July 28: Babbling along!
At work with some time on my hands at work as the nuclear material for today is different, which changes the stress test schedule. This will give me a very relaxed afternoon, also helping me get to my podiatry appointment early. Having pain in both feet with all the walking, despite the orthotics and good sneakers. Suspect that new orthotics may be needed since the fractures. And just because they're getting older--the feet as well as the orthotics!
Chester got out the other night. I'd had a nice meditation out on the patio under the almost full moon with the temperature cool and no humidity. Nice and relaxed, feeling in tune with the universe, I gathered up my candle and earphones to go inside. Devil's Spawn (other's name for him, but appropriate at this juncture!) shot out the door. This lead to several minutes of him gleefully bouncing around the back yard, then to the front yard, with me chasing after him. He would wait until he was almost in my reach, then take off again. He's done this before, and I've learned that the major fun in his mind is having me chase him. But this neighborhood, while quiet, has a few people who really speed up the street and several cats with unknown vaccination records running around. And it's peak flea season. He's a wimp enough to not challenge another cat, startled by loud sounds enough to run from a car (hopefully in the right direction) which leaves fleas as the major threat. Anyone who has coped with those nasty things will tell you how incredibly time and energy consuming it is to de-flea a house. After waiting for another 45 minutes (it's now 1:30 am) I sent up a prayer to Bast (Egyptian cat goddess) for her protection and went to bed. Just after 3 am KC woke me with hissing and growling: the prodigal son had returned. On opening the door for Chester, KC then shot out and proceeded to chase him around the outside of the house, spitting and growling. Fortunately they both came in, although Chester was confined to the front porch until late yesterday afternoon to assess for any flea infestation. (See, those prayers to the appropriate goddess really DO work!)
This late night meant getting up later yesterday, but with the break in the weather I stuck to my plans and went out to VF Park to attack the little mountain again. I'd finally gotten the pedometer set up, which Martha had sent me several years ago. It was nice to get updates on how far I'd gone, but then it kept saying 'You've walked 0.51 miles' over and over and over. On switching to 'steps taken' I discovered that frequently it only measured one out of every 100 steps, then sometimes every other one. Totally unreliable. But going by the posted mileage on the trail maps I walked 2.75 miles in a little over 1 1/2 hrs, which isn't any speed record but considering the up and down parts it isn't bad for me. I was totally wiped out the rest of the day, had to limit activities. Today my thigh muscles are a little sore, still tired. This, to me, means it's the effect on the heart valves rather than muscular, They have been getting regular work-outs. This will be important when scheduling the timing for climbing Rattlesnake in NH, as it will probably limit activities for the day of as well as the day after. The weather is predicted to be nice for Sun, Mon & Tues, iffy Weds, bad Thurs. So maybe climbing Tuesday morning would be good, as then staying in Wednesday wouldn't be so bad. My other favorite activity is kayaking on the lake. It's wonderful skimming along the surface and doesn't bother my chest too much as long as the water is calm.
I was hoping that over time all the pillows and wedge wouldn't be necessary as time went on, but after a few trials to see it's apparent that they are still needed. It just makes traveling more cumbersome, although not the end of the world.
Thanks for checking in, Laurie
Chester got out the other night. I'd had a nice meditation out on the patio under the almost full moon with the temperature cool and no humidity. Nice and relaxed, feeling in tune with the universe, I gathered up my candle and earphones to go inside. Devil's Spawn (other's name for him, but appropriate at this juncture!) shot out the door. This lead to several minutes of him gleefully bouncing around the back yard, then to the front yard, with me chasing after him. He would wait until he was almost in my reach, then take off again. He's done this before, and I've learned that the major fun in his mind is having me chase him. But this neighborhood, while quiet, has a few people who really speed up the street and several cats with unknown vaccination records running around. And it's peak flea season. He's a wimp enough to not challenge another cat, startled by loud sounds enough to run from a car (hopefully in the right direction) which leaves fleas as the major threat. Anyone who has coped with those nasty things will tell you how incredibly time and energy consuming it is to de-flea a house. After waiting for another 45 minutes (it's now 1:30 am) I sent up a prayer to Bast (Egyptian cat goddess) for her protection and went to bed. Just after 3 am KC woke me with hissing and growling: the prodigal son had returned. On opening the door for Chester, KC then shot out and proceeded to chase him around the outside of the house, spitting and growling. Fortunately they both came in, although Chester was confined to the front porch until late yesterday afternoon to assess for any flea infestation. (See, those prayers to the appropriate goddess really DO work!)
This late night meant getting up later yesterday, but with the break in the weather I stuck to my plans and went out to VF Park to attack the little mountain again. I'd finally gotten the pedometer set up, which Martha had sent me several years ago. It was nice to get updates on how far I'd gone, but then it kept saying 'You've walked 0.51 miles' over and over and over. On switching to 'steps taken' I discovered that frequently it only measured one out of every 100 steps, then sometimes every other one. Totally unreliable. But going by the posted mileage on the trail maps I walked 2.75 miles in a little over 1 1/2 hrs, which isn't any speed record but considering the up and down parts it isn't bad for me. I was totally wiped out the rest of the day, had to limit activities. Today my thigh muscles are a little sore, still tired. This, to me, means it's the effect on the heart valves rather than muscular, They have been getting regular work-outs. This will be important when scheduling the timing for climbing Rattlesnake in NH, as it will probably limit activities for the day of as well as the day after. The weather is predicted to be nice for Sun, Mon & Tues, iffy Weds, bad Thurs. So maybe climbing Tuesday morning would be good, as then staying in Wednesday wouldn't be so bad. My other favorite activity is kayaking on the lake. It's wonderful skimming along the surface and doesn't bother my chest too much as long as the water is calm.
I was hoping that over time all the pillows and wedge wouldn't be necessary as time went on, but after a few trials to see it's apparent that they are still needed. It just makes traveling more cumbersome, although not the end of the world.
Thanks for checking in, Laurie
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