3/14 Weekly Update – The 45th goal can be reached!

            Thanks to a heavy load of work travel, I didn’t make progress on many goals this week.  It’s unfortunate I didn’t have anything around bird counting though as I was fortunate enough to be in a car driving while hundreds of thousands of snow geese were migrating north.  It was an awe inspiring scene and a wonderful reminder of what this world has on offer.

            The other big news for the week is a goal that I decided not to put on the list.  At one point, I was going to include driving 4,000 miles in a car with alternative fuel.  The idea was to drive me to get a different car that wasn’t so fuel inefficient as the minivan and use it as often as possible.  I ultimately scratched the goal, but it looks like it will happen anyway as I purchased a Leaf this week.  Fun times!

           

 Physical

            #5 – Only a 40 mile week – legs and body were fatigued with business travel.  I’m accepting this as a recovery week.  I did do a 20 min test on Monday and found that the power in the legs continues to increase.  We'll find out soon enough if it's enough for the 40km/hr goal that is set for 6 weeks from tomorrow.

            #6 – 1,905. Closing in on 2,000 and it’s so much easier than it was just a month and a half ago

Mental

            #14 – I finished “Why We Sleep”.  This is simply amazing.  Everybody of all reading ages should read this book.  Now if I could just get my 4 year old to read it and understand the importance of sleep….

            #16 – Over a quarter of the way.  The best part is that I’m remembering the names over 80% of the time.

Relationship

            #23 Amy had a few nights away from the house so I got some time with just the boys this week.  They’re really fun to hang out with and it made me appreciate that they are a great age right now (with the exception of the sleep issue!)

            #26 – With all the time with the boys, reading books also took a jump.  We’re almost up to 100 books together.  There really are some great kids books out there.

Environmental

            #30 I really fell off the vegetarian wagon yesterday with a massive amount of meat.  However, I’m still only at about 3.5 pounds on the year so still on target to meet the goal

            #31 – We’re more than 10% of the way through the year and I’ve still yet to get a plastic bag (though I don’t shop that much).  I’m wondering if I could collect less than 40 plastic bags for the year.  Is this attainable?

Miscellaneous

            #38 – Donut World Greensboro – With a name like that, they’ve set expectations pretty high.  However, they delivered.  4 stars with a collection of excellent donuts.  Highly recommended.