Memory: Luck you were born a guy

I don't remember when this happened, but I recall being in the basement of my parents house.  My mom was down there doing laundry and she made the following comment to me:

"You are lucky you were born a guy in this family."

That stopped me.  When I asked her what she meant, she told me to consider the females in my family.  My mother.  My sister.  My aunt (mother's sister). My grandmother (mother's mother).  ALL of them suffered from mental health issues that had huge impacts on their lives.  So my mom believes that some gene was passed to all the females in the family.

Myself and my cousin (male) don't seem to suffer from the same issues, so maybe she has a point.  I'm not sure, but I'm scared of having a daughter of my own some day.  Am I bringing her into the world to suffer?

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Daily Workout--June 18, 2011

Running
3 miles
36 minutes, 37 seconds

Gym
Bench Press: 135 x 15, 155 x 10, 185 x 10, 225 x 3
Incline Press (each arm): 70 x 10, 75 x 10, 80 x 8
Chest (butterfly): 80 x 10, 90 x 10, 100 x 10
Overhead Triceps: 85 x 10, 90 x 10, 95 x 10
Push-down Triceps: 70 x 9, 70 x 10
Situps: 20, 10

Off to the Reading Phillies...

Daily Workout--June 12, 2011

Today I did the Duff Triple again.

Running
3 miles
38 minutes, 51 seconds
While this is a little slower than Friday, this 'run' involved the least amount of walking.  So far, I've been alternating between running/jogging and walking.  I usually do street sign intervals....from one street sign to the next, I'd run.  Then I'd walk to the next street sign, then run, then walk, etc.  On good days, I'd do run two intervals then walk one.  Today however, I walked for less than 1 minute of the entire trip.  So it's a little slower than before becuase I was varying my running/jogging, but I severly limited my walking.  So it's progress & I'll take it.


Gym [reps x weight]
Bench Press: 15 x 135, 10 x 165, 10 x 185, 5 x 225
Incline Press (each arm): 10 x 70, 10 x 80, 9 x 90
Butterfly: 10 x 80, 10 x 90, 10 x 100
Overhead Tricep Extension: 10 x 80, 10 x 90, 10 x 95
Tricep Pushdown: 10 x 60, 10 x 65, 10 x 70

Biking
7 miles
30 minutes, 33 seconds

Air Show

No workout today.  I woke up earlier & drove into Lancaster to my sister's house.  I picked up my nephew and oldest niece and took them to southern ChesCo for an air show.  Didn't know southern ChesCo had an airfield?  I didn't either til the middle of last week.  But there is an airshow there, in the middle of New Garden Township, just off Route 1.

We got there before the planes started taking off, so I got suckered into spending money.  My nephew wanted to do the rock climb and my niece wanted to do some trampoline contraption.

Nephew doing the rock climb

Niece doing the trampoline thing

After the rides, they decided to get their faces painted (though my nephew wanted it on his hands instead)

Then the air show started.  It was pretty cool to see all the old planes flying as well as the stunt planes doing tricks.  I haven't been to an air show since I was a little kid, but I enjoyed it tremendously.  One of my favorite parts was the fly-by of the B2-Stealth Bomber.  If I had a favorite airplane, this would be it.

B2-Stealth Bomber

Some more pics: 

Nephew & Niece standing inside open bomb doors on a military plane

Nephew standing next to the plane's propeller

After I dropped them back off at their house, my youngest three nieces demanded I take their picture.  I'm not sure exactly (and was afraid to ask my sister) why two of the three had shaved heads.

DariLyn, Onya, Cece

Overall, a pretty fun day.  The rain held off and other than spending money I don't particularly have to spend & getting a little bit of sunburn, it was a successful day.

Daily Workout--June 10, 2011

Running
3 miles
38 minutes, 37 seconds

Daily Workout--June 9, 2011

Running
3 miles
40 minutes, 1 second