Temperature stayed 60 degrees all through the night last night. Tonight will be high thirties. Cloudy, misty, dreary day. It's hard for me to get motivated on these days. My doctor told me to find a reason to get out of the house every day to avoid isolation. Suddenly a multitude of tasks starting popping into my head. A friend suggested I list everything on paper then tackle one at a time leaving the others for another time. Once I listed the tasks I really didn't want to tackle any of them. So I filled the red Toyota with recycles and trash bags and headed off to the transfer station avoiding my list. From the transfer station I went to Mike's Seafood for a blackened salmon lunch, to watch others eat and talk, then bought some servings of cod and salmon for the freezer. It's harder to find peace on these darkest gloomy days. But that's expected and I'm okay with that.............
I may repeat things I've already posted. It's not due to age. I'm too lazy to go back and reread what I blogged previously. I've joined the Murphy Health and Fitness gym that's located right across from Konhete Park where I walk so I can swim now too. I didn't realize how much I missed being in the water. The other gym, Erlanger Fit Plus membership runs out in September. Cliff and I belonged to it since moving here and it has a great rehab program that both of us have used at different times. One time I asked a therapist about knee discomfort/pain and he showed me ways to strengthen quads and leg muscles to prevent knee weakness. Cliff did PT a few times for back discomfort due to belly pulling on his back muscles. After the PT a patient get a free month at the gym. We did Zumba and yoga classes together. But now I need to swim. Pool is heated when the temperatures cool down. Our mornings have bee...
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