40 Goals while 40

20 weeks!   Wow, it’s really hard to believe how fast the time is disappearing.   Good news though, this week was VERY productive on the goals front.   I got in lots of quality time with the family, the garden is producing, and other aspects are progressing well.   It’s time to take a check on the goals and see where we are.   Looking through them, 5 are complete, 11 are on pace, 23 are off-pace, but can be recovered, 4 are off-pace and unlikely, and one will be missed.   The good news is that if we can pull the pace back, we’ll be in good shape.   The bad news is that there are a LOT that are off-pace.   I guess it’s time to get them moving.   However, at this point, 39/44 are still viewed as achievable.   Looking at the “unlikely” ones, the easiest is to watch more movies with the family.   Maybe I’ll continue to push Amy to watch movies on the days I’m not trying to catch up on the other goals at night.   With that...

Well the realization that the year was over 1/3 complete really kicked some of the motivation into high gear.  Between that and some amazing late spring/early summer weather, many of the outside goals started to really gain momentum.  The boys and I went to three parks in a single morning and had a blast.  The garden is as good as it has been since moving to Raleigh. In other news, I’m late in planning my trip to Europe.  I need to get cracking on this if it is going to happen.  So many decisions and oh so many dollars.  We’ll see what we can do on the topic – the scope of the trip might need a bit of trimming. One final note on the week - the "Navy" showers really aren't that bad provided you are either sweating from energy or the room is warm.  These are adding up quickly. Anyway – on to the updates. Physical               #5 – 1,497 miles – Despite no long rides, got in alm...