The junk is free

It's amazing the stuff you can forget when you try to pack up clothes for 5AM workouts. Commando isn't so bad except for when you pants keep feeling like they might fall off. My current set of jeans are bagging on me and one less layer doesn't make them any tighter.

It's mid October and I've started heavily looking at apartments in DC. It's frickin expensive. Holy crap. I need to find a decent place since I'll be there 24/7 because I'll basically be "working at home". I might end up in an apartment tower in this downtown suburb to be close to Elena and her school. I also started looking at moving options. It looks like I'm gonna drive cross country as it will be cheaper than having my Escape transported and paying in addition to that a plane ticket. I'll do the blitz across the US as short as possible since it will be in the middle of winter. Hopefully, I'll be able to find a non-snowy window to get across quickly.

On the good side, my swim has been going well. I was able to kick the fastest 50 yards yet in my drill. I'm gonna try to incorporate some of the kicking while actually swimming but that's tougher as it's really hard to get into a rhythm. Practice, practice and more practice.

I thought about doing a half marathon downtown this Sunday as a training race but it costs $45. I need to save every last dime so I'll just workout on my own. The weather looks like it's gonna suck anyway. More trainer time for me. I'd be fine with the trainer if it felt more like road riding. I just can't find that magical gear that feels just like a day outside. It's going to be an interesting 3 hour ride at least on Saturday.