01/31/2020 - The Citadel - The Snow Ruined our Rolling Thunder
AO: The Citadel
When: 01/31/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 12
Pax Names: Ball Boy, Brick, Half Price, Handy Manny, Nala, Onions, Powderpuff, Rusty, Sweet Gherkins, Toadstool, Zelda,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: TPS Report
Introduction
Yeah. Had a sweet new thang planned for the PAX of Citadel. ROLLING THUNDER.
Then it snowed. And YHC didn’t relish the thought of literally rolling through water and slush and snow for 20 minutes and then driving back. I’m all for sucky, but that’s just stupid.
So instead we did blockee/burpee 11s!
Anyhoo…. nicely lit lot. 5 HC’s. 11 PAX showed up. FRICKING HC YO.
Warm-O-Rama
SSH 20
Imperial Walkers 20
Abe Vigodas (16 since it’s one per leg – got stay even!)
Gradycorns 20
The Thang
Thang 1:
Modified to 11s with burpee/blockees. Yeah that was fun. Good tunes though.
Thang 2:
Timed AMRAP. 6 Exercises.
2min Blockees
2min Bear Crawl Bonanza (bear crawl back and forth on lines)
2min curls
3min chest presses
2min Squats
2min bent over rows
Mary:
Ring of Fire. 10 Merkins each.
Circle of Trust
Count o rama. Almost forgot Nala. But we gave a hug and that seemed to smooth things over.
Announcements
Name O Rama (nailed that one)
Prayers
Naked Man Moleskin
I know today we’re thinking about Ryleigh and her family. I wrote this before I heard the news, and while this isn’t meant to be about me, I hope my struggles help illuminate God’s presence in all our struggles, even Ryleigh’s family.
Lately I’ve been battling stress and anxiety with work. Lot of pressure, little time, and it felt it was all to make other people lots of money. It feels so empty, so fruitless, and I struggled with the point of continuing. I began to question if I should be looking somewhere else. Is this “right” for me?
Then in my devotion, in the midst of my troubles, the first lines said simply this:
Relax my child. I’m in control.
Sometimes we find ourselves in situations that don’t seem to align with what we “want”. But when we pause, and remember that it’s what God wants that matters, and that he has a plan to prosper us and not harm us, plans to give us hope and a future – we realize we don’t have to control our situations. We need to simply be in self-control in the situation and let God do what he’s going to do. The minute we can recognize we don’t have control is the minute we realize we don’t need it.
So for me, the stress and anxiety melts. It doesn’t all go away, but the clarity of the situation is so much better. I’m reminded that God opens doors for us, and we step through them. And at some point he’ll close them and we’ll step through another. And that God is simply asking us right now to relax. He’s got this.We can relax. He’s in control.