I mkae good progress at work on Tuesday and Wednesday with an overall system model and a detailed Monte Carlo analysis of material creep over long term. Both of these analyses will help the project to overcome some alignment difficulties. And I get in a long walk on Tuesday and a great mountain bicycle ride to the pier and back home on Wednesday where the wind is against me the entire the way home (for a great workout). After a shower I meet Oliver at a coffeehouse and we just talk about our lives and I give him a Thai shirt with Thai characters on it.
Friday starts with a long ride with Derrick. We both feel strong today and have good pace throughout the ride. WHen I finish the ride I get in a quick shower and run a number of errands that includes picking up books from the library (inluding marathon runner Bill Rodgers' autobiography). I collapse when I get home and have an hour nap followed by 15 minutes of trying to regain consciousness. When the day has cooled off a bit I was the Yamaha YZF-R1 and help Person Ti_Ca with homework before reading and heading for sleep.
On Sunday I drag myself out of bed and get on the road bicycle again and ride to the Whitter dam and back. During the ride I try to invite a few other riders along with me to (to trade off pulls and for conversation) but it doesn't work as they are riding their own pace or waiting for their own riding partners. I finish the ride up and call it quits near 40 miles. That's about 150 miles over three days and now I'm tired. When I get home I water and feed the roses and trim some low lying tree bushes in the backyard and that it is for the day (even though it is only 10 am). For the remainder of the day I relax, read, watch the MotoGP race from Laguna Seca, install a new door lock, and just be a vegetable.
Tuesday through Friday are mixed days of productivity at work. I keep plugging away on specific models, simulations, and tasks and I also contribute to some "heated topics" that are floating around right now. But I am tired and find myself taking small naps throughout each workday. After work I get in a high repetition workout with the weights on Wednesday and a very good bicycle ride on Thursday where I continually push the pace and catch riders on road bicycles that I should not catch. And on the entire last leg of the ride with a strong headwind, I push one bigger gear quite well. By the time that I am finished and had a shower Person Ti_Ca comes home and thinks that I am drunk (because I'm staggering around the house from the severe workout). But we take a quick trip to Macys to buy stainless steel cookware and I have trouble getting out of his car because my legs are already sore and tired.
Saturday starts with qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix before Person Ti_Ca, his friend Dennis, and I go hiking out at Topanaga State park. We only hike for about 2-3 hours, but its good to get out of the city and be among nature. On the way home we stop for lunch and then proceed back home. Later Person Ti_Ca and I do homework and I just relax around the house - putting up with the new neighbor's party. As I head for sleep I put in ear plugs and hope that the party does not go too late - giving the neighbors a one and only "get out of jail" card by not calling the police on them.
On Monday morning I start at my regular worksite but then ride the motorbike a few miles away to run some tests. I wait around the test facility for a while until the hardware shows up. And then we get into a good rhythm and we manage to complete the planned day of testing without staying late. When I get home I have another good high repetition workout. Even after the long layoff and the lighter weights (but higher repetitions), I feel the size and strength slowly coming back without the shoulder pain.