To Infinity.... and Beyond!

had my check up with the doc today. BP was good, which was my biggest concern because it was high when I had my vasectomy consult, although everyone wrote it off as "it's a stressful place" lol. she was on board with doing a blood panel but she didn't give two shits about hormones cause she felt i have zero signs of low T, I agreed but wanted a baseline so I should at least be getting T for fun here soon.

long story short tho, that tore up half my day. I will be getting my bench session in after work today, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to set up my bands or not so it might just be a fully raw day or maybe some sling shot volume.

MrKleen73 said:
Nice pulling, keep it up and 500 is not far away!
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PolishHamm3r77 said:
Right!!! Dudes a BEAST!
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appreciate the support guys!

SkRaw85 said:
Solid yanking homie! No homo
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maybe a little
 
Warm up
DB laterals
DB curls (light for elbows )
Arnold's

Bench
3 x 12 x 95 (wide grip)
1 x 135, 185, 210, 230, 250
3 x 265
(+5lbs from last week)

Slingshot
1 x 285
3 x 305 (might be a reps PR)

Raw
8 x 235 (gotta be a reps PR here)
+5 lbs from last week
15 x 185, suicide grip

+ green bands
3 x 135, 155

EMOTM
10 x 3 x 155
+ 3 x 135

Raw
25 x 135
(Just wanted to see how it felt after banded work)

Cable tri push downs (wide grip)
3 x 20
(Killer)

Lateral DB raises
12 x 30s, 35s, 35s

Tri pull downs
3 x 15

(All the normal one handed grips were gone so I used half a nunchuck. Sorta looks like a weighted jerk off trainer. )

Forward DB raises
3 x 12 x 30s

Hammer strength seated dips
3 x 15 x +180lbs


Notes
198.x this morning
Legs got worked on that bench session
I know it's a fair amount of volume but it's my favorite day. Wanted more top end work but I don't like abusing the help of rando spotters over and over.

80lb dbs were not quite enough to keep from being drug around by the band. Need to stick with 90s.

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Classic weighted jerkoff handle there That got me good when I read it; knew exactly what you were talking about.
 
I'm catching up from about a week ago, but your comment about the deadlifter you were chatting it up with... that's the one thing I miss about going to a gym these days. When I was younger I didn't really care to talk to anyone. But these days, it'd be nice to just talk shop. No one I'm around works out or lifts, so that's probably why I'm on here all the time... LOL.
 
Segansational said:
I'm catching up from about a week ago, but your comment about the deadlifter you were chatting it up with... that's the one thing I miss about going to a gym these days. When I was younger I didn't really care to talk to anyone. But these days, it'd be nice to just talk shop. No one I'm around works out or lifts, so that's probably why I'm on here all the time... LOL.
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I am w you on that point. No one to talk to in my garage gym. I haven’t gone to a commercial gym since 2004, and back then I wanted to go in, keep my head down, and get out.
 
Segansational said:
I'm catching up from about a week ago, but your comment about the deadlifter you were chatting it up with... that's the one thing I miss about going to a gym these days. When I was younger I didn't really care to talk to anyone. But these days, it'd be nice to just talk shop. No one I'm around works out or lifts, so that's probably why I'm on here all the time... LOL.
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PolishHamm3r77 said:
I am w you on that point. No one to talk to in my garage gym. I haven’t gone to a commercial gym since 2004, and back then I wanted to go in, keep my head down, and get out.
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I go back and forth. My wife converted the garage into a master suite before I ever met her, she did a fantastic job and you can't tell it was ever a garage, but I have no garage so no lifting at home. I often day dream about a small set up, maybe in a shed but I also do pick up some energy from lifting around others I think. Double edged sword though is when you get into a conversation on accident when you are already crunched for time, or you they want to chat when you need to get back under the barbell. I've learned that I can continue the conversation as I set up for the lift and then they are usually really respectful for those 45 seconds I need for my set.
 
Nice session, congrats on those PR's or PR matches. It's always nice to see those during a session!
 
Dustin07 said:
I go back and forth. My wife converted the garage into a master suite before I ever met her, she did a fantastic job and you can't tell it was ever a garage, but I have no garage so no lifting at home. I often day dream about a small set up, maybe in a shed but I also do pick up some energy from lifting around others I think. Double edged sword though is when you get into a conversation on accident when you are already crunched for time, or you they want to chat when you need to get back under the barbell. I've learned that I can continue the conversation as I set up for the lift and then they are usually really respectful for those 45 seconds I need for my set.
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I know what you mean. Feeding off the vibes in the gym can add 10lbs to any lift. I think Mike Ahearn says the weights r heavier at his home gym. Lol.
But I never have to work in w anybody or wait for the only bench to free up. I miss the conversation to a degree but there was always that one guy who could talk a buzzard off a beef wagon.
It’s sufficed to say that I am the strongest son of a bitch in my gym. Lmao
 
Dustin07 said:
I go back and forth. My wife converted the garage into a master suite before I ever met her, she did a fantastic job and you can't tell it was ever a garage, but I have no garage so no lifting at home. I often day dream about a small set up, maybe in a shed but I also do pick up some energy from lifting around others I think. Double edged sword though is when you get into a conversation on accident when you are already crunched for time, or you they want to chat when you need to get back under the barbell. I've learned that I can continue the conversation as I set up for the lift and then they are usually really respectful for those 45 seconds I need for my set.
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Now that you’ve met her, convert it back to a garage (gym)!
 
PolishHamm3r77 said:
Feeding off the vibes in the gym can add 10lbs to any lift.
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ahaha for sure. gonna give it that extra 1% to avoid a failed lift in front of 25 strangers 😅

PolishHamm3r77 said:
It’s sufficed to say that I am the strongest son of a bitch in my gym. Lmao
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😅

SkRaw85 said:
Now that you’ve met her, convert it back to a garage (gym)!
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I told her when her ex was OK with giving up the garage that should have been a MAJOR redflag right there.
 
Dustin07 said:
ahaha for sure. gonna give it that extra 1% to avoid a failed lift in front of 25 strangers 😅



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I told her when her ex was OK with giving up the garage that should have been a MAJOR redflag right there.
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Right, Gym, Workshop, or Man Cave, those are the only acceptable options. Well I guess parking your car too if you are one of those my car isn't made to be outside, and needs shelter kind of people.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Right, Gym, Workshop, or Man Cave, those are the only acceptable options. Well I guess parking your car too if you are one of those my car isn't made to be outside, and needs shelter kind of people.
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I agree w the vehicle option. I was looking at a cj-8 w a 383 stroker, Zig zag orange, and 6” of lift. We have a 2 car garage under ranch house. Glad I asked b4 I bought. It wouldn’t have cleared the track for the garage door opener. And then crazy thoughts set in….”remove the power garage opener or deflate the tires to get it in and now you have an excuse to buy that air compressor” said the little voice.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Well I guess parking your car too if you are one of those my car isn't made to be outside, and needs shelter kind of people.
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keep in mind, Puget Sound. anything left outside turns green by January 😅😅😅
if we had my dream garage, I'd no doubt park my '68 GW invader in there and hotrod it out. I used to build hotrods, but now that we are by the water with no garage, it's the boat life lol.

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.”remove the power garage opener or deflate the tires to get it in and now you have an excuse to buy that air compressor”
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my favorite tool when I had a garage was my welder, but I did love my air compressor!
 
Dustin07 said:
keep in mind, Puget Sound. anything left outside turns green by January 😅😅😅
if we had my dream garage, I'd no doubt park my '68 GW invader in there and hotrod it out. I used to build hotrods, but now that we are by the water with no garage, it's the boat life lol.

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my favorite tool when I had a garage was my welder, but I did love my air compressor!
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Now that thing looks like fun. Oh and yeah, that is what a car wash is for. You should be washing the salt off of your car anyway or does it not snow up there? Here in Houston we have to worry about interior fading and drying out. However, my cars aren't investments they are fun transportation. So I don't sweat the small stuff. I also don't have extra cars sitting around not being driven so they wouldn't have time to turn green here. LMAO!

That being said, I have one hell of a garage gym and i got to a real gym every morning. I need that mindset for what I am doing right now.
 
MrKleen73 said:
You should be washing the salt off of your car anyway or does it not snow up there
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we are at sea level so we get usually one snow day a year which can be a light dusting, or up to a foot, and its typically gone next day but never lasts a full week. we stay in the 30f range from about now (lows of 33-34f this week) until like... March/April with the exception of false spring which seems to happen every Feb where we get a week of 70-80, then back to freezing temps and risk of snow in March briefly lol. So salt isn't really an issue. its hard to motivate to wash the car a lot though when it rains 6 out of 7 days a week or more on average during the winter.

MrKleen73 said:
I also don't have extra cars sitting around not being driven so they wouldn't have time to turn green here. LMAO!
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😅😅 we just have the two, my wife's grocery getter and my truck. even with washing her car the roof turns green if you don't get in there and really detail it well. my main boat that I keep on the water can be white... white... white... through december. then all the sudden January hits and it turns green as the days get longer but the rain continues marching on lol.

oh and moss, don't forget moss. PNW is rugged lol I mean people from our area boat up to Alaska regularly. I am not going to say we are as bad as AK, but we aren't that far away either!
 
GreenMachineX said:
Wait, y'all's garages aren't stuffed with seasonal decorations?
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In IL, that’s what our basements are for. Plus all the crap my wife hoards we’ll basically never use.

Okay, she doesn’t hoard stuff, but she probably would if I didn’t nag her not to bring stuff home lol
 
Hyde said:
In IL, that’s what our basements are for. Plus all the crap my wife hoards we’ll basically never use.

Okay, she doesn’t hoard stuff, but she probably would if I didn’t nag her not to bring stuff home lol
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Yeah, we don't have basements in GA or AL. 😠
 
GreenMachineX said:
Yeah, we don't have basements in GA or AL. 😠
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We have been looking to downsize and a slab foundation is a deal breaker for us. Right now our basement is a 720 sq foot master. King size bed, “L” shaped couch, pellet stove, hot tub, and 3/4 bath. Funny that my need for a basement is for storage but we use ours as living space. And we use the spare bedroom for storage. Here I am contradicting myself again. So bass ackwards!
 
GreenMachineX said:
Wait, y'all's garages aren't stuffed with seasonal decorations? 😳
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Hyde said:
Plus all the crap my wife hoards we’ll basically never use.
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the struggle is real. When I had a garage most of my cleaning was actually all the empty boxes and crap my wife would throw out there. now days even with the shed I try to mancave, I'll go in there all the time and have to reorganzize cause 'someone' threw junk everywhere lol. they do a fantastic job of nesting the "on display" portion of the home but I won't discuss the shoes or closet 😅

when I lived alone I was super OCD about my closet, laundry, and kitchen/dishes. I learned that in order to stay married I have to embrace some level of "organized chaos" 😅;)

GreenMachineX said:
Yeah, we don't have basements in GA or AL. 😠
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I grew up in a 1910 and a 1920 home that both had basements, but out here it seems like houses built after about the 1960s or 1970s stopped having them. I don't see basements anymore at all in new homes unless they're custom with daylight basements.
 
Dustin07 said:
the struggle is real. When I had a garage most of my cleaning was actually all the empty boxes and crap my wife would throw out there. now days even with the shed I try to mancave, I'll go in there all the time and have to reorganzize cause 'someone' threw junk everywhere lol. they do a fantastic job of nesting the "on display" portion of the home but I won't discuss the shoes or closet

when I lived alone I was super OCD about my closet, laundry, and kitchen/dishes. I learned that in order to stay married I have to embrace some level of "organized chaos" ;)
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Sounds the same as my life. Probably something to the personality type of women who end up with younger husbands, or something.
 
Hyde said:
Sounds the same as my life. Probably something to the personality type of women who end up with younger husbands, or something.
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I am also a younger husband and I concur with your assessment. I find it accurate.
Example: We both have to be out the door within 15 min of each other for work, My Loving Bride uses all 3 bathrooms to get ready for work. Apparently the “lighting” is good in one bathroom for makeup and hair, one used for “bathroom needs”, and one just for brushing teeth, water pick, and teeth bleaching. I didn’t want to say just for oral. Lmao
 
Dustin07 said:
the struggle is real. When I had a garage most of my cleaning was actually all the empty boxes and crap my wife would throw out there. now days even with the shed I try to mancave, I'll go in there all the time and have to reorganzize cause 'someone' threw junk everywhere lol. they do a fantastic job of nesting the "on display" portion of the home but I won't discuss the shoes or closet 😅

when I lived alone I was super OCD about my closet, laundry, and kitchen/dishes. I learned that in order to stay married I have to embrace some level of "organized chaos" 😅;)



I grew up in a 1910 and a 1920 home that both had basements, but out here it seems like houses built after about the 1960s or 1970s stopped having them. I don't see basements anymore at all in new homes unless they're custom with daylight basements.
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A lot of the slab vs basement comes from the cost of concrete. Say you want 2000 sq it is cheaper to build a 2 story than a linear ranch.
 
Deficit deads, 2" plate
5 x 135, 225, 275, 315

+Green bands
EMOTM
10 x 3 x 250

T bar rows
5 x 10

Superset with EZ bar curls
5 x 10

Kleen swings
3 x 12

Superset with DB curls
3 x 12

Stimulate, don't annihilate is again the Thursday mantra. Banded deficits gave a nice plumpy pump in the glutes and hammies but did not feel destructive. Rom felt great.
 
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Bench
15 x 95, 95, 135
1 x 185, 225, 250, 275

Sling shot
295, 315, 325
+5lbs from last week

5 x 280

Raw
6 x 240

CGBP
3 x 8 x 185

Tri rope pushdowns
4 sets, 15, 12, 10, 8
Ascending weight

Superset with DB laterals
4 x 10 x 35s

Life fitness machine flies
3 sets

Weight
197
Pump
10/10
Fun
10/10
Playlist
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Woke up at 200lbs on the money today. Much less stressed out about that this time around, lol.
Wednesday I have a 3am trip to Guadalajara for work. Was going to lift hard today and tomorrow but quickly realizing that my to do list to prepare for work is quite steep so I'll instead be pulling and benching tonight so that I can give the session my full energy and attention and tomorrow will be taking a rest day so I can run my pre-mexico errands. So unfortunately today will be my only session until next Monday, unless I can somehow fit in a session either in Guadalajara (doubt it) or Sunday when we get home (doubt it, but maybe).
 
The past few weeks I've brought these into my stack:

XPG DHEA
XPG Epiandro
XPG Alpha Gel
Phosphatidic Acid XT

I have in the past been able to fly with ultra hard (in a smaller container), and XPG products. I'm not sure it's worth it. Does anyone have an opinion on whether it's worth it to keep these things mildly in my system over the week I can't lift while travelling vs just taking my last doses today and maybe tomorrow morning and taking 5 days off?

I often times like to at least maintain the Alpha Gel and maybe orchic extract as a sorta natty pct for myself when I can't use the epi or dhea. @MrKleen73 @Hyde @sns8778
 
Dustin07 said:
The past few weeks I've brought these into my stack:

XPG DHEA
XPG Epiandro
XPG Alpha Gel
Phosphatidic Acid XT

I have in the past been able to fly with ultra hard (in a smaller container), and XPG products. I'm not sure it's worth it. Does anyone have an opinion on whether it's worth it to keep these things mildly in my system over the week I can't lift while travelling vs just taking my last doses today and maybe tomorrow morning and taking 5 days off?

I often times like to at least maintain the Alpha Gel and maybe orchic extract as a sorta natty pct for myself when I can't use the epi or dhea. @MrKleen73 @Hyde @sns8778
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I'm a fan of keeping things consistent when it comes to hormone levels, but I also know how much of a pain it can be with flying with things like that. I would say that ideally, you would take them daily but in reality, you have to weigh is it worth it to fool with the hassle of flying with them.

I do think if you were only going to take one of the topicals, I would take the Alpha Gel.

Phosphatidic Acid XT - if you don't take it with you, you could double the dose when you get back for a few days.
 
I am with @sns8778 on this one for sure. Also I am not sure how big those bottles are but I had to throw out a bottle of hand lotion on my last trip that wasn't even that big. So I would be pretty pissed if that happened with a somewhat expensive supplement.
 
sns8778 said:
I do think if you were only going to take one of the topicals, I would take the Alpha Gel.
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Also I am not sure how big those bottles are but I had to throw out a bottle of hand lotion on my last trip that wasn't even that big. So I would be pretty pissed if that happened with a somewhat expensive supplement.
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They are like RIGHT at the cutoff size (3.4oz) which i find highly suspicious @sns8778 lol. was that intentional?

I have an 'extra' bottle of the xpg epi so if I lost that it wouldn't be the end of the world since one is half empty now. and my alpha gel is half empty so I'll have to order another soon anyways. but I appreciate the feedback sounds like you guys don't think i'm going to lose a lot of ground taking a few days off.
 
Dustin07 said:
They are like RIGHT at the cutoff size (3.4oz) which i find highly suspicious @sns8778 lol. was that intentional?

I have an 'extra' bottle of the xpg epi so if I lost that it wouldn't be the end of the world since one is half empty now. and my alpha gel is half empty so I'll have to order another soon anyways. but I appreciate the feedback sounds like you guys don't think i'm going to lose a lot of ground taking a few days off.
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Nah, just coincidental. We actually wanted to do 120 ml bottles initially but there is not a reliable supply chain of 120 ml airless dispensers so we went with the 100 ml ones that XPG uses.

I don't think that you're going to 'lose ground' but anytime that you stop hormonal things there can be some variables. For me, I would expect myself to maybe feel a little more down and sad bc that's the way low DHEA levels affect me to begin with. I don't think a few days is the end of the world though.
 
Dustin07 said:
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That's honestly good to know though bc I thought the flying limit was 3 ounces even. So its cool to know that it is 3.4 oz.
 
sns8778 said:
Nah, just coincidental. We actually wanted to do 120 ml bottles initially but there is not a reliable supply chain of 120 ml airless dispensers so we went with the 100 ml ones that XPG uses.

I don't think that you're going to 'lose ground' but anytime that you stop hormonal things there can be some variables. For me, I would expect myself to maybe feel a little more down and sad bc that's the way low DHEA levels affect me to begin with. I don't think a few days is the end of the world though.
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This^^^
 
@Dustin07 - what I'm trying to say is if it makes you sad or moody missing a few days and you go down for slapping someone and wind up going to a Mexican jail, try to at least make it count and make the national news screaming 'I miss my Xtreme Performance Gels' or something like that :ROFLMAO::LOL:😎
 
sns8778 said:
@Dustin07 - what I'm trying to say is if it makes you sad or moody missing a few days and you go down for slapping someone and wind up going to a Mexican jail, try to at least make it count and make the national news screaming 'I miss my Xtreme Performance Gels' or something like that :ROFLMAO::LOL:😎
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Bench
12 x 95, 95
3 x 135, 185, 225
1 x 255, 270, 290 (easy peasy)
7 x 240 (+1 rep from last attempt)
8 x 240 (even better )
15 x 185, 155

Inclines (waiting for platform)
5 sets

Deads
5 x 135, 225
1 x 275, 335, 385, 425, 465
+10lbs from last week

That took effort.
I wrote it in my log before I made the attempt to make sure I hit it

10 x 225

EZ bar curls
15 x 50, 70
10 x 80
8 x 90
10 x 80, 80, 80, 80

Tricep rope push downs
4 sets ascending weight


(Attempting Jim's suggestions for hypertrophy rep schemes here)





Notes:
Wanted to deadlift first but couldn't get a platform and the bench was empty, soooo

Sorta wanted heavier bench work but alas, no spotter today.

Once I hit my 465 x 1 my goal for the whole week was hit so I was content with anything thereafter.

Enjoyed a great bicep pump with the different rep and weight scheme today

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Dustin07 said:
Bench
12 x 95, 95
3 x 135, 185, 225
1 x 255, 270, 290 (easy peasy)
7 x 240 (+1 rep from last attempt)
8 x 240 (even better )
15 x 185, 155

Inclines (waiting for platform)
5 sets

Deads
5 x 135, 225
1 x 275, 335, 385, 425, 465
+10lbs from last week

That took effort.
I wrote it in my log before I made the attempt to make sure I hit it

10 x 225

EZ bar curls
15 x 50, 70
10 x 80
8 x 90
10 x 80, 80, 80, 80

Tricep rope push downs
4 sets ascending weight


(Attempting Jim's suggestions for hypertrophy rep schemes here)





Notes:
Wanted to deadlift first but couldn't get a platform and the bench was empty, soooo

Sorta wanted heavier bench work but alas, no spotter today.

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Enjoyed a great bicep pump with the different rep and weight scheme today

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Strong numbers. Big push and pull there!
 
Nice session! Congrats on the PR!
 
Dustin07 said:
thanks guys, hanging right there at my current 1rm / PR levels of 300 and 475 so as long as a few days off for work in Mexico doesn't set me back I should hopefully have good momentum to finish the year strong.
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Unless you bake yourself burnt in the sun or overindulge in alcohol, you will probably be better for the trip.
 
Hyde said:
Unless you bake yourself burnt in the sun or overindulge in alcohol, you will probably be better for the trip.
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I'm not anticipating too much of either, we will be in Guadalajara so no beaches. Thursday we plan to explore Tlaquepaque for day of the dead, Friday is work pretty much all day, and Saturday will be exploring Guadalajara by foot to see architecture from the 1600s. I'm fasting today because I anticipate my biggest sin to be tacos, I love Mexican food.
 
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