The Weight

"Catch a cannon ball now, t'take me down the line
My bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time.
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one.
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone."

J.R. Robertson, The Weight

Song has been a consistent part of narrative since we got the Easy Rider soundtrack at the Disco record bin in 1970.  Every Mother's Day for the past bunch have been making a cd for Anne.  Pretty damn hard to improve upon the Band; Barry howls this tune.  But David, Gillian and OCMS do it up right.  Spine tingling, goose-bump raising, eye watering harmonies.  There in the front row for the encore at HSB last year, same crowd, only add Emmy Lou.  Worth getting up at 4:00 am for, that six minutes.  Made the disc this year.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf-SuBbJa0 
And for really, really, really good measure . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyXOjiVhH5U&feature=related

Tuesday, three miles in the am, GTG of sls, and bottoms up clean, 24 sticking, can't put it overhead until clear on left.
Evening
25/25 10 push-ups
x 8
1-3 double 24kg clean to press
24kg goblet squats
20 16kg tactical lunges
x3
10 24kg swings, 10 32kg swings
1+1 24kg TGU
x10
Wednesday
60 min yoga, good
Thursday, office party.  Fun, late.
Friday
Three miles am,
Brigid at the county finals, rocking the shot put, drag ass day, drag it out at 6:35 . . .
25/25 push-ups, x 9
1-3 20kg double clean to press, 4-5 single 24kg clean to press
5+5 20kg windmills
5+5 20kg single leg deads
5+5x2 16kg snatches
x3, plus 40 more snatches to get to 100
30/30 24 kg swings
x 10
Saturday, long Burdell hike with Rose, at least seven miles.
Today,
Cooking ribs to take to Anne's,
25/25 10 pushups
x8
5.6.7 alternating 20 kg press
20 28kg swings
1+1 24 kg TGU
x10, save last TGUs were 28, little shaky but fun . . .
took nearly an hour, too much day dreaming on the TGU's, as Rose looked on,

"you done yet ?"  Not yet.