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2015 New Years Resolutions

• Spend more quality time with the kids, Sunday fun day, and build projects. • Make more time for Laura, and take more opportunities to have date nights. Schedule 1 date per month. • Become proficient in PowerShell, write at least 5 utility scripts. • Run at least one marathon, Seattle Rock & Roll. • Run at least one half-marathon, Sammamish half. • Find and read 3 books for pleasure. Some of these resolutions may seem silly but they needs to be done. Taking them one at a time, starting with the kids. I never feel like I get enough time with them. I thought it would be a good idea to call it out and make sure I'm giving them the time they deserve. It can be difficult with work, especially since I did a lot of traveling in 2014. Next, I need to make sure I'm spending enough quality time with my wife. Scheduling one date a month is harder than it sounds with 3 kids, looking back at last year, I think we had a total of 4 dates. I want us to do a better job and take more time for us. Next is a work related item, I've been picking up some PowerShell lately and I thought it would be good to make sure I called it out. Then I have my personal goals. Last year was a busy hear for me, I managed to get my MBA, and I train for a marathon but I had to cancel it at the last minute, work travel got in the way. This year, I'm going to run at least one marathon and one half-marathon. I also want to read more no-work related books this year. To help me keep my running resolutions I'm going to start keeping a log of my daily runs. I was reading an article in Runners World this morning and it talked about tracking your runs. I figure, I'll use my blog to track this and if I get an injury, I can back track. It seems like a good idea, so if you see some small logs about my latest runs, you know why. :-)

#2015 resolutions

Ran 7 miles today, I'll consider this my long run. I felt pretty good while running, it was a bit chilly though. The only thing that was bothering me was my left foot. It feels a little sore under the pad of my foot next to my middle toe.

I just landed in Barcelona and I'm exhausted. I think my total travel time was somewhere around 15 hours from SeaTac. I didn't really sleep on the plane, I never do. I'm feeling pretty burned out. It's only 3PM local time so I cant sleep yet. I'm refueling with a cappuccino and sunlight. While was talking with the waitress, I got my first tip. It's not necessary to tip here, service is included.

Back in Amsterdam

Day one, back in Amsterdam. It's a nice sunny day similar to what I left in Seattle. My internal clock is all screwed up from my flight. My watch says its 10:30 AM but I know its really midnight. I tried to sleep on the plane so I feel pretty fresh. I'll see how I feel at the end of the day. I decided to have a little breakfast on the dam. The city is pretty low key at this time of the morning, it's nice. Lots of tourists walking pat the restaurant, it has a nice atmosphere.

work life balance

It's decided, I can't run my marathon, the travel dates are just too tight. If I need to start working on Monday June 23, and it will be a long day regardless with jetlag. I can't run in the morning on June 21, board a plane that day, and sit for 10 hours. Laura, brought up the blood clot issue... There is a flight on Sunday, I would arrive on Monday at 8:00 AM, but that would be a horrible work day. The jetlag would be too much. Monday, I need to hit the ground running and arriving the same day doesn't really work. I could try running and fly the same day but I just need one thing to go wrong and I'm screwed. Plus, that flight would be horrible, sitting for 10 hours is asking for trouble. One of my work mates made a good recommendation to me last week, just keep up the training and shift it to a new race. This seems like the best advice. Now, I just need to find a good local race when I'm not traveling.

#running #Seattle

Help Find a Cure

As some of you know I'm running a in the Seattle Rock and Roll Marathon this June. While training for the marathon, I'm raising money for Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. Please help me raise money to fund research to find a cure to muscular dystrophy. http://bit.ly/TeamPeyton

#runforsons #Duchenne #SeattleRockandRoll

This morning on the way to Paris, I was chatting with a girl that was working in the train cafe. I mentioned that this was my first trip to Paris. She gave me some good advice for my trip. 1. Watch out for pick pockets. 2. Beware of the pan handlers outside of the train station, they are very aggressive. 3. Take bus number 42. Bus number 42 goes past all the major monuments in Paris... This was great advice.

Company Meeting

Yesterday, I attended the company meeting in person and it's like a big tech concert for employees. All the groups show off the new cool things they were working on and products that will ship this year or things that were cool research. The one thing that makes it a unique experience is Steve Ballmer. Knowing this will be the last year Steve will attend as the CEO, I don't think the energy will be the same. Steve runs out on stage pumped up, like a wild man and the crowd loves it. He brings so much energy to the end of the event. I don't see how it will be the same, and I will miss that. Say what you will about Steve's performance as a CEO but when he runs out on stage you can feel his passion for the company.

MGB

This morning I ran across somebody driving an old MG. Just seeing that car brought back so many fond memories from my childhood. My father used to have a blue MGB when I was a child. I remember sitting in the back of the car as we raced down the road. Every once in a while a train was traveling parallel to the road and we would race it. Little did I know at the time, the speed limit was around 50 MPH so it always felt like a race. That was a fun car, driving around on a nice sunny day with the wind blowing through our hair. I remember feeling very sad when the car was sold. I can't say it was the most reliable car but it was indeed a fun car. memories.....

#memories #childhood #cars

Today was an interesting day in the office, we spent most of the day filming a spoof video clip of the lab. Some how I ended up with a number of lines in the video. It was totally corny but all in good fun. I'm look forward to seeing the end result.

It finally happen, I'm tossing out my old music CD's. I put them in a box 8 years ago and never looked back. Today they are leaving the house. Now I just use #xboxmusic for everything.

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Memoto, known as the “life logging camera”, has gained publicity for taking self-documentation to the next level. There are many critiques of the system and the overall goal of documenting your whole life. However, I want to focus on the benefits when talking about this revolutionary idea.

What if you could go back and remember the little moments in your day that made you smile, that inspired you, that just made you happy? Memoto creates a “life library”, allowing you to filter through your days and find images taken twice a minute. The divice is small, about the size of a watch, letting you to clip it on and then forget about it. It has a long battery life, lasting about two full days without a charge. Memoto began as yet another KickStarter success and is now available for pre-order. Are you ready for a photography memory?

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This could also show how boring your life really is. Some things are not worth watching again.

I find it a little amusing that almost a week has gone by and I'm still finding bruises from the toughmudder.

Now that I finished the Tough Mudder today, what's next? I've ran up a mountain at the Olympic park at whistler, gone trough mud up to my waist, dunked in ice water past my head, jumped off a 25 foot platform into water, dragged my body across the ground while being electrocuted, and thrown my body over a 10 foot wall. Perhaps a half marathon isn't that bad.

Me Myself and I

During this past year, I took up running again. I used to run a lot when I was younger but I ended up dropping it When I started running again I ended up running by myself and I still do. I'm so used to running by myself that I prefer it to running with other people. It's nice to go running and do what I want to do, if I want to run little faster or slower, not big deal. I don't have to talk with anybody or feel obligated to talk to another person. Some days you get so little time to yourself, it's nice to get away from everything.

That said, I enjoy being around people, but this is the one time I enjoy just being with me. Is it wrong to feel this way? There are times when it is nice to run with others but, if I had a preference, it would to go by myself. No offence, but it's what I'm used to now.

#running

Some video from Hawaii when the lava was flowing. It's pretty amazing.

#lava #hawaii #March 2013 #Nokia 920

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