Well its still quite chilly here in the mornings and evenings but at least we are seeing lots of sunshine and blue skies. It's down in the low 50's for the past two mornings which is winter for us or at least fall. It was cold ride out to the Rec yesterday morning where I got in two hours of pickle ball play. Many of the A players were not there but I had a player who at times hits as hard if not harder than me there so we played well at times and helped some of the lesser players in their game. I'm getting some two hours of non stop exercise which is what I want to help lose a few pounds. I'm eating less and feeling great as well.
I started the day much the usual with a 6'ish rollout to my routines that start with some quiet time with my Creator giving thanks and lifting several up by name. All are holding at this time. I finished up my talk with the Creator on my cold ride to the Rec on my bike. It's not the mountain top experience I had each morning at the cabin but I can honor and worship any where and any time. After pickle ball I worked in the gardens moving up some seedlings into 9 packs as well as loosened up the soil around several plants. The jalapeno pepper plant is starting to set some blooms so I will have fresh peppers soon, and the one large roma tomato is starting to show some blooms as well. I sowed some onion seeds which will take weeks to show any colors and I'm still waiting on the cilantro and dill to show some color as well.
Nancy walked the 'hood instead of biking to the Rec for some exercise. We both are trying to eat lite and lose some weight as she now had over taken me on the scales. I'm still down around 7 pounds since starting the regiment of eating less. I only hope I can continue until I reach my goal. I've given up beer and desserts as well and incorporated lots of fresh fruit in the diet; but I think pickle ball daily has really helped as the biggest factor.
We met up with Tyler and Ava to ride together to Berkeley Prep School in Tampa which is larger than most college campus's and so modern to watch Ava and her team play a good team. We were stuck on the Howard Frankland Bridge for over an hour due to a 4 car crash which had a back up on the bridge of thousands of vehicles. We made it in time to watch the JV team win from Keswick as well as Ava's team win without one of their best ball handlers. It was a hard fought game and Keswick won by 11 points. Ava played great on defense and had a few shots at the net with several assists. She is a team player all the way and is really aggressive on rebounds. It was close to 9 before we got back home and by the time I had a shower and relaxed a few minutes it was bed time, LATER
