Sir Gaston's Shield

Well I finally got around to putting the edge on Sir Gaston's (Zach) shield after he had painted it and gotten it back to me. Unlike my last heater I started the rawhide edging at the bottom and did the top last so it would layer/overlap better for SCA combat. Got the shield edged in 3 pieces and was very happy with the edging. I tried out latex paint for the rawhide, as you just cannot dye the stuff and was surprised at who easy it went on and how well it looks. I have been told that it holds up to SCA combat well and it was akin to paint the canvas/linen covering on the shield. Just touching up a few bits and the heraldry before I deliver it for him to strap up.

Well I have come to the conclusion that I will be dropping German, working and then going to class is not working out. The summer class looks brutal, but it is a slow time at work (no flu season) and it is during the late morning, so hoping it will work out better than the evening classes did.

Still not getting exercises like I need to be doing, I do plan to start getting out for Rapier practice on Tuesday nights and I will have Fencing on Friday and Saturday afternoons so that should help a bit. My weigh in was the same as last week 207.8 lb.'s.

Bad Week

Well the week started bad and ended bad, although I did get back on track and back down to 207.8 lb.'s, really need to get out and exercises more or at least some. Fencing starts Friday and hoping to get my schedule worked out so I can fence on Tuesday nights too.

Work sucks as normal and school is not going all that well either, going to school for almost 3 hours after working in hell all day is not conductive to doing well. Might just take them in the Summer. Down side is it is only a 6 week course, like Monday thru Thursday; upside it is late morning and then I would go to work.

Started working on Zach's shield edging finally, got most of the forward edging on, just need to let it dry and then drill and sew it on, then off to the rear edge and finally the top edge.

Erebus graduated from his basic Obedience training Saturday and on his weigh in at 20 weeks, he was 65.5 lb.'s and growing.

Comfort Food

Comfort Food, should be called food that will kill you, did my weigh in today and I gained +2.4 lb.'s this week (back up to 210).

1. Eating Bad, comfort food (Deathbox and McDeath)
2. Stress (work, school, work...)
3. Lack of meaningful excises

Does look like I will be getting some good excises at least once per week coming up as I had to add a fencing course to my schedule (needed to have 6 hours and not just 5). Goals are:

1. Strengthen Shoulder and surrounding muscles
2. Cardio/Aerobic exercises to manage stress and get less fat
3. eat better

Less Play, More Study

Well finally getting over the cedar fever/sinus thing, felt like crap all last week and last weekend spent most of it in bed feeling like crap. Stupid trees and shrubs.

Looks like I am going to be concentrating on school before hobbies, as I am tired of having just 2 classes to finish my degree and just need to get it done. German is going OK, need to study more and working on my listening skills, still hard to hear the differences in the words and phrases.

Haven't been doing much, no SCA or armour and not much on-line gaming either. We did watch some Sopranos this weekend, starting over and going to try and watch the whole series with Netflix.