Christmas is an awesome time, what with all the food, and decorations and presents.  It’s also an extremely commercial time, for all the same reasons.  I remember back in college, we wanted to print out funny t shirts to sell, and we always pegged the holidays to be the money-making season.

We never did come out with the tees.  I guess we were too busy stuffing ourselves with all the Christmas food, going to holiday sales, and listening to Christmas songs.  Still, this is a great time to be an entrepreneur.  I’m seriously thinking about putting up a hamburger stand with a friend for all the Christmas bazaars.  I’m not sure we have the time though, but we’ll see.

I recently talked about my newfound diet, and I’m pretty happy to report that while the weight loss hasn’t been obvious in the mirror, it’s been showing up on the scale and on the court.  I haven’t been this light in 6 months, and I don’t feel it more than when I’m playing basketball.

I’m still not as fast as I used to be, but combined with my strength and handle, I don’t do too badly.  Plus  I’ve been doing some shooting and ball handling drills, so that’s been helping, too.  The biggest thing though, is the shooting.  I finally have legs on my jumpers again, which is HUGE for a shooter.  6 months before the league starts.  I’m almost happy we went out the way we did last season.

It’s weird, I’ve been blogging about getting in great fitness shape for years now, and this is the first time I’m feeling like this could actually be a permanent thing.  The clincher for weirdness?  I haven’t had progress this slow in years.  I guess I’m finally learning that the slow and steady route is the best one for me.  It’s a lot easier, that’s for damn sure.  Still, 7 pounds in 3 weeks isn’t bad at all.  It’s not great, but it could be a lot worse.

There’s a lot of stuff that’s been going on, lately.  Professionally, there are decisions to be made – tough decisions that could pretty much determine if I will be successful financially or be in the poor house.  Personally, it’s been an educational year.  I’ve learned a lot.  Probably nowhere near enough, but it is what it is.

I feel that this thing is already too long, so.. I’ll post again in the next couple of days.