i think my favorite are the car wash pics : ) i'm trading in the tdi and buying a 4 x 4. or maybe i'll just start my own tdi and hot chicks site. yeah.. nevermind. emry wanted to get on the potty the other night.. i must say it was pretty damn cute. excited.. digging deep.. nothing happened.. she just sat there for a few minutes and looked around. i have a feeling that she's going to be the tough one to potty train. so i told ya that i joined a gym.. well i've been up there a couple of times now so i thought it would be a good idea to push it a little bit last night. i mainly have been using the machines to gently get my body use to the range of motion again.. lifting lightly. well last night i decided to "hit" the weights. i warmed up on the bench machine.. hit a couple sets on the hammer strength bench and then moved over to the free bench. this is where i use to excel back in the day so i thought no problem. i started to throw a couple 45lb plates up there but decided to go ahead with the 25's for good measure. i threw the collars on, slowly stretched out on the bench, and lifted the bar. initially it wasn't too bad. as i lowered the bar to my chest.. my right arm started to shake a bit.. not too bad so i gave it another rep. by the time i was half way through the second rep, my arms were shaking uncontrollably.. i mean seizure shaking. i couldn't help but start to laugh as i tried to squeak it out.. hoping that nobody was looking. i gave it one final heave and thrusted it back onto the rack.. absolutely pathetic. back in the day.. and i mean the day.. my max bench was 365 (when i weighted 180) but i think i might have been able to go over 400 had i maxed again before i quit lifting - i'm try not to break my arm patting myself on the back. basically i'm about 30% as strong as i use to be : ( and i'm really sore on top of being pathetically weak. looks like it could be a couple more months before i'm ready for the octagon again : ) -out surfmaster surf