June marks the end of the school year and, for Danny, the end of his grammar school experience. We look forward to his upcoming graduation with a photo of him from last summer’s Cub Season Ticket Holder Family Day at Wrigley Field, playing catch on the outfield grass with his brother and, I hope, favorite uncle.
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FB2: Week 11
An overall good week, as I managed to surpass my goal 6 out of the 7 days, even if just barely. Things got off to a not-so-great start on Sunday, where a rained-out Sox game combined with Michael’s birthday dinner left me 650 steps below my goal. Things picked up considerably on Monday, as I headed to Wrigley Field after work for the Cubs home opener. I parked further away than normal, which led to my 9th highest step total. The remainder of the week was marked by diminishing steps every day, concluding with Saturday just barely getting above the 6000 step mark.
Total steps: 53,886
Daily average: 7698
Golden Birthday
Michael celebrates his golden birthday today, turning 11 on the 11th. To celebrate, here is a photo of him from last summer waiting in line to run the bases after a White Sox game at US Cellular Field.
The Day Of Fools
This April, we will celebrate the 11th birthday of Michael, so he gets the picture of the month. In this photo, he’s standing on the upper level of the ramps outside US Cellular Field last spring with the Chicago skyline in the background.
The Ever Growing 10,000 Step Club
Last winter, as the GlobalFit program was wrapping up, I took my last look at the top 20 step days I’ve had since I first started tracking my steps way back in July of 2011. At the time, I had only surpassed the 10,000 step plateau 45 times. In the year plus since then, I have managed to nearly double that number, raising the total to 81. With my first year using the Fitbit coming to an end last week, I thought it would be appropriate to take a new look at my updated top 20 step days over the past 4 1/2 years, featuring 8 new entries.
1: 6/6/2013 – 24,988 steps
My best single day total came during my 2013 trip to Disney World. The day’s excursion to both Epcot Center and the Magic Kingdom ended up with a total of approximately 12.5 miles. And yes, it still bothers me that I didn’t get those 12 additional steps to reach 25,000.
2: 7/27/2013 – 20,592 steps
My second highest total came nearly 2 months after my highest, thanks to the BTN 5K and a, for lack of a better word, misunderstanding about where I should be picked up after the race. These 2 days are the sum total of my days over 20,000 steps.
3: 9/6/2015 – 18,259 steps
The first new addition to the list comes courtesy of my trip to Toronto last September. This Sunday consisted of traversing around Toronto, with trips to Royal Ontario Museum and, at night, the Molson Canadian Ampitheatre for the Oddball Comedy Fest.
4: 9/11/2015 – 17,889 steps
Another new addition thanks to my trip to Toronto. My last day in the city was spent at the Eaton Centre mall, the Hockey Hall of Fame, and a few other stops.
5: 6/8/2013 – 17,852 steps
My now-fifth highest output brings us back to Disney World, this time for a day split between Animal Kingdom in the morning and Hollywood Studios in the afternoon.
6: 9/5/2015 – 16,083 steps
We head back to Toronto for my sixth highest day, my first full day in the city. There was exploring along the riverfront and, of course, a trip to Rogers Centre for a Blue Jays game.
7: 9/23/2014 – 15,728 steps
This total was accomplished thanks to the 2014 Sprint & Stride 5K race that was held at work.
8: 9/9/2012 – 14,957 steps
My eighth highest total comes thanks to a Sunday in Belfast spent walking from our hotel, down to the Titanic museum, and then back again.
9: 6/7/2013 – 14,940 steps
Another day of 2013’s vacation to Disney World, this day started with a morning trip to the hotel pool, followed by an abbreviated day at the Magic Kingdom.
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot
A new year kicks off with the first photo from this year’s calendar, featuring Michael running the bases at US Cellular Field last summer after a Sunday afternoon White Sox game.
2016 Calendar
Now that Christmas has come and gone, we can unveil the cover to this year’s calendar gift, given annually to my mom and sister, made up of pictures I have taken throughout the year. Once again. this year’s calendar was produced by the good folks at Shutterfly. As in year’s past, we will unveil each month’s photo on the first day of the month throughout 2015.
This year’s cover is made up of 12 pictures, each featuring some combination of Angelina, Danny, and Michael. We start with the shot above of all 3 riding a camel at the Memphis Zoo from our Elvis trip back in May.
Continuing counter clockwise is another shot of all 3 standing in front of the famous ivy on the outfield wall at Wrigley Field from the Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Day conducted by the Cubs this summer.
Silver Bells
We finish up the year with a photo of Michael opening gifts from Christmas 2013, wearing the same thing he wore for Christmas 2014. We’ll see in a scant 24 days if he’s grown at all this year, or if he can fit in to the same outfit 3 years in a row.
Fitbit Week 40
The week got off to a disappointing start, as birthday celebrations for me, Angelina, and Danny meant falling under my daily goal on Sunday. Things picked up was the work week started, and the temperatures jumped up to an unseasonably warm 70 degrees. The big day of the week was Saturday, as Danny, Michael, and I headed down to West Lafayette for Purdue’s homecoming, where they embarrassed themselves against Illinois. Thankfully, the travels across campus did not result in an embarrassing step total for me, garnering my only 10,000 step day of the week.
Early last week, I passed the 2 million step mark for the year, well ahead of my goal. If I were to not take another step for the next 12 weeks, I would still average more than my daily goal for the year. This is the first time I’ve managed to surpass one of these goals that I’ve set for myself, so yay me.
Total steps: 51,931
Daily average: 7418.7
Fitbit Week 37
A pretty good week, although my first without a 10,000 step day in 4 weeks. The week got off to a decent, if unspectacular, start on Sunday, followed by a day off on Monday which garnered a high total thanks to a trip to Wrigley Field for Game 3 of the NLDS with Michael. Tuesday was back to work, with Wednesday garnering the week’s highest total thanks to meetings in North Plaza. Saturday just barely passed the 5500 step plateau, with the day spent working through the backlog on my DVR caused by playoff baseball and the night spent watching Garbage at the Riviera Theatre.
Total steps: 53,014
Daily average: 7573.4