The price is right

Well, let’s put it this way, if I write, it can’t be wrong! What’s up guys? Well I’m sitting here with my favorite coffee mug (one cup, two cups, three cups, ah, ah, ah) and writing this masterpiece here.

 

Not Chris Masterpiece, just a masterpiece. If it really is a masterpiece will be up to you to decide, but since I’m writing I can call it whatever I want.

 

What do they call that in the USA? In German they call that “Dichterische Freiheit” I think.

 

My weekend started on Thursday already because I went to work out with a buddy of mine before hitting the road to Collinsville, IL! I saw lots of old friends and got the perks of that (free tanning) and enjoyed my time a lot.

The 14 hour drive to Collinsville flew by thanks to Mitch Hedburg (We estimate you’re angry!) and other fun stuff. Like this BIG AZ poster that I found in a gas station somewhere in PA.

 

Arriving at 7am in St. Louis is awesome, especially when the top of the arch is hidden by clouds. It just looked awesome. Like if you go to heaven you go up the arch and that’s your entrance. You think about some crazy stuff when you’re tired.

 

So I went to sleep in the comfortable hotel bed. After waking up I decided I’d check out the hotel gym and looky look, they had a treadmill. I don’t care for the cheap hotel treadmills though so I tried the elliptical machine. And as much as it squeaked and I though it would break under my weight any minute it didn’t. So I had a good time doing cardio, singing German songs (sie ist weg! WEG!) and staring at the clock in front of me.

 

Thanks to Bill at this point who took me and a mysterious other individual out to some food and then the building. And after dropping us off there he even had the goodness in his heart to take me to Starbucks, which he gets extra props for.

The Show went well and I was able to secure victory thanks to my über-smartness.

 

After the show I took my Stake and Shake Salad to go and back to the hotel I went. After an uneventful night (sarcasm) I tried my luck on the elliptical again and it was good to me for the second time. If you’re determined you can have a good workout pretty much everywhere!

 

Indianapolis was on the program for Saturday and so we went there. Thanks to bringing all my food on the road with me I was able to take a little walk to my favorite coffee place while my friends got food.

 

Btw. One of you guys who’s reading this must work at a Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts or some other Coffee place. If you do, email me!!

 

But I digress. I’m not a big fan of the Indianapolis Fairgrounds but the crowd gave us a great response, so that made up for it!

 

What also made up for it was that I went into the kitchen at the building we were at to look for a microwave. Chef Jim informed me that in true chef fashion, he doesn’t use microwaves. But he would get me one so that I could fix my rice.

 

Five minutes later I had a microwave! So I asked if they also served coffee… guess what happened? Five minutes later there was a gigantic coffee dispenser in the locker room complete with cups, spoons, sweeteners, sugars etc! Chef Jim and the staff ruled!

 

Now everybody will agree that I should have won Survival of the Fittest simply based on the fact that I actually am the fittest, but sometimes stuff doesn’t go like planed or how it was supposed to. All you can do is smile back (I love Gladiator).

 

On the way back I found those two movies in a movie bin at a rest plaza. Yes, that’s “Lions for Lambs” and “Beer for my Horses” amazing I thought.

 

After driving the last leg of the trip and getting home I enjoyed some HIIT workout and then grocery shopping including cookies! White chocolate macadamian nuts is where it’s at!

 

Also for the first time ever I had Starbucks Ice Cream! Java Chip Frappuccino! AMAZING! Is all I can say.

 

I enjoyed all that while watching “Year one” with Jack black which was entertaining, nothing more nothing less.

 

I really loved “The brothers Bloom” movie! Amazing, great movie and if you haven’t seen it, you should check it out!

 

If you’ve seen it, let me know what you thought!

 

With those words I say ciao,

 

Claudio