Rise above the rats

Today was my first day back on track going to the gym at 6:30. I got up at 5:30, had coffee, got dressed, drover over to the lodge gym, used a bunch of resistance machines then used the NuStep machine for 40 minutes for my cardio. My heart needs it. I’m supposed to be doing aggressive cardio for 40 minutes most days. Lately I’ve just been walking the dog for 20-40 minutes. My plan is to go to the gym every day when they open and knock out my workout and get it done. I’ve got some family / life issues eating away at my brain and exercise and patience are the answer. This too shall pass. Rise up. Take the high road. Be the better person. No response is the best response. 

Overcast chilly Tuesday

Good morning. It’s a gray, chilly, damp fall morning. I’m taking Bitzi for a walk in a few minutes. I still am sneezing and hacking a bunch from the pollen. This too shall pass. 

Keep going

7:56 Monday morning- I just drank my coffee with cinnamon, ginger, turmeric and baking soda in it. Now I feel a bit squishy in my stomach. I need to take Bitzi for a walk and start my yard work. At this moment I’m not feeling very energetic. My breathing and bronchial/ sinus congestion are better today. I flushed my sinuses numerous times with the water pik thing. I kept feeling like I was getting a sinus infection on the right side. I get it every year when the ragweed and nettles pollen count are high. Okay a few more minutes sitting here then I’m taking the dog out. 

Train in the distance

I’m slightly chilly even with the throw blanket on me and the dog on my lap. It’s 5:06am and I woke up on the couch a little while ago feeling congested and struggling to breathe. I had a few days of feeling better once the Covid test was negative but then I felt like I was starting to come down with a cold a few days ago. After I woke up I went to the bathroom, took my levothyroxin and used my nebulizer to help my breathing. Now I’m awake. This same thing happened yesterday too. It’s silent in the house and I can hear a train in the distance and it’s sounds moving on the track. I don’t know that I’ve ever heard that before from this house. 

Tuesday some of the neighbors are having a “ say farewell” lunch to me and Mike at a nearby restaurant because we are stepping down as neighborhood representatives. The recognition would have taken place at the big neighborhood picnic on August 31 but Mike and I had Covid. We had to ask the 2 incoming reps and others to step up and run the picnic. So now they want a make up farewell event. I don’t want to go but we are going to be polite. I had been a rep for four years and Mike for one, although he’s been helping with neighborhood stuff for four years too. I just got burned out and sick of it. Some of the neighbors are rude and act entitled. That offends me a lot and I just got sick of dealing with it. I’ll go to the farewell lunch to be nice.

Thursday I have a colonoscopy scheduled so Wednesday is prep day. I have to read the instructions carefully so I don’t screw anything up and have to repeat it. Yuck. I’ll be really glad when that’s over!

I have a lot of yard work to do. There are tons of dead flowers that are done blooming for the season and overgrew their places so I have a bunch of stuff to rip out. Too many perennials have spread and are choking out my roses. I’m going to try to get it done today and tomorrow if I’m up to it. I also have a lot of housework and grocery shopping to do so I’d but get going pretty early today. Mike is still sleeping.