FINISHED!

The secret project is pretty much finished... just need to talk to a few other people about how we want to package it up and present it and things should be completely wrapped up pretty soon.  I've been slowly working on this project since the end of April this year and it's really nice to have it all finished up.

Another thing coming up is the annual Healey boy pushup cup.  I'm pretty surprised to say that I've never won the cup, life gets in the way and I've always gotten burned out, injured or beat by just a few pushups to take the title.  This year it's mine.  I'm starting to think about it now so I can have my full momentum at the start of the month.  Here's a little training program I found to help get prepped for the contest.  Looks like a good little site for slowly upping my numbers without hurting myself (like I tend to do each year).  I just hope I can eat enough to keep energized and keep from injuring my elbows again.

Another thing I'm excited about this upcoming season is cyclocross.  Here's a video, if you know anything about me, you'll be able to see why I want to get involved in the sport.

U.S. gran prix of cyclocross from Jim Fryer/BrakeThrough Media on Vimeo.
It'll be cold, but I'm fine with cold if I'm having fun!  Last year I had the privilege of going out to one of the races and watching it happen, maybe this year I'll find somebody with a bike I can borrow and get in a race for myself.

Secrets Are So Much Fun

So I've been diligently working on a secret project for some secret family and it's going to be a pretty big surprise, unless the secret gets out.  It's been fairly time consuming however I've been having an absolute blast at it.  Some of my family know about it and others don't, but it's been a great project to work on and things are coming together quite nicely.  However, if I keep writing about it I'll probably end up spilling the beans and I don't want my parents Christmas present ruined early (oops, did I say that?)

Aside from the project, I've been jumping through hoops left and right to get ready for the imminent arrival of the eighth of September, which happens to be the first day of classes at DePaul.  I really regret to inform everybody of some sad news.  Due to multiple circumstances involving time, transfer credits, money and work I will not be able to attend DePaul University to complete my undergraduate degree in Chemistry in preparation for optometry school.  Not enough credits transferred from BYU to DePaul so I would need to be in school for more than 2 years in order to finish, which means if Anna matches in California (fingers are crossed that she will) then I would have to leave school again just before I would graduate.  So I'll wait until we know where we're going to be for the next set amount of time before attempting to finish school.

It's a nice weight off my chest, to have made a decision about what I'm going to be spending my time doing for the next couple years.  I wouldn't be a very nice person to be around if I was back in school full time and had a part time job to help pay the bills (which is why I did so poorly while I was at BYU, too much on my plate).

It's getting late again, and I just finished with another one of the project sections, I'm going to bed.