Day 55: Obstacles

I got my P90X workout in today...barely. Actually, I switched tomorrow's Stretching X workout with today's Yoga X. I'll do the yoga tomorrow when I have more time. It may be bending the rules a little, but you won't be able to tell the difference when I finish the P90X in 25 days.

So, my girlfriend, Karen, and I drive to my ex-wife's house at 8:00am to pick up my sons, Trevor (14) and Maxwell (16) to take them to a wrestling tournament. They are supposed to be there by 8:30am. On the way to the tournament, they boys inform me that we are going to Coral Springs High and not Coral Glades High like I swear that they originally told me. I budgeted my time for Coral Glades so we are going to be 15 minutes late now. We arrive at Coral Springs High and I drop off the boys and go to find a parking spot. As I'm parking, my phone rings. It is Trevor informing me that the tournament is at Coral Glades High as I originally swore that they told me. I swear some more. And more.

15 minutes later we arrive at Coral Glades High. I'm worried that we are late, but the tournament does actually get started for another two hours until 11:00am. The tournament is enjoyable but longer than anyone expected. We finish at 5:30pm. I rush the boys home, return to Karen's and start on my honey-do list. When I make promises to do things around my Karen's house, I do them. I want to keep my word and be a good boyfriend.

At 7:00pm, I finish the biggest task on the list. I  needed to fasten 50' of chicken wire to the base of the fencing that surrounds the dogs courtyard or pooping patio as we call it in Indiana. The chicken wire is meant to keep the puppies, Trixie and Diesel, from escaping. The puppies have the combined brain power of a mosquito and wouldn't last very long in the real world or even the make-believe world for that matter.

I go inside and see that I am very tight on time. Karen and I are having dinner and drinks with friends sometime after 9:00pm. I decide to switch the Stretching X and Yoga X workouts which gives me an extra half hour. A few minutes into the Stretching X workout, the puppies find me laying on the floor (see the video).

Some days the hardest part of P90X is just finding the time to do. Some days are full of obstacles like those frickin' little puppies mauling me in the video. Some days have all sorts of unplanned surprises. I've missed one day since I started P90X and I promised I wouldn't let it happen again. Today, I barely kept that promise, but I kept it.