Posted 9:46 AM by Tim
Day 30: A whole month. There's been some changes in my overall lifestyle, and I've lost 10 pounds so far. I'm a third of the way done, and I've got a third of the weight lost. That's right on target if you ask me.

The other day I found a BMI calculator on the web. I ran my height and weight though it and came up with a number that's in the "overweight" range. I put in my goal weight, and it was still in the overweight area, but it was close to the normal range. I noodled with it for a bit until I found the weight I'm supposed to weigh. I think it was 174 pounds. I'd adjust my weight goal to that, but I think that's going to be difficult. I used to weigh 160 when I was 16, and I weighed 180 around the time I was 18 or so. Getting back to that weight will be good.

Posted 10:17 AM by Tim
Day 29. Did a little bit of exercise last night. Was trying to fix up Rosa so that I could use it again. New OS, but the keyboard and mouse won't recognize anymore. Got too involved in it to remember that I was supposed to do a long workout tonight. So, I did a short one and went with that. I'll do another one today.

Election was last night. Haven't mentioned it before because I didn't really have a good idea of anything to say on it. In the end, we've got a minority Liberal government. This, at least in recent memory, means a short parliment and a quick turnover of the government. Probably be at the polls in Sepetember.

Posted 6:09 PM by Tim
Day 28. So, I did some swimming yesterday. Meant to do some weights too, but didn't. Got a nice burn started. Sun, that is.

Anyway, time for the progress report.

Starting Weight: 210.
Last Week's Weight: 200
This Week's Weight: 200
Change since last week: 0 pounds! Wah! I didn't lose anything!
Total Change: 10 pounds! That's good!

So, no weight lost this week. I figure that's partly due to a lax in my ideals of not eating so much. I kinda went a little heavier on the snackfoods. Inevitable I think. There's too much of them around the house.

My copy of DDR arrived. In Troy, Michigan. I'd hoped it would have arrived earlier so that it could have made the trip up with my friend for the weekend. Too bad for me. Its stuck there for about two weeks and I've no free time to go get it. I'd take a hop down on Canada Day if I could, but that's not a holiday in the USA, and driving that far for one game is probably not the way to go.

The hope was that I'd be able to get the game and get playing. Really start working the muscles. No chance though.

I did go for a nice bike ride this weekend though. We'll probably take another on Canada Day and again this weekend.

Tonight is packed with things to do. I've got to finish up here, get home, vote, get Wayne to understand SQL, and figure out something for him to do tomorrow. Then, I've got to work up some quick changes on one of the reports here if I get a chance, and hopefully get Rosa back online and working properly. No keyboard means sucky computer.

Gah. Too busy.

Posted 2:16 PM by Tim
Day 25. Did a quick set of weights last night. Arms were still tired from the more complete workout yesterday. Feel fine today, but a little tired.

I'm planning a bike ride if its not too rainy and I can get that tire fixed.

Posted 3:54 PM by Tim
Day 24. Bren wanted to see how her diet was going, so she got out the scale. She didn't think she lost that much weight, so she wanted me to get on the scale too to see whether or not it was broken. Apparently I'm back to 205. I've noticed that when I weigh myself in the week I weight more than I do over the weekend. I think I eat less and do more on the weekend than during the week. 5 pounds is pretty significant. I've got to start eating less overall.

I did the weights last night, but didn't get to the pool. I'm going to have to do them again tonight. I figure I've got to focus on them some to get any sort of result. I've used almost a third of my challenge time, and I'm still not nearly happy with the development of upper body strength. I'm working on it though.

Posted 10:47 AM by Tim
Day 23. Still did not manage to do the stomach exercises this morning. Felt bad about it too. Could have been up early enough to do it, but just didn't get out of bed. No weights last night either. I've read somewhere that you're supposed to give your muscles a rest now and then to give them a chance to recover. I can't stick to that idea too literally, or I'll lose all momentum.

Ok. I been thinking about all the things I want to buy. If I had money, of course. I tend to keep a list of things that I'd like running around in my head and sort of slowly saving towards buying them. Most of them are somewhat silly or impratically expensive for the item. I did recently cross two of these items off of my list though.

One item that I crossed off was a memory stick for my computer. Wayne was nice enough to nab me one while he was down in the US. He got it pretty cheap, so that's what made it a practical buy.

The second is an item I'm still waiting on. A copy of Dance Dance Revolution for the XBox. I've paid for one I won off of EBay, I'm now just waiting for it to be delivered. This is one of those items that's both a little impractical and expensive.

One of the other items on this list is a web cam. A number of my friends have one (hell, even my mom has one!). I've wanted one for a while, but it's always been too expensive to bother with, and they're really of no practical use unless you're going to have a real need for home video-conferencing. Still, I'm told the prices are down to about $30 for a cheapy, so I might be swung to the dark side and get one. We'll see about that though.

Posted 8:02 PM by Tim
Day 22. Did the weights last night, but I've been slacking on the stomach exercises. Got to use my new 10 pound, which was really nice.

Work today was intersting. Had Wayne there and had to help him work along with everything. He got to see a good amount of Corporate Me. Which is very different from the regular me. Hope he didn't mind too much.

Posted 9:56 AM by Tim
Day 21. Just like last week, I weighed myself to see how I'm doing.

Starting weight: 210
Last week's weight: 202
This week's weight: 200
Change from last week: 2 pounds lost
Total Change: 10 pounds! That's a sack of potatoes!

This weekend I did a fair bit of exercise. Got in at least an hour of pool time, and did some weights on Saturday. I went down to the store and bought me a 10 pound weight to supplement the pair of 5 pound dumbells I've got. Don't laugh! I'm starting from scratch here. I'll probably get some use out of the 10 pound tonight. Hard to believe that the weight that I bought is the same amount as what I've lost already. Wow. I'm so happy about that.

In other news, life keeps going as it should. Father's day came and went, and I bought myself a gift. A copy of Dance Dance Revolution for the XBox, and a dance pad. They should be up here by the weekend, so I'm going to start doing some dancing. Well, fake dancing. The goal, of course, is to do something with my body that's higher cardio than what I do now (read: nothing). The hope is that maybe it will also help me learn a few moves and a little rhythm even. Possibly have my oldest get on the pad with me and do some dancing too. Anything to help out her coordination and motor planning. I would have bought two pads, but the whole thing is pretty expensive, so I figure I'll start out as cheaply as I can. If I like the game, I'll look into getting another pad. Maybe even think about live to dance against people online... but that seems excessive.

Anyway. Life's good right now. I've got to start focusing on the chin-ups I think, 'cause I've always been pretty weak in that area.

Posted 9:51 AM by Tim
Day 19. I took last night off. Bren downloaded this exercise planner application. Seems like it might actually be good, but we've only got 2 evaluation tries total and I used one already. There's a good deal of information in there, so I might try hacking the data out of it this weekend.

One thing I found is that I wan't quite doing the dumbell exercises right for my biceps. I figured I wasn't doing it quite right because I had some muscle pain in muscles that should not have been worked. They've got illustrations and note on how to do the exercises right, so those should be very helpful.

In other news, I've learned that there's a VTES game in Guelph this weekend. I'm thinking of attending. Just drag out my decks and see how they fare in "for fun" play. It'd be cool to win, but just as cool to just play. Gotta see if there's enough free time in the weekend. I'm thinking that there isn't.

Posted 2:49 PM by Tim
Day 17. Rain last night, so no swim. Did weights instead. Arms were sore towards the evening yesterday, but feel fine now. Must be getting used to the extra activity. Will probalby lay off everything tonight (still rainy) and let the muscles relax a bit.

Posted 10:59 AM by Tim
Day 16.

Yesterday was pretty active. I did my morning crunches, and last night had a swim, then weights. That's quite a bit for me. Today looks like it'll be pretty busy too. Probably swim again, and I've got a day of weights to catch, so I'm thinking of just doing another set tonight. Leaves me little time for the other things I'd like to get done around the house.

Work is busy, but we'll see where that's going soon enough. This contract is coming to a close quick, and I'm working on what I can to get it all out of the way. There's a number of open ticket items for the testing rounds, but we're working on them.

Got the hall booked for the next tourney. Got to figure out the events and put out another tourney announcement. That'll give people lots of time to get ready. Maybe do something special for an "out of school" theme.

Posted 9:17 AM by Tim
Day 15. I'm one 6th of the way through my fitness challenge. Yay! How's my goals? Well, the only one I know for sure is the weight. I've lost 8 pounds of 30. Not too bad really. Still got to keep on with the rest of it.

Did my crunches this morning. I've got to read how to do them right. I don't think I'm getting them quite right.

Posted 9:34 AM by Tim
Day 14. I didn't post on the weekend again, so I can just cover those days as well. I didn't have a chance to do any exercises on Saturday or Sunday. None at all. The crunches in the morning I probably should have found time to do anyway, but I totally forgot about them on Saturday and just didn't have the time on Sunday. I was in Midland, and I'm not in the habit of packing my weights with me, so I didn't do any of those either.

This morning I weighed myself. Here's the results:

Starting weight: 210.
Last week's weight: 205.
This week's weight: 202.
Change from last week: 3 pounds lost!
Total change: 8 pounds lost!

So, less weight loss than the first week, but that's to be expected. I'm doing great I think. Slow and steady weight loss, continued progress on the exercise and diet. I did my crunches this morning, and didn't feel too bad afterward. Felt pretty bad while doing them though. Just gotta read up on proper technique I think.

Now for the rest of the weekend. Tourney went off. Not as many people showed up though because of the Prom that was just the night before. We ended up with about half of last month's numbers. Still, we had a good set of games and I even managed to play in draft. I won it, but can't take prizes, so I get to give a lot of stuff away. I'm a little worried about the total investment I've got in cards right now. I've got enough Mirrodin, Darksteel and Fifth Dawn to hold another draft, plus a full box of Darksteel. I've got a box of Mirrodin and Fifth Dawn on order too.

9th ed will be coming out soon, and I'm not really thinking about buying any when it hits. I don't see it being really popular. Maybe buy a dozen packs and see if they'll sell.

The Warhammer league more or less disbanded. People got the idea in their heads that they can't compete any more. The leader in points is too far ahead to catch, so they're dropping out all over the place. I can handle that, so I'll probably reward the winning guy with some minis and call it done. I've got to figure out a decent way to provide prizes for the main tourney games. Maybe some sort of credit system? I'll have to figure out something.

The second day of games isn't working out like I'd like. It is very relaxed, but most gamers cannot commit to both days. So we get a small crowd out the second day. It takes a lot of effort for me to get the group going for the 40K tourney on that day, so we're always starting late and running long. I'm gonna have to make a change to that, so that we get started quickly and move on with the games right away.

On the personal side of things, I had a nice chat with the Lady Clo, who seems to be having more problems than she'd like. Miss Oni and Miss Spaz were also in attendance, and I had a little bit of time to chat with them too. I feel like there's some friction there, but I'm not quite sure what.

On the work side of life, Wayne's got an interview tomorrow, and I hope that it works out. Its with the company that I work for, and him getting employed there would be great. Not that we'll end up working together really becuase the nature of the work is project based. Speaking of work, I've got a lot to do and only today to do it. Off I go!

Posted 9:20 AM by Tim
Day 11. Checked the scales last night: 207. Checked them this morning (since I checked last time in the morning, it's better to stay consistent): 205. So, no change since Monday. Or, if there is one, its small. That's average though. 1 or 2 pounds a week. They say the first 5 or 10 is easy to lose. Drink more water and you'll lose weight. After the first initial drop, the weight loss slows down because the body gets used to the new regime. It'll come off over time though. You just have to not get disappointed when it slows down.

I've been thinking about my abs. They're not good. I've given myself a modest goal for this area because I know how much I hate doing crunches and sit-ups. A goal I can reach is good, but I'm thinking it may be too conservative. It's something that I do with very little effort. Why am I willing to do curls until my muscles start to hurt, but the smallest amount of pain in the abs completely shuts down the desire. I figure that the only way to really get the stomach to get stronger is to really start working it. So, I'm changing my morning routine to include sit-ups/crunches. Did 20 today, and I'll do 20 tomorrow. By working the muscles 6 to 7 days a week, they're simply going to have to get stronger (or herniate and keep me from doing anything at all). I'm still going to stick to alternate days with the arms though, simply because I don't have the time to do them every day.

Didn't swim last night like I should have. Suppose I'll have to get over the water being cold. It's only cold until you go completely numb anyway, right?

Today I'm headed up to Midland. Tourney tomorrow and Sunday. Didn't pack properly, just shoved everything into a pile for Bren and Mark to pack for me. I took the little car today so they get the big one to fit everyone and everything in. I wasn't looking forward to the drive today becuase driving a standard in traffic sucks. Surprisingly though, leaving later and driving slower overall, I still managed to arrive earlier than usual at work. Traffic was really light today. I love Fridays :)

Got good news from Robert. Seems like all he had to do was kill a few ninjas, and he can stay in the country. Seriously though, he's got news that it should work itself out.

Also, Wayne's possibly got a new job. All he has to do is prove he's not an idiot and he should be in. This should be easy becuase I know he's not an idiot. He's a good worker and knows stuff, he just hasn't had the opportuntity to do it in a practical sense. He'll probably end up working with me, or on stuff I don't have the time to work on, which will be weird. He's going to see the professional side of me, which most people don't see 'cause I tend not to hang around people I work with. Definately going to be different.

Posted 9:35 AM by Tim
Day 10. I keep cheating on the diet thing. Ice cream and cookie bits. Yummy. It shouldn't be a problem if I have some, but I should definately have less than I do. Smaller bowl next time.

I missed out on doing exercises yesterday. Sort-of helped with cleaning up the house, but I never do as much as I should. I did a few sit-ups before sleep and that was enough. Apparently Bren couldn't sleep though and spent some time last night working with the weights and whatever else she does for her exercises. We need to get a chance to hit the pool together now that its open.

A friend of mine has been issuesd a removal order. That means that he's being asked politely to leave the country. Its not the same as an extradition order. Which is where you've done something wrong in another country and they'd really like to give you an extended tour of their legal system. And it's not the same as being deported. If they have to deport you, that means that you either ignored your removal order, or really shouldn't have been in the country. He's working against the order right now, and I hope he finds a way to have it recinded.

In other news, I'm actually starting to feel skinnier. Not that I am probably, but reality doesn't matter much to perception. I've got to throw myself on a scale again and see if there's anything measurable happening still, but the feeling is nice.

Posted 11:59 AM by Tim
Right. Just thinking over the amount of stuff I need to do to get ready for the weekend. There's a lot.

Here's the deal. I live in KW. I hold tourneys out in Midland. This means that I have to cart all the tourney stuff up to Midland every month or so. No problems, right? Wrong. When the tourney was small, it wasn't so bad. I took my cards up and played with everyone.

Now, the tourneys are getting bigger. 18 people show up. I've added card and pack sales to the event. Draft too. I've also added one Warhammer 40K events to try to draw out a bigger crowd of people. People who might not have show up otherwise. So, I've got to take up my stuff, cards for sale, packs for sale, packs for draft. I've got my 40K stuff, the rulebooks and terrain and dice and everything else.

I brought up a DVD player and DVDs last time to give myself something to watch at the house, and played some at the last tourney. So, now I've got to bring that with me all the time. Don't get me wrong, it's good to have something for spectators to do while they're waiting for their event to get started, so its good for the tourney. Just that now I have more things to take up with me.

I've been missing out on playing any RPGs lately too, so I added that in as a late-night activity. So, I need more dice, more rulebooks and more stuff. I basically fill up the trunk with gaming stuff when I go up.

I've said before that if there was a real market, I'd open a store. Trouble is, I don't see a real market up there. I see the area supporting a once monthly tourney, but not a store that's open all the time. This has borne out in the many, many failed attempts of places to be a game store in that area. I suppose I'm just going to have to keep carting all this stuff out there if I'm going to keep running this tourney.

Posted 9:20 AM by Tim
Day 9. Exercise night tonight. The pool is supposed to open if the Health people don't find the water to be all toxic. Of course, a nice early morning rain will throw the chemistry off good. I'm feeling good, but hungry today. Dunno if I'm getting used to a very specific schedule for eating, or if I'm just not eating as much. I'm hoping its the latter.

We bought a new fan yesterday. Another big one. Same brand as the big ones we have already, but a newer model. Doesn't seem to push as much air on the lowest setting, but I think it gets a little more out on high. It's got a remote control. Why a fan needs a remote control I don't know. We figure its good for the bedroom because its not as loud as it's all metal cousins. 'Course, that means that the remote will bury itself in the bed somewhere. I can imagine the fan clicking on and off at various times while we're sleeping.

I meant to do a bit of writing yesterday, but it didn't happen. Never managed to get the laptop set up and open to do any work. No time this weekend either. This is a tourney weekend, which means I work.

Games scheduled for this weekend. Type 1, at least 1 draft (hopefully 2!), 15-CH, GURPS, 40K League, 40K Mega-battle and 40K tourney. Not too bad. Toss on some DVD anime, and possibly having me play as well and we're all set for a long weekend of games. Robert's heading up with us this weekend. If he's got the time, maybe I'll drag him into a game. I'm gonna be tired on Monday.

Posted 10:59 AM by Tim
Day 8. A little exercise yesterday. I'm realizing that I probably don't stretch enough before and afterwards. I've read that a lot of people who exercise tend not to stretch enough. I think I've seen something along the lines of 10 minutes or more of stretching before exercise is supposed to be good. I really should do some more reading on proper stretches for the muscles I've been using.

My other dumbell turned up on Saturday, so now I can work both arms at once. Which is a little different from doing the arms one at a time. Coordination of effort and all that. I'm still working with 5 pound weights. Past experience tells me that it takes me about 2 weeks to work myself back to a spot that I can do more than 20 curls. Yeah, I'm weak, but look at the work I do. I'm a programmer, so my most strenuous activity is carrying my laptop bag from place to place.

The first week of the diet/exercise thing has been alright. I've stuck more or less to schedule for the exercise and I'm looking at adding in swimming once the pool opens up. Until then, I'm thinking on adding a walk around the block when I get home at nights. I've got to do something to keep the legs happy. Maybe the big set of stairs near the school too. Just to give them a real workout. Besides, the schoolyard is the only place that has a bar I can use for chin-ups. My goal is to do just 1. Not a huge goal, but this was the most I've ever been able to do. Upper body has never been very strong for me. My legs have always had all the power.

Too bad I hate to run. I probably should start that too, for the whole endurance thing. Let's say we start with walking and see how that goes.

Wayne is off on course this week, so him not being around is a little different. I keep expecting to find him downstairs. He's sent mail saying that the course has started and he's learning stuff. That's good. I've got to see about getting him an interview some time next week. Give him a chance to get home and relax first probably.

Everything else seems to be just doing its own thing. Hope the pool opens up soon. Today is a hot one.

Posted 9:04 AM by Tim
Day 7. Yeah, missed posting on Day 5 and Day 6, but its not as easy for me to sit down at the computer and type on the weekend. Here at work I'm on system 8 straight hours, so finding a few minutes to bash out a post isnt' that hard.

Right. Meant to go weigh myself on Friday night, like I mentioned previously. Didn't happen. And I forgot about it till this morning. So, I figured, why wait all week? I want to know if anything measurable is happening yet.

Starting Weight: 210.
Current Weight: 205.

Yep. Lost 5 pounds last week. A solid start.

I've even been trying to keep up with exercise and stuff. Did my weights, and some gardening this weekend. Sorta sore muscles today, which I find not to be too bad really. I really need to invest in a 10-pound weight. Start working up the number of reps then swap up to the heavier weight.

Busy weekend. Youngest had her birthday party. I was the only person to watch over 7 little girls. They were good, so not too much worry. The house got a solid cleaning before and after the event. Still needs more.

We got the gravel and plants for the aquarium this weekend. Set it all up, put it all together and filled it with water. Seems to be working like its supposed to, so now we just need fish. We're thinking of starting off with just a couple, so that when they die there won't be a half dozen fish to dispose.

Our neighbours gave our youngest a pot of impatiens for our garden. We hadn't really planned on doing anything about it, but that spurred us into action. Got the tools out and dug the whole thing up, mixed in some fresh soil transplanted our mint plants, and the chives that had survived the winter indoors, re-potted the impatiens, a small rosebush, and planted seed for a bunch of herbs (they're the things that seem to grow best in our wasteland of a garden), and some veggies. We had an unspectacular growth of plants last year, so maybe we'll have a better go at it this year.

The digging was good exercise, so that was helpful with the whole fitness thing. I figure that more or less, the garden and the fishtank will end up being things that I look after as I get a chance on my way in and out of the house every day. No worries there. I don't think I'll mind doing either.

Last up on the list today (at least, right now), gettin' sleepy on the roads. I've got to get more sleep. Nothing ruins your day like falling asleep at the wheel. I didn't, but I certainly could if I let myself. Just got to get a few more hours sleep in the evenings.

Posted 9:01 AM by Tim
Day 4. So I cheated a bit yesterday and had some McDonald's. Gah. It sucked. Like I knew that it would, but the option was not to eat anything until around 10, or eat bad junk at 8:30. I went with the bad junk. Seriously, I ate there, I felt bad. The fries were alright (I tend to avoid salt in all situations, so I only get it from food). The burgers though, were really not good.

I've got movie plans tonight. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. We'd take the girls with us usually, but the books have a step-wise increase in scaryness and suspense, and the movies have been following suit. We prefer to not spend the money on a movie if the people we pay for never manage to see any of it. Sure, there'd be lots of time when it's all fun and cool effects, but the huge lurking dog and the whole "someone's trying to kill me" bit would probably dominate. So, we're going to go ourselves first, and if it's not too bad (no worse than the spider scene in second movie (name eludes me... Harry Potter and the something or other...) then we'll take the girls along next time. Though, if I could arrange it, I'd love to get Bren out to see SuperSize Me. I think. But we'll probably rent that later.

Posted 9:51 AM by Tim
Day 3!

I did some exercise last night. For some reason my shoulders were all stiff yesterday. Developed on the drive home, which seemed odd becuse nothing extra-special happened on the drive. A little weights sorted them out though. They're fine today.

I've switched breakfast routines a little. Yesterday and today I decided to go with a bowl of Cheerios instead of the usual toast with peanut butter. Less fat that way I figure.

There's a part of my brain that's telling me to weigh myself every day. But another part reminds me that doing that is not likely to show any change. Weight fluctuates every day on a normal basis. Water retention, time of last meal, total weight of clothing, etc. Also, the best idea is to weigh yourself at the same time, and in a similar situation. For me, nights, esp Friday, is probably the best time. I don't expect that I've lost any weight yet. That'll take more time because my routine is essentially unchanged. I've only done the weights once so far (well, twice, but that was Day 0) and other than eating less snacks (though I should probably get apples or something), I haven't done anything.

The weekend will be a good test. I've got my youngest's birthday party on, and there'll be a lot of junk foods going around. Try not to snack.

Other news. I overslept today. Exciting, yes? Traffic sucked on the 407, so that was annoying, but oversleeping means arriving late to the parking lot we call the highway. Glad we're billed by distance and not the total amount of time spent on it.

Cops everywhere this morning too. I'm pretty good about keeping the car near the speed limit, so I don't have too many worries from the police. I didn't have the parking issues I had on Tuesday, so that's made me less worried about the meters and my money.

I've been dreaming again. For most people dreams are normal parts of sleeping. For a few that I know, they always mean prophecy or omens. For me, they're almost always a sign of stress. When I'm not getting enough sleep, or enough downtime, or I've got a lot of other stress, it always starts to affect my sleeping. First, I dream. Normally I don't remember anything about my dreams, but I do know that they're always vivid, and in parts, lucid.

After dreaming comes talking in my sleep and sleepwalking. I happen to know that while sleepwalking I can be made to do things, but half the time I'll just stand there because I'm dreaming that I'm doing it instead of actually doing it. And, I have the motor skills of a drunken corpse.

So far, no reported incidents of sleepwalking, but I've had dreams two nights in a row. Got to find a way to drop the stress level down. Could be the lowered sugar levels from the diet. :)

Posted 5:43 PM by Tim
I'm in a bit of a quandry at work here. 15 days of estimated work. 8 days available time. Gah! Must work faster! Must work faster!

At least I'm on target for today. Had to develop this one piece, and it's almost ready. I can't go into more details than that.

Posted 9:43 AM by Tim
Day 2. Nothing to report. Did not do exercise yesterday as planned, so I'm going to have to do some tonight.

The pool is starting to look nice. So maybe get round to swimming once its officially open.

Posted 8:44 AM by Tim
So yeah, Day 1. I tried to eat a little better last night. Did not pick up the chips or chocolate that I wanted to eat when I hit the gas station last night. I did drink a lot of cola though. Oh well, can't have everything.

This morning has all the hallmarks of the start of a bad day. Traffic in the construction spot even though I left early. I had to cut off a truck to get to work. Bad karma (carma? get it? cars?) comes around and I can't get a ticket from the machines to park in the parking lot. I tried different machines, and nothing came out. I even went to a machine that had just printed a ticket. The lady before me got one, I got nothing, the guy after me got one. What happened? I don't know.