Today there was NO training. We delivered our daughter to Heber, Utah where she and her little family joined her husband’s extended family to ride the “HEBER CREEPER”. This is an old train that takes tourists on a relatively slow excursion through the mountainous countryside just below Park City by about 15 miles.
Next, we dashed back into Provo, Utah where we watched the annual 4th of July Parade on University Avenue just down from Brigham Young University. Here, my wife caught up with her old College Roommate and her family. So, they talked while I cooked in the sun and played with my cell phone. They reconnected rather easily.
After the parade we came home for a couple of hours. We cooked Granola, ate more than we should have, took a very nice nap, took a shower upon arising around 2:15 PM.
At 3:45 PM we picked up Christine’s mother’s 90 year old boy friend, and took them with us to Matt King’s house where his son Ben King had organized a BBQ for the family. Once again, we ate more than we should have and then we returned Christine’s mother and her boy friend Max to their nursing home as soon as the BBQ began to flicker.
We then went out to do some errands, more propane, and grocery items, and a wedding congratulations card for a couple who are to be married tomorrow.
In order to “grow” as a bodybuilder you have to work fiercely hard and then rest. Today’s activity did not include training because I work way too hard and I compromise my size. Learning to do what’s expected of you is harder than going it alone.
A time to be human is not a failure or curse. In fact, it has been a marvelous time to reconnect with my wife, rejuvenate my energy cells, and most of all get ready to start my quest to capture a national title.
My belly is “full of want to” and I’m ready to go. If you and I take time to be human we will come out of these down times with a chip on our shoulders and a conquest to execute.
This is our time! Train, Rest, Train, Rest,……Win!!!
Let the games begin, once we have given ourselves permission to give it all we got because what we got is all we have, Build in regular intervals of Rest to love your wife and your family. The rest is up to God!
Douglas E. Graham
Six Pack and Senior 
Many thanks for sharing these records so freely. You should think about writing a book.
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