Sniffling, Sneezing, Drinking, Dunking, Stuffy-Head Fever

dj2degrees — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:00:00 -0700

With the big flu pandemic, everyone is protecting themselves from getting sick. Flu shots, hand sanitizing stations, even riding public transit with surgical masks (I swear I saw this last week). Of course I continue on with my regular life because I seem to NEVER get sick. When I do feel under the weather I can usually trace it to not getting enough rest or being seated next to a cougher on a cross-country flight. Well after a half week of about 5 hrs/night, a cross country trip, board meeting on Saturday morning followed by a tailgate party and Stanford Football game, I woke up with a sore throat on Sunday. :-(

For some reason watching NFL football isn't the same without the ability to swallow effortlessly. Strangely enough, my home remedy of having a beer or two.... or five :-/ ... didn't seem to deaden the pain, but I did finally get some sleep.

Sitting at home sick gives you a lot of time to think. As I sat there motionless for a couple of days I thought, "do you really think you can dunk a basketball again?" I just sat and watched the guys who I entered the NFL with be sent to the bench for younger, faster, more energetic players and I'm having trouble walking to the refrigerator without something in my body hurting. Hmmmm....

So I figured let's start with baby steps. I need about a 36 inch leap to dunk a basketball, and the last time I dunked a basketball I weighed 195 lbs. I weighed 220 last week (I could never dunk with a 25 lbs weight strapped to my back) so I think I need to drop a few. Projecting 195 lbs into the air is a lot easier. So I'm taking a page out of my worthless fantasy football running back Lendale White's book and laying off of the sauce.

Lendale lost 30 lbs by giving up tequila!!!

So I've decided to cut down on the drinking while I continue my training. I need to get under 200 lbs by 2010 if I'm ever gonna get above the rim. I could keep getting sick (Wii Fit says I've dropped down from 220 since the sore throat) but that's a cop out.

Since I've been deliquent in updating the blog, I'm adding two mixes (one from my last trip on the wagon and one about being sick). Enjoy!

Enferma Mix

Sobriety Mix

Soundtrack of a Former Athlete

Sniffling, Sneezing, Drinking, Dunking, Stuffy-Head Fever