Friday night I was kind of freaking out. OK, it was closer to a meltdown, but whatever. I just couldn’t believe how much crap we’ve managed to amass in only five years in our house.
We have a 10×10 storage unit and it’s getting pretty full. But we still have to pack up the entire kitchen. And put our bedframe and headboard in there. How are we supposed to make it fit?!?!?!?
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That’s pretty much what was going through my head when I couldn’t sleep on Friday night.
I had to put most of that aside yesterday (Saturday), for two reasons. First, we had a “going away” workout at our CrossFit gym. It was a hero WOD and those are always brutal. That’s on purpose: hero WODs are intended to be performed with intense effort, in honor of our fallen Heroes.
Yesterday’s Hero WOD: “Whitten.”
Who was Whitten? Army Captain Dan Whitten, 28, of Grimes, Iowa, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, died February 2, 2010, when enemy forces in Zabul, Afghanistan, attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Whitten is survived by his wife, Starr Whitten, his mother, Jill Whitten, his father, Dan Whitten, and his sister, U.S. Army Captain Sarah Whitten.
Here’s the workout:
Five rounds for time of:
22 Kettlebell swings (I used a 26# KB)
22 Box jump (20″ box)
Run 400 meters
22 Burpees
22 Wall ball shots (8# medicine ball)
I went lighter than prescribed with the weights… but I did all the reps. My time? 57:20. And it was brutal. Somewhere around round 3 I was ready to cry. Wondering what I’d done to myself. By round 4 I could see the light at the end of the tunnel. And by round 5, I was the last to finish. The rest of the gym was counting down my reps for me.
After a brief recovery(that involved me lying on the floor) we had to get home super-quick. Because our Estate Sale began at 11am. I was happy to see a bunch of people waiting on our doorstep at 10:55, since all I’d done to advertise was make a Craigslist ad and put up a cardboard sign at the end of the block.
I’m happy to say we sold a lot of stuff. Not all of it, but a lot. i’ll try to give away stuff at the party tonight. And – a friend from CrossFit offered to help us move the big leftover stuff on Monday, complete with his big truck. So. Stress level reduced.
Tonight is our Going Away BBQ and Bluegrass Party. The smoker has been running since yesterday afternoon and the whole neighborhood smells like smoked pork. Chef parties are the best parties IMO…
I think it’s kind of funny that we’re asking all our guests to bring lawn chairs along with a side dish. Since the Estate Sale, seating options are limited at Casa Draz.
I’ll take pictures (I finally downloaded Lightroom/Photoshop onto my laptop!) and post them on Monday. Wow…Only a few more days until we’re homeless!