[OAC_Sparky]

meford4u,Jan 20 2008, 11:36 PM Wrote:Hey, let me ask you something.  Do you work out?  Would you ever find the time to work out?  I know your probably even busier than I am, so if you could find the time to work out, then i should be able to.
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Do I work out? No, for a number of reasons (excuses) -- some within my control and some that are not.

• As you know, I work 7 days a week on straight midnights. 8 hours (8.5 including lunch), 10s (10.5) on Saturday/Sunday. I work midnights is to cut my commute down to 30 minutes each way. So total time devoted to work is 70.5 hours a week. My last day off was Christmas eve. My choice though, but turning down good money in a "feast or famine" job is tough if you want to get ahead.
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• Up until the beginning of December I was taking 2 college electrical engineering courses (another 8 hours), my wife was in a course so I was housebound taking care of our two youngest kids on the third night.
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• Usually do at least one electrical side-job every two weeks.
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• Four kids. Enough said.
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• 3 cars, and a newer house to maintain.
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• Older widowed mother-in-law, and a soon-to-be-divorced sister-in-law that call me when they need &quot;man things&quot; done around their houses.<>
  [st]So as you can see my biggest hindrance is finding time. I seldom get more than 3 or 4 uninterrupted hours of sleep in one shot. So when you do have time you're tired so you have little ambition left to get to the gym.
  
  But getting back in shape is one of my goals for this year. Not really a &quot;resolution&quot;, just a goal.