Training 12/1

Close-grip bench press - 100x5, 125x5, 150x3, 165x5, 190x5, 215x10
paired with band pull-aparts
DB incline bench - 50s - 35, 17, 12 - 2 mins b/w sets
Kroc rows - 100x30
Lateral raises drop set - 20sx15, 10 deep breaths, 15sx10, 7 deep breaths, 10sx8
Poundstone curls - 50 reps

Overall not bad. I didn't drink my Gatorade/protein/Rockstar mix, so I didn't feel like I had a lot of "go," likely due to the lack of caffeine. I also think the carbs would have helped me recover a bit faster between exercises, but alas. Not bad for the first day back to higher volume work.

Your body is the one thing you have complete control over. What you do with it, what you put in it, etc. Obviously you have control over your actions, but you have certain things that you have to do everyday, particularly if you are employed by someone else. But your time is yours, and you can have such great influence over how you look and feel.
Don't misunderstand me, I'm not perfect. I still miss training sessions, don't eat the best sometimes, and am way too lazy. But I also know where I need to get better, and truly am working to improve it. I also know that, the more attention I pay to one area, the better I get in others, for the most part. And of course the converse is true - when I let one area slip, the rest are likely to as well. Wendler made this point in a post a while back about his warmup sets - if it says 150 pounds, he puts 150 on the bar, not 155. Sure, it's easier, and it seems trivial, but as soon as you start slacking on one thing, it gets easy to slack on the rest. If you're one of those people who can manage to indulge without much problem, more power to you. Unfortunately, I am not one of those people. So it's back to business and doing what I need to do to get shit done.