I got myself out of bed and did a 1.1 mile run this morning. Since I didn’t want to stop, I couldn’t take pictures of the five deer I saw up toward my neighbor’s house. They were so cute. And then, when I was running down towards the mailbox, I saw a bunny. It took me a little over 14 minutes to finish the mile, which was about what I expected. I haven’t run in a while, and my route is neither flat nor smooth. Plus my legs are sore from the hike and the mowing. So I’m happy to have done it at all.
I’m going to be very glad when the class I’m teaching is over. Thursday is the last day, and Friday is the last day I’m having to work extra time to make up for time spent in class. And that will only be 15 minutes, so it’s not too bad. I’ll get it over with in the morning and be back to a regular work schedule unless I need to get extra things done, which happens now and then.
I made plans to visit a friend on Saturday, so I’ve got that to look forward to. It feels and looks like my period will be here soon, which is what it is. I’m glad because it means I know why I’ve been extra emotional, but the period is such a pain. I started to get a headache in the afternoon, the kind I usually get around my period.
During exercise release time, I did the next Shoulders & Arms level 2 workout. I’m really feeling my arms between that and the mowing.
After work, I went out and did more mowing. The strings that I attached yesterday did not stay the course. They broke pretty quickly, and I was left with the stubbies from October that just won’t quit. Then I saw a thin string on the ground and decided to try and put it in. Turns out, the thin strings work pretty good. Instead of breaking, they sometimes fly out, but they can be quickly and easily reinserted. After I finished my tank of gas, I did go ahead and put some more of the thick strings in that I’d been soaking, but I also cut some more thin strings. I figure I’ll take those out with me on Friday when I next mow and try to reinsert them as they fly out. The only issue with that plan is the ones that I found (I ended up finding two) today were turquoise; they stick out in the field of green. The thin strings that I have in the house are a green that blends in really well with the new growth and are harder to find. So, I’ll bring out six in total and see how that does. Maybe I’ll have to buy some different colored thin strings.
I haven’t done much else this evening. I showered off and made the same dinner I had the last two nights. It’s still delicious. Then dessert, and I treated myself to a ginger soda, too. The headache is still hanging out and I’m debating taking the headache medicine before bed or not. Maybe just something for sleep and then if the headache is still here in the morning I’ll take the headache med then.
I’m about a quarter of a way through the mowing. It is so much harder to do all by myself than with Ambrose’s help. That’s not the only reason I wish he were still here, but it is one of many. I haven’t written my story for Pulphouse yet. I’m going to have to hammer on that tomorrow. I’ll be taking a break from mowing to go to the hot springs tomorrow, which my body sorely needs. And on Thursday I won’t mow because I’ll have family zoom. So I should get some recovery in as my period starts. Then mowing on Friday, hiking on Saturday, and I’m going to try for three tanks of mowing on Sunday. I’ll have to get one in before family zoom if I want that to work. I thought a tank was an hour, but it’s more like 80 minutes.
I woke up around 3 and had a hard time falling back asleep, but I didn’t feel particularly tired when I woke up. Either I am getting more sleep than I actually need or I’m dreaming of being awake in bed. Could be a little bit of both, but I think my body needs every minute of the eight hours I’m trying to get as I increase my activity level.