Today is a new day, a new start.  Started meditating again for 10  minutes and started writing in the mornings again for 10 minutes.  Writing is good.  It is a self-affirming thing. Say what I want, what I think and contemplate on it as it goes through my mind and embrace it as who and am and that it is good and that I am just fine the way I am and that I am one with the universe. This writing is to be just a stream of consciousness words flowing from my mind going down on paper.  It dark outside with light coming for my run.  Start getting ready about 6:15 with sunrise about 6:45. That is fine.  We'll see how it goes over the next month and a half and see if I have to be creative with my schedule.  I probably should anyway for the bricks I will be doing outside during the week.  We'll see if the traffic isn't too busy for that.  Yesterday was the real beginning with work on losing 18 lbs and started following my off-season exercise plan.  We'll just add a bit every three weeks and see what races I become prepared for.  I like the idea of working up to the A race distances plus 15%, one discipline every 3 weeks.  Then to train for the actual race to move towards do getting them all in within one week.  Then taper for race day.  I seemed to be ready for the race with that strategy.  I'm glad there's a path to do it my way within my physical fitness philosophy.  Iron Man maybe different, but we'll see.  I think only different in the sense of logistics for nutrition and bathroom breaks.  We'll see that's a couple of years at least down the road and nothing to have any concern over at this time.  This writing is really making me feel good.  I like that.  And learning to place limits rather than stick to some notion of how things need to be really takes out the stress and helps in the relaxation.  It is almost time to me done. Mom is getting settled in.  I hope she will get along with the situation. I hope the physical therapy will get her strength to be able to get out.  And we have lots of doctors appointments for her other issues. Most hopefully the interstim thing with the urologist.  How my time going.  I feel like it should be up.  I'm using the Plum Village 10 minutes meditation with the bell to mark start and end and here it is. Amen. (437)