A good Hash yesterday. Shorter than normal but with a couple of moderate climbs and some nice vistas. I’m not going to worry anymore about my upcoming trail. I deem it long enough especially in light of the fact that no one really complained the hike yesterday was too short.
I guess my biggest worry will be pulling off the “on-home” at my house. The logistics of finding chairs and a place to sit and eat need to be worked out. I’m also concerned that I don’t have any lighting in the area where the Hash circle will be conducted. Might look into getting some camping lanterns.
As for food, well I’m not set up to feed 30+ hungry Hashers. I’ll cover the paper plates/utensils and order up some takeout pizza and wings. I might do a big batch of chili in the crockpot and bake up some cornbread muffins. Hey, beggars can’t be choosers!
In other news, I haven’t been feeling real well of late. Not sure if it is heat related or what, but I’m experiencing some shortness of breath. Sometimes I pant when I walk, but mostly it’s confined to when I’m sleeping. Could be the lying down exacerbates my COPD. Still nothing at all like I used to experience back before I was diagnosed and started taking my meds. Hopefully this too shall pass.
Well, none of us are going to live forever, but I came across this article that purports to calculate how many healthy years of life you have left. Of course it is probably all BS, but I took the quiz anyway. I had to smile when I saw the calculator was developed by “UCONN”, the unfortunate acronym for the University of Connecticut. Here are my results:
Your predicted future healthy years is 26.4 Years
Your Relative Healthy Life Expectancy is about 23.8% above Average
Your predicted future unhealthy years is 5.0 Years
Your predicted future total years of living is 31.4 Years i.e. Your predicted age at death is 63 + 31.4 (Current Age + Life Expectancy) = 94.4 Years
Your predicted future unhealthy years, if disabled by a cognitive disease, is 7.8 Years
How does my lifestyle affect my Healthy Life Expectancy?
You are doing a great job exercising, keep up the great work
At the moment your BMI is looking good, but make sure you keep an eye on it
By sleeping more each night you can increase your healthy life expectancy by 6.46% which is about 20.5 months
By reducing your alcohol consumption each week you can increase your healthy life expectancy by 10.35% which is about 32.8 months
Not smoking has a positive impact on your healthy life expectancy
Hmm. I can’t imagine living into my nineties. And you think the blog is boring now? They say I should drink less and sleep more to boot? How about we compromise and I do what I want, when I want and stay active and healthy until I’m 85. Deal?
Here’s the link to the calculator if you are curious how golden your golden years might be. Oh, and if you get hit by a bus whilst crossing the highway, all bets are off!
I’m not scared of dying
And I, don’t really care
If it’s peace you find in dying
Well then, let the time be near
If it’s peace you find in dying
Well then dying time is near
Just bundle up my coffin
‘Cause it’s cold way down there
I hear that it’s
Cold way down there, yeah
Crazy cold, way down there
And when I die, and when I’m gone
There’ll be, one child born
In this world
To carry on, to carry on
Now troubles are many
They’re as
Deep as a well
I can swear there ain’t no Heaven
But I pray there ain’t no hell
Swear there ain’t no Heaven
And I’ll pray there ain’t no hell
But I’ll never know by livin’
Only my dyin’ will tell, yes only my
Dyin’ will tell, oh yeah
Only my dyin’ will tell
And when I die, and when I’m gone
There’ll be, one child born, in this world
To carry on, to carry on
Eh wot? You’re going to miss out on the huge sense of accomplishment that comes from feeding thirty mouths (said the guy who has never fed more than twenty-five mouths)? I know for a fact that you’ve got an impressive roster of dishes you can make, with or without a recipe, so why not just pick one or two of those dishes, multiply them by thirty, and have yourself a good ol’ cookin’ time?
Of course, all of this assumes you actually enjoy cooking. It also assumes you’re willing to sacrifice your beer money to buy enough food for thirty. Heh.
As for your upcoming Hare-ified trail: I’d agree that you’ve done all you can at this point.
Okay, I reread your post and see you’re willing to do chili and muffins. That’s pretty damn good right there. If you do your chili the night before, there are online recipes for slow-cooker wings (here, for example, is a crock pot + oven recipe that doesn’t look hard at all), which you could do the morning of the Hash. You might need one of your employees to watch over the food while you’re out Hashing, keeping it warm until everyone arrives. The only thing missing would be dessert, but you could make your muffins into a “dessert option” by having some butter and jam on hand for those who prefer sweet instead of savory. As for veggies… you seem to like Brussels sprouts, so why not simply halve and grill a bunch of ’em, painting their exposed sides with a simple mix of olive oil, salt, and pepper? All of this is fairly straightforward, and if you’re planning on doing a chili (which is already fairly ambitious), why not go whole hog and cook up the rest yourself?
Or not. Pizza does sound kinda good.
“Okay, I reread your post…” Kevin, I had no idea you were a masochist!
Yeah, maybe I can do the chili before hand and also some pulled pork. Good idea! The only problem with take out pizza is that it’s not so good cold and it’s hard to get the timing right as people finish the trail at their own speed. Plus, I’ve never had any food delivery here in Alta Vista, not even sure it’s available.
Ah dessert, hadn’t really thought of that. Think I’ll just do some brownies and cupcakes.
We always use establishments with a kitchen for the on-homes and most of the Hashers do seem to order food. It’s very rare when we have on home at a home so I’m going to try and be a good host. Thanks for the tips!
Pulled pork, brownies, and cupcakes all sound excellent. Good luck! I hope you have a chance to slap up some pics of the meal.