A little Reward

Recently I was on vacation in lovely Fort Lauderdale, one of the accomplishments of '06 has been to lose a lot of weight -- I needed to do it if I wanted to be around for more than five years -- so part of the changes in my life have included going to the gym on a regular basis.

While on vacation going to the gym can really be challenging because you never know what facilities are available . . . and heck it's easy to make the excuse that there simply wasn't time. On this trip I did not fall into that trap and as a reward for my commitment and dedication I got to workout along side members of the Minnesota Vikings.

I'm not much of a football fan but I really appreciated the time spent with the men in purple. It charged me up because here I was working out along side these professional players; they were very polite and friendly. I only wish I knew more about the team . . . I do recognize the guys from the Vikings website. It will be a memory that I will treasure for many years. Whenever I wonder whether I should bother to workout while traveling I can always think of the time I got to share sweat with the Vikings. Who knows one of these days I might just get something in their team colors.

The other part of the story that is fun is that I called a few friends of mine that are totally into the Vikings -- they were drooling -- asked if I could get an autograph or two -- I'm just not that king of person. Maybe one day while in Minessota I'll check out a game -- that would really be cool.