6 a.m.

Well it has begun! My annual spring workout regime is under way. The torture or as in shape people say "workout" starts at 6a.m. every morning. I have done this a couple of other times and it has worked. The other couple of times I had friends (thank you Chris and Corey) to keep me on schedule. This will be a challenge but I'm pretty good once I start a routinue at keeping it. I know thats hard to believe. Its one of the only advantages of my lil consistency disorder. I have really no problem getting up in the morning - one of the only advantages of being hyperactive. Its really just a matter of helping my workout routinue with watching what I eat. Now theres a problem. Lets talk about that. Sunday afternoon I have had Long John Silvers for the last 50 Sundays that I have been in Texas. Tuesdays I always hope my wife takes her night to go to Hastings so she'll go before she leaves to get fried chicken for me and the boys to eat. I also absolutely love any kind of potato, the only real thing I have going for me is I don't like sweets.
The day starts at 6a.m only because my dumb dog needs out everyday at 6 and I need to get up there to worlout before 6:30 so I just let her out and then get dressed and go. One thing is for sure I'm ready for bed by about 10pm. Well wish me luck and lets see how long this will last...

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Mr. Jeffrey Scott Eko

I have survived the week following my appointment with Dr. Torture. My mouth is actually feeling better. I do have one regret, I should have used the incident to cross another thing off my "before 40 to do" list. I have no clue if I'm using the quotation marks properly in that last sentence. I love the show Lost and a character on the show Mr. Eko (I checked thats how you spell it KELLY) I also have no clue if thats a proper use of paranthesis. Back to Mr. Eko - he decides he will not talk for 40 days!! Stuck on an Island with strangers probably allows this to be pulled off fairly easy but still -40 days? Proper use of the question mark? Thats quite an accomplishment. My goal would be no talking fo two days. Two days in the off season without talking. It could be done and I'm the man to try it. The kids would love it, Kelly wouldn't mind, and in the off season I'm mostly emailing and getting paperwork done anyway, so I think this could be done. I have five years to try this. As you all know I'm not one to actually try something outside of my routinue to quickly. I may have to continue to think about it. I was telling Kelly we could really keep ourselves out of trouble if we all had a word limit. No one would have to say "hi" to me as we passed in the hall - it really never makes my day any better anyways. How about taking out the "how you doing" thing that people ask without really a care to how we are actually doing. I'm not trying to mimic a comedian but you get my point. Was there a run on sentence back there? We could all read, watch T.V., shop, and do anything without verbal skills! It is intriguing to think about isn't it? Seriously how could you accomplish the no talking for two days thing in a realistic manner. I'm telling ya, dawgs, I'm going to try and find out. I'm not calling you dawgs in the offensive sense - more of the "buddies" sense!

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Brutally honest liar

Whatever happened to brutal honesty. Honestly..wouldn't it be fun to say how you felt?? C'mon kids I know its not just me. How many of you have to process, as quick as you can, a response to any question or request for an opinion. "How will this person handle this?" It wears me clean out! Hey, I'm good at it though. I act like I didn't hear it completely and then WHAM I have the response! "Heck yea I love this meal, I'm just not that hungry".
Ohhh I know the company line..There is a time and place for brutal honesty... o.k. lets throw that out. No more talk of brutal honesty. How about just being truthful. Heres the problem - a lot of the times there the same. Now is there a rationale for white lies if they are told to spare a person humiliation or mental/physical harm? I'm sure there is but lets be honest...if your to tell the truth then tell it always! "Did I really back over your foot in the parking lot sir?".. "no, dang it, but I would still like you insurance company to write me a check for the doctor bill from me breaking it on my scooter"Isn't that the point of shows liks Scrubs.. the "mean " doctor's (Dr. Kelso, Dr. Cox) are hilarious because they are honest! We laugh because we wish we could do that. "Why don't you have any friends?"" "Well Mom, I told everyone how I actually felt" So is there such a thing as telling to much truth? If we didn't, wouldn't that be telling a lie? I don't know anymore, I would love not to be neurotic and just tell everyone how I truly feel but then I could be in real trouble. Fake smiles and laughs are my way of life. My friends used to think I reminded them of George on Seinfeld because I was so good at stories and lies. Boy, thats something I want on my tombstone! I have a creed - to go to bed without the world mad about things I have said. That could be all messed up with this honesty thing!
Wouldn't it be fitting if I could finish this blog with a list of things I have told people I liked or disliked and actually was telling them the truth. Dream on - I got to sleep tonight!

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Wisdomless

Well, Wednesday I had the great opportunity to have a wisdom tooth removed. Fun times for Mr. Trimble. The Dentist gave me about five shots in the mouth to numb it then left to allow the numbness take hold. As I'm waiting for the numbness to take hold, I realize THE NUMBNESS IS NOT TAKING HOLD. He comes back in and asks if its numb, I say nope so he gives me a few more shots. Same routinue occurs and we wait for 15 minutes. Comes back in and goes to work. Now I mean he goes to work - this is not a simple lil thing. He leans in and grabs whatever the death Eastern block torture device that he bought on Ebay to do this procedure and start to work on the tooth. Well, my lil friends, I come off the chair like A.J. Hawk sacking Brady Quinn. He comments "did ya feel that". I'm on the floor crying and giving up all my CIA conections. "Maybe we should numb it some more". Yea, that sounds great, commrade. So I get the third set of numbness's and cannot feel the shots (I'm numb) except for the last one which was a quick and smaller shot. Great, now the sensitive area has the least amount of painkiller. So the routinue starts again and he comes back. Its better but I'm still feeling the pain - I'm determined now not to say anything. Apparently wisdom teeth take as little longer to come out cause this ole boy was working it like a Lumber Jack in the Northwest. Finally after 14 pints of blood and my fourth time passing out - the tooth comes out. I get it packed and am told to take four Ibuprofin for pain. Ibuprofin? How about a shot of Jack and horse tranquilizers. I'm in pain! Well I'm still alive and have not had much luck with the Ibuprofin that I'm taking but it gets better everyday. Maybe I'll live - now to explain to my superiors why all my CIA brothers are getting nabbed!

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Shout out!

O.K. dang it, Ben left so I have to try to cheer my friend Alyssa up! I gotta be funny...gotta be funny. The best way for my humor to come thru is.. for me to make fun of someone I know completely...my wife! I'm kidding. Time to get the "Jeff Trimble" ego in check

If I were a car I'd be a... a Honda Accord - consistent and good gas mileage - I'm not the sexist choice but I'm consistent - I know, you single women, stay back I'm taken!.

If I were a color I'd be... Tan - lets not get crazy people..no need to get all bright or too dark!

If I were a Movie I'd be... Raising Arizona - off beat humor with no box office results - OUCH!

If I were a store I'd be... American Eagle - no one gets more mileage from plaid and flannel than me!

If I were single I'd be... A loser no one thinks.."Consistent and old school" is sexy.

If I were a mechanic, carpenter, lawyer, accountant, judge, doctor, anything to do with details I'd be.... broke!

We will be praying for Alyssa and for Ben. Alyssa please don't break the guy with your "depressed so I need to spend money" phase!!

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