May Check-In
May was a bit of a frustrating month, but I can’t fully point my finger at why exactly. I ended up tweaking a muscle early in the month that limited my physical activities, but not much else really jumps out at me as to why the month felt off.
Injury Issues
My left hip flexor tends to be relatively tight. I need to stretch it more, but keep forgetting, and never really get around to it. It’s led to some painful days following hockey games, particularly games where I play as the goalie. Normally, the pain goes away after a day or two and I go back to normal. Early in the month I was in a battle for the puck in the corner and ended up falling awkwardly. Queue a 3-4 week healing process. It’s now June and it finally seems to be back to normal.
Just stunk since I couldn’t run or lift like I normally like to. Funny thing is that hockey didn’t bother me too much, though I haven’t been playing in net since we’re between seasons in that league.
I just need to remember to stretch, but if it keeps happening, a visit to an ortho might be in order.
It’s No Wonder I Never Finish a Side Project
It’s no wonder I never finish a side project, I currently started playing around with a new side project.
I’ve been frustrated with the website my hockey league uses to manage my teams and what not. The site is absolutely awful and I know teammates and other team captains and players hate the system.
I’ve been playing around with how I might go about building a similar system that has a much better UI and is much more user-friendly. I have no idea where I’m going to go with it, but why not I guess.
Everything Else
Not much else has been going on, it’s been mostly quiet. My wife and I went to a nice whiskey pairing dinner, a Gaslight Anthem concert, and even a Kentucky Derby party. But other than that, it’s generally been nice quiet evenings at home. I’ve been spending a lot of evenings out on my porch since it’s been so nice out. Not looking forward to the hot and humid weather that’s going to mess that all up.
Monthly Round-Up
🏃🏼♂️ Running & Biking
- Running: Given the hip flexor, I only managed 10.26 miles.
- Biking: I took a 25 mile bike ride early in the month...so progress?
🏋🏼♂️ Lifting
- Still doing the 5/3/1 program, but because of the hip flexor, I’ve slowed some.
📚 Reading
Continuing
- The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 by Ian W. Toll
✍🏻 Writing
- Continued my reading logs
- Wrote about calming down after hockey games
- Wrote about the Pacific War trilogy I’m reading
- Wrote about having now been playing hockey for 10 years
🎮 Gaming
- Horizon Zero Dawn - Really jumped back into this. I’m now at 29 hours played and have been having a lot of fun.
📺 Watched
- Continuing Star Trek Voyager
- Continuing Elementary
- Started American Gods
- 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs
🎬 Movies