September 28, 2010

Dear DaVita-Land,

After the visitation, funeral, and lunch my body was torn. Part of it absolutely wanted the healthy feeling of a good sweat. Part of it just wanted to lay down and seek the escape of a nap.

In part because of my 1165 teammates on this MM III campaign, I chose the former. Even better, I got in a pretty good one. 30 medium minutes on the bike, then 3 sets of curls and push-ups (2 of these on a bozu ball, to better work the core), 1 set of crunches(could only do 70 because the new push-ups definitely work the core a lot more), and a bunch of stretching.

Total minutes of 52.

Any weight loss achieved during this session was wiped out at the family dinner that night, as I had 2 cookies and some ice cream. Oh well, it could have been worse. Actually it was worse, the Packers lost. But watching the game with 25 relatives was a nice way to distract us all a bit, and healthy in its own way.

I got to bed at midnight, and got out of bed at 6:15 to head back to the hotel gym. Only did 22 minutes on the bike and 3 minutes of stretching (total of 25 MaryKay), because I had to zip to the airport to catch a plane to Evansville Indiana. After landing there I had an hour drive to Mount Carmel, to attend another funeral. One of our senior exec’s mother died, and I wanted to be there to represent our Village.

I stopped at a McDonald’s on the hour drive back after the ceremony, but was a good boy and had the grilled chicken (skinless) with no mayo. I am now on a plane to Washington DC, typing this entry.

As soon as I land I race to the hotel to get changed for an industry event tonight, The Hope Affair put on by the American Kidney Fund. “I” will receive an award for leadership and service to the Kidney Care Community. This is nice but somewhat uncomfortable because it is DaVita that is providing great leadership and service to the American kidney care community, and I am just one of the vehicles for that beautiful fact. So rest assured I will be recognizing and honoring you tonight when they call me to the stage. You can check, because we have invited 100 teammates and spouses from local centers to attend the dinner and event.

Many of you folks are amazing. Let’s keep improving our health. One cannot pour from an empty cup.

KT