Day 37: time waits for no one

So this is it... the last day of my vacation.  Day 37.

Let me quickly talk about what I did the last few days, the first week of 2013.
We counted down the end of 2012 and welcomed 2013 in the warm and cozy comfort of our own home, accompanied by our families and no small amount of food.

You can see how thrilled I am about this meal.  I loves me some crab!

I ate way more than I probably should.  And since Christmas I haven't been exercising as much as I should be.  The good news is I went to get some more blood tests recently and the results came back fairly normal.  That's probably what pushed me over the edge to even more gluttony.  "The doctor says I'm fine!  Another round of bacon cheeseburgers!"  I didn't make any new years resolutions because I think it's a poor vehicle for change or self improvement.  You don't just commit to good health once a year.  You see everyone hitting the gym for the first week of January and then it's all back to normal, people fall off the wagon after that.  So I will do what I can to get back on the wagon and continue what I started last year.

I found a replacement wheel for my Lexus IS350.  It was not cheap, I probably could have bought a whole new set of knockoff wheels for the price of this one wheel.  But JDM authenticity has its price, and I do like this rare discontinued wheel a lot.  So I guess it was worth it.  Shot out to AutoRnD in Fremont, who is the North American distributor for AME/Enkei wheels, for taking care of me.

Wheels, glorious wheels!

Back to its former glory.

Did a bit of gaming this past week as well.  My gamer friend Ken came over and we had ourselves a serious LAN party gaming marathon.  We played some Saints Row 3, the first 2 episodes of the Walking Dead game series, and some Starcraft 2 all on our PCs.  I also have been playing some Battlefield 3 and Sleeping Dogs on PS3. 

I want all the data we have on Jason Bourne, on screen one!

Surprisingly I haven't been playing much Gran Turismo 5 lately, but perhaps that is because I've been doing a fair amount of real driving.  No need for the virtual when you're living it up out in the real world.  

Yesterday I went out to the range and did some more shooting with my .22 rifle.  Started out well but then it got cold and windy, and my shots started going all over the place on the target.  So I called it a day and went home where my honey was making a nice hot bowl of pho noodle soup to warm up.

One last thing.  I got my new spoiler painted and installed on Stitch, by RJ's Paint Shop in Pleasanton. Super nice guys there and they did a great job.  At this point I think the cosmetic tweaks to my car are just about done.  Time to just drive it and enjoy it for a while.

That's all I have time to cover for now.  I guess I will have to come back and do a final conclusion piece, but I'll need some time to reflect on the past 37 days and close this thing down proper.