Exercising the Body & Mind.. or I am a Murderer

Sunday, June 15;

I couldn't decide what I wanted to write about today. Then I realized my two options were both pretty limited in terms of substance of matter, so I figured I'd do both.

Exercising the Body & Mind:
It's been a busy day. I've been hard at work balancing working out, life and school work. Generally my "life" has been the loser in this equation. I was at home Saturday night working on a term paper and up early this morning to go workout. Great little workout for all the fathers out there. Some wacky movements that still kicked my butt. I'll give you the run down in a bit. Then the rest of the day was spent finishing up first grad school paper and mailing it in. (Yay, it's done! In all honesty, it's only just begun though) Then I bought groceries and did some cooking to give my mind a break. After that I went back into doing research and reading. I'm hoping to start writing my term paper this week, but I have a series of very exciting interviews lined up, so I'm not sure if I want to start writing before talking to them. (Thanks Stuart a.k.a. "The strongest pundit on the hill" for your help!)
A friend is coming over right now, so I can feel like a human and then it's back at the books as soon as she leaves.
Anyway, I feel like today was a good day for both body and mind... I'll get to the murder part after the WOD.

Warmup:
2 Rounds of Cals (Ouch.. it's been awhile)

Workout:
2 rounds AMRAP.. 2 minutes rest between the rounds
Turkish getups
Squats (divided by 2)
KB swing with rope
Walking Lunges (20lb DB)
Elevated Slamballs (15lb)

Total: 408

I divided the squats because everyone else was doing wallball and my squat numbers would throw my numbers off. I wanted to have a comprable score. I think it worked nicely.

I am a Murderer:
Here's the part you've been waiting for.. I killed something today. It still gives me the creeps thinking about it. I was on my way home from CFOT. I had just turned down this little neighborhood road and I was talking to my mom on the phone while driving. (I swear that studies have not proven that this is not safe.) I was totally paying attention and looking at the road.. but there was this little gray thing that blended in really well to the pavement. By the time I got close enough to realize that the little blob was actually a bird.. it was too late. I had hit it. I yelled into the phone, "Oh my g-d, I just killed a bird." I heard it's little bird body hit underneath my car as I drove over it. Ewww.. I glanced in the rear view mirror to see if there was a big carcas or anything.. all I could see were feathers.. flying in a little cloud of bird body. Oh my!

It was pretty horrific.. I won't lie. My mom said it was even traumatic for her on the other end of the phone. I hope I'll sleep alright tonight. It may be tough.. because I'm a murderer!!!!!