Better today - w00t!

Day 3 of playing DDR2 (Dance Dance Revolution 2 for wii) is much better than day 2 was... yesterday I stiffened up mid afternoon and could hardly move. Of course that meant I had to play the game more and work through the stiffness. I did that and then spent a good hour in the massage chair letting it work it's magic and get the kinks out. True it would be much better for me to actually go see my massage therapist but the chair is right in my living room and better than nothing. The results are good so far - today I'm a little tight but no where near as sore. And considering I just played DDR for like an hour or so - I feel good. There is another great side effect to playing the wii - I'm drinking way more water and less soda. Now for most people that probably isn't a big deal. For me though - that is huge. See - I hate the taste of plain water. I generally always drink flavored water or propel if I can get myself to drink any water at all. But, with the wii - my body is demanding just plain water and I don't even care how it tastes. About the only water I actually like the taste of is Fiji which is a pretty expensive water... right now though I'm drinking the ultra cheap nestle water with no problem. Amazing - a positive side effect I never expected.
In other news - I am still making my homemade hard apple cider and still going through it at a shocking rate. Of course I don't drink it all myself. Out of this last 5 gallon batch I took a gallon to a friends house for christmas and we polished it off between three people. Gave a half gallon away, put another gallon into a growler to maybe end up carbonating if I can keep my hands off it long enough and I have about 2 gallons left in the bucket. So really, between my roommate and I we've only gone through about a half gallon here at home in the last week and a half. As easy as it drinks that isn't too bad at all. This is the batch with the cherry flavor added and I really didn't notice much effect other than some extra bitterness. Don't think I'm going to mess with that again anytime soon. I have 6 more gallons working right now also - this will just be regular apple with no experimenting. Well other than using a mix of brown and white sugar that is! I've decided to hold off on experimenting until I actually am stocked up on the apple. I don't want to make a crappy batch and then be stuck without for three weeks while waiting for a new one! Plus I've heard that apple cider is kind of like wine in that it gets better with age. In order to test that theory I need to get to where we aren't drinking it as fast as I can make it! lol - easier said than done. I'll probably start another batch here in the next few days so I can get a good rhythm going with it.
Well - break time is over, time to get back to my game... ummm and to think about cleaning house sometime soon! ;)