It's been quite awhile from since I wrote my last entry for this blog. Let's just say I've gotten preoccupied with pretty much a lot of useless stuff completely unrelated to fruitful living. I've been hooked on the same computer game with a few new serious player friends I met online. Also, I've been trying to work out. Yes, me, the botod, is trying to get fit. Nope, I am not giving up pork or beer or smoking completely. But I have started running on the treadmill and lifting weights. So far so good. I haven't bulked up yet and I see no guns on my arms but I noted that they are not as flabby or as lard-soft as they were before. I have also noticed that my endurance for running on the treadmill has improved. Whereas when I started I can only manage probably a maximum of five minutes before my thighs start burning prompting me to slow down and catch my breath, I ran for forty straight minutes without slowing down just yesterday. That is a feat for super sedentary me. I have lost several pounds and gained a couple back during the past weekend when I went over to Teffy's place for another whine and wine experience.
Now, Teffy is my former colleague and boss at the College of PT at St Paul University where we also both went to PT school at before becoming instructors there. She lives about a three hour drive away from me at Lexington, VA. Lexington is a quaint picturesque historical small town famous for its significance in the American Civil War. This is also the burial site of the famous Civil War general Stonewall Jackson and the location of his house now turned into a museum. I just love how this small town thrives and bustles with life, a strange blending of the old and the new, literally and figuratively speaking.
Lexington houses two well-known universities: the VMI, Virginia Military Institute and W&L, Washington and Lee, which is a very reputable law school. Lexington, however, is also considered a retirement community where mostly middle-aged to senior couples find solace in the peace, beauty and laid-back atmosphere of this town. I find it refreshing how the burning red energy of youth can blend in well together with the calming blue aura of wisdom in this lovely town. True, occasionally, they would clash with mostly the elderly complaining about the college people's noise but generally, the town is peaceful as it's meant to be.
One thing that draws me towards this town is that the school system here is doing really well and is highly ranked within the state. If you would want to raise a family, you would want to have your kids go to a decent school and Lexington offers them such. Teffy was trying to sell me the idea of moving over the area once my wife comes over. I still have my reservations but yes, that place looks promising for me.
However, unlike where I am now, that small town is less diverse than what I am used to. I have seen only a handful of Asians there, a few Blacks and almost no Hispanics which is weird as Hispanics can be found almost everywhere. I don't know if discrimination exists there but it would be hard to expound and build other friendships when the town is overwhelmingly white. I don't know though, because to be honest so far I have not experienced discrimination in the strict sense of the word, maybe because I am quite lucky to be more educated than most.
Anyway, I am just letting you into what I have been up to for the past couple months: starting a book I never got to finish, starting my exercise regime (holding up for almost a month now), and driving up and down Lexington twice. I already have an idea of what my next entry would be for this blog. The only problem is when will I ever get to writing it. Till then, stay tuned.
