Stamina

I’ve got it , but only in some areas . 4 weeks of strict Keto near killed me , but it came with benefits . I’ll use the tools learned but I ain’t giving up anything , I’ll just choose to be tough Monday to Friday , nothing new there . Still the cravings don’t leave you , and that’s what shits me . Yep , Charcoal chicken n chips , fuck I think about those little babies often , fortunately you can’t find a bbq chicken with chips with chicken salt here . Still when you live like a monk for a month and then fly to Australia to eat and drink like a pig you’ll come home with cravings .

The next 4 days on returning to LA were nasty . Jet lag had us all tired but this was the worst I’d felt after international travel . To be super disciplined for 4 weeks and then to be glutinous for 9 days , all the while on interrupted sleep had taken its toll .To then go straight back into strict Keto was cruel and on retrospect might’ve been a mistake . By Friday Leroy had an evening game of baseball and it’s custom to to come to these games with your blue cup ……. Im fucked , I’m not turning up without it , the Aussie trip has me seasoned and I can taste beer just thinking about it . Of course it doesn’t end there. We end up at Megan and Bens with Bill,Kim , John and Jeanie . Did I say I got stamina ? No sleep and straight back on it .

Next day it’s on ,Leroy has baseball photos and then he has his 1st ever tennis match , followed by a doubles match to top it off . The poor little fucker was home after midnight and now plays tennis for 2 hours after an early start , he practically finishes with one eye opened . He’s cooked , but I’ll get him up . It doesn’t end there for him as we have the baseball ‘camp out night . ‘We’re not doing the camping but we are there for the Sandlot movie and festivities. I get him up for the night with a coffee . Yep , Leroy doesn’t mind a coffee . It’s not exactly parenting 101 but it’s all about the long game . Emma stays home as she’s soft . 6 beers and a couple of wines later we get back home . Stamina ? Fuck yeah .. not Leroy , I mean me . I’m doing this tough , but it comes with rewards . Socialising is not my strong suit but by nights end I’ve talked to a few different people and we end up with a dinner invitation in a couple of weeks .

By Sunday I’m hanging on , but there’s one more obligation . I told Lindsay and Nate I had a gift for them from Australia . Nate says I gotta come over to the park where he’s having a bbq for their Swedish friends who are visiting . Geezus I don’t think I can do it . I decide I won’t but guess what ? …..Yep I’m there with a blue cup and back on it again , and it comes with rewards . I talk to the Swede Seb , who tells me their family is on a world tour and that Australia is the best place he’d been to , yeah no surprise there . But when I started talking to a bloke I hadn’t met before you really get to see how there really are some interesting people in this town . He says to me ” Have you heard of Jim Jeffries ? ” . ” Of course , he’s one of my favourite comedians ” , I reply . “Yeah, he’s my boss. I’m his editor ” ,he ( think his name is Carl ) replies . From here we talk a lot about Australia . I educate him on the Sydney / Melbourne rivalry and let him know that Melbournians think Syneysiders are soft and that they play a game for no necks and dumb arses . I tell him we’ve got style and they’ve got flash . He loves it and tells me he can’t wait to discuss it with Jim . ( Jim is from Sydney ) . It’s not long before we are discussing the Aussie vernacular and that very vulgar word ‘ Cunt ‘ and it’s many meanings in Australia . Sometimes it pays to grind away and keep going .

Eventually Leroy and I are back at night fall …… . It’s been a marathon 2 weeks , I sit down with a glass of wine and pray for a good nights sleep , I’m gonna need it cause we’re back on the Keto ……… until next weekend .