December 23, 2010

Thursday, December 23rd was another hectic day. A full day of work, and because of the upcoming Christmas holiday, my wife and I decided to take in a movie on the 23rd, since Christmas Eve and Christmas day were out.

December 19-22, 2010

I climbed the stairs in the house December 19th through December 22nd.

December 18, 2010

The next day, Saturday, December 18th, I ran the 5K race in the morning, and then climbed my stairs in the afternoon.

What to do about the number of flights climbed?

Instead of doing the 17 flights I was scheduled to do the previous day, I did 18 instead.

This started a pattern of 'catching up' on missed days, of which there were few.

December 17, 2010

Friday, December 17th life caught up with me---I worked a full day, and I had a 5K to run the next morning and I promised my wife Olive Garden. I took my first day off from the stairs.

December 15-17, 2010

I did 15 flights on December 15th and 16 flights on December 17th.

December 14, 2010

On December 14th, instead of doing 13 flights of stairs, I did 14---adding 2 flights instead of 1.

9 Flights and counting

On December 10th, I did 9 flights. Apparently, I also had time to drive to Drexel University to pick up my son Kevin, and either on the way there, or the way back, I took this beautiful picture of the Bell Atlantic Tower, the building we would be climbing on our Stair Climb on March 19th.

I added 1 flight of stairs every day through December 13th, when I did 12 flights of stairs.

Something was bothering me.

I wanted the flights of stairs I was climbing to equal the day of the month---strange I know, but it would make it easier for me to know how many I was doing on a particular day.

Believe me when I say I'm literally just sitting in my chair, reading and answering emails, working on a computer program, teaching an Internet class when suddenly I get up, head to the stairs and start climbing them.

In December of 2010 I didn't put a lot of thought into the process which meant simplifying even the process of knowing how many flights of stairs to climb was a big thing to me.

From the sidewalk looking up at the Bell Atlantic Tower. December 10, 2010.

I added 1 flight of stairs every day through December 13th, when I did 12 flights of stairs.

Something was bothering me.

I wanted the flights of stairs I was climbing to equal the day of the month---strange I know, but it would make it easier for me to know how many I was doing on a particular day.

Believe me when I say I'm literally just sitting in my chair, reading and answering emails, working on a computer program, teaching an Internet class when suddenly I get up, head to the stairs and start climbing them.

In December of 2010 I didn't put a lot of thought into the process which meant simplifying even the process of knowing how many flights of stairs to climb was a big thing to me.