May Successes

May was a pretty good month for me, all things considered.

Workout Total:
Walking - 35.5 miles
Elliptical - 200 minutes
Jogging - 7 miles
Cycling - 580 minutes

Despite eating everything I could get my hands on while in Las Vegas and the following week during the BBQ and Mother's Day food fest, I am back down to 157ish. Stephanie and I are continuing to eat very well, and I am diversifying by adding peanut butter to my diet. I think PB on a graham cracker is about the best damn thing in the world. You could get me to turn over American secrets to the Russians if you offered me one of those. And its a good fat that fills you up, so I don't even feel bad.

We have been studying for the Bar for nearly three weeks. We are pretty dang busy. We had all these ambitions for the days we didn't have class, and I wanted to go home all the time to see my parents. I had planned to bring my horse out, finally. I am not sure what we were thinking, because i am behind and seriously unsure when I am going to find the time to actually memorize the black letter law I am supposed to be able to spit out on the exam. The multiple choice are coming along OK, but they're just a small part of the exam, and by OK I mean I only miss 5 or 6 out of every 18 questions. It's sad, but that's actually a respectable score. I think June is going to be about lowering the bar. The best part is that we are actually not homicidal or super stressed, although we have our moments. Nearly everyone else sounds pitiful every time we talk to them, but Stephanie and I like to think we are achieving a good balance between studying hard and staying sane. We may revise this assessment when we get the Bar results back in November.

I have now ridden my new bike 3 times on the river trail and it and I are getting along better. I was even able to drike while riding yesterday (although I panicked when some people were coming in the other direction and I wasn't sure I'd be able to steer away from them and not die). Several of my fingers went numb yesterday, and a few of my toes, but I am making progress in the bodily suffering department. Stephanie and I have also started watching videos of Lance's seven Tour de France victories to warm us up for Le Tour next month. I have no idea how we are going to find time to do everything. We may have to give up sleeping.

I am also going to try getting into red wine because yet another report has come out about how good it is for you. If you know of any that don't taste like ass, please let me know.