Tournament Thursday

It's BEGUN!  The NCAA Basketball March Madness Tournament!  Everyone's got a bracket including President Obama.


My bracket has changed 3 times before the games tipped off.  I already had a major scare**SPOILER ALERT** with Memphis almost losing in the opening round.  I have them winning it all.  We'll see how it goes.  It would be great to be in Portland right now as the Rose Garden is hosting opening round games.  Actually being part of the first two days would be great fun although I hear they don't serve beer at college basketball games.  That's lame and major money detractor.

I made it through my 3rd PT session today with no improvement.  Well that's not totally true but man it's slow going.  I was able to test the knee on a 3 mile run yesterday under sunny skies in 65 degree weather and it failed.    My cycling is slowly coming around and my swim is holding steady.  I did break 1:40 during some 100 intervals earlier this week which was lots of fun.  I really don't feel like I'm going to be able to bust out a fast run come May.  I just haven't been able to get any work in on it.

The PT person makes fun of my lack of flexibility and my loathing of weight lifting.  She moves my leg around and just starts giggling sometimes about the lack of mobility.  Oh well, she's been working my hip, IT band and hamstring.  I guess all these 3 being a little tight is causing running stride issues which effects my kneecap positioning.

Spring is tomorrow but man it's still pretty cold as compared to last year.  I think it was a mild winter here last year as we were already getting lots of sun and for lots of outdoor rides.  I'll probably be able to do some 3 hour rides on Saturday and Sunday.  At least my heating bill last month was cheaper than expected, woohoo.  I can turn on the heat now if I get too cold.

The Macbook is doing great.  I have it sitting on the coffee table while watching evening TV so I can still respond to email and do work.  This is good and bad because sometimes it's 7pm before I even think about relaxing.  I've been trying to get a good sleep so I feel rested.  I've been trying to get my 9 hours at least to feel good waking up at 4:30am.

I looked at my 401k recently as the market has started rebound and was shocked.  I think I'll be working til I'm 102.  I've lost half of my total account.  How sad is that?  At least all my current purchases are bonds which are getting at least 2%.  I thought about switching to a fund but I think I'll wait just a little longer.