locked in a low monthly rate.  I'm now in my 4th month of muay thai boxing.  I tried the Brazilian ju jitsu, but at my age it just wasn't a pretty sight.

Work is work... still in SF and doing the 1 1/2 hr drive each way across two bridges.  

That's about it.  The kids are now in middle school, signed up for swimming again (city team), softball is under way and they are also taking muay thai in my gym and they're almost done doing their scuba certifications.  

The girls got new bikes from the Easter Bunny and cell phones (Pantech Reveal). Watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory now... more to come later only because the girls are hovering right now around me.

UPDATE: So we did the egg hunt before the rain hit. We filled the eggs with fruit roll-ups and other fruit-based treats and then hid 20 eggs with gift "coupons" that they can redeem from us. Ten had $1 Starbucks value and the other ten were good for 1 iTunes download. You gotta be creative with kids too big for kiddie stuff.

Whoop-dee freakin whoop. I'm lurking only, so don't celebrate just yet.

On the plus side, glad to see some old friends are still around.

So.. where the fudge have I been?

Life has a way of catching up to you. I commute 1 1/2 hrs each way for work. Then I'm workig 40-50 hrs per week. I took up kajukembo classes on T, Th and F after work to get back in shape. My girls are 8 now (twins) and they have daily homework that I need to check, softball three times a week and their kajukembo classes and then "family" stuff.

Now that I have some more free time at night and I've been gaming with the girls. I'm not letting them online yet, but maybe soon.

Current systems:

Wii and X360

Catch ya all later in the forums.

"What will our children remember of us, ten, fifteen years from now? The mobile we bought or didn't buy? Or the tone in our voices, the look in our eyes, the enthusiasm for life - and for them - that we felt? They, and we, will remember the spirit of things, not the letter. Those memories will go so deep that no one could measure it, capture it, bronze it, or put it in a scrapbook." - Sonia Taitz