It's All Goodnow

It was a Wednesday morning in southern New Jersey.  I had just begun a road trip that I am still on.  Making my way down the East Coast of this great country I am visiting several friends that I would not otherwise be able to see. My first stop was to see an old college buddy and his family.  Nick. Nick is active duty in the Army and luckily I caught him on a week when he was on vacation.  We were able to lift, drink some beers, hang out at his pool.................and one other thing.   He was going to show me some self defense moves given that he is some sort of belt that had virtually no meaning to me in Jui Jitsu. We were on our way to the local wrestling room where he trains from time to time and I snagged a couple of bottles of water for myself.  They weren't cold, but as long as I had something to hydrate with I figured I would be all set. We arrive and it is this old gym, brick building, no AC, covered in wrestling mats.  I snap a selfie as the "before" pi