I slept better last night. I even remember a bit of my dreams. And I woke up at 5:30, which gave me enough time for a half mile walk before exercises.
Sometimes it’s hard for me to get through my exercises because while I’m doing them I’ll want to start crying. But exercise time is not crying time, and I push the emotions down so I can get through my rounds and reps. I finished week 9 of the shoulder program in the morning, and week 4 of the knee/ankle program during the lunch hour. New exercises tomorrow.
Work has been hard this week. I suppose I could blame the beautiful weather that has me yearning to be outside. Or the fact that my period should be coming soon but is being stubborn and just giving me emotional swings and abdominal pains. It takes so much effort to focus, but I’m getting things done.
Today was the penultimate day of feeding my friend’s dog. He is not only wagging his tail when I pull up, but also trying to bark in greeting now. Such a cutie. I’m glad I’ve been able to make time to see him every day his owners are out of town.
After dinner, it was hot springs time. No yard labor today. Just soaking in a very hot tub and reading and enjoying the solitude. There were other people around, but I didn’t do any socializing. I had the hot tub to myself.
I wish I had more recordings of Ambrose. I wish I could find some of the photos that I know I took but that don’t seem to be on any of our external drives. I might need to make a project of turning my old hard drives into external drives so I can plug them in and maybe find some old photos. I’m specifically thinking of the time that we hiked up to ‘Our Lakes’ and there was snow and I said that we should get naked in the snow and take a picture as proof. Because I’m silly like that. I once convinced two other people to come with me to the arroyo at St. John’s College and get naked under the full moon. I wonder how their lives are going now…
I hope to sleep well again tonight. It’s supposed to storm this weekend, so I probably won’t get to hike. Maybe I’ll go for a run instead. I want to start digging a hole for the tree I’m getting next weekend. And of course there’s shopping to do. Taxes still aren’t done though I’m inching them closer.
