Day 8 (Monday): Rest Day. Ack. I was unbelievably sore from yoga yesterday, and still a little sore from sleeping all wrong Saturday night. Mondays when I'm working need to be a rest day anyway.
Day 9 (Tuesday): I thought about running in the snow! Yes, lovely flurries graced us on my first day off this week. I didn't make it out. I rode the exercise bike, with little to no enthusiasm, and went to bed.
Day 10 (Wednesday): Back to work, my second Monday aka my second Friday of the week. I managed, just barely, to ride the exercise bike before bed. It was quite literally taking all my strength to stay on it. Today was the first day of Advent Calendar Activities (have I mentioned I have the most astoundingly glorious advent calendar of all time?!), which meant I baked cookies tonight after work, after going to the market. Ooof. But, I did it. 20 minutes, only, but I was satisfied.
Day 11 (Thursday): Second day off, and apparently the temp got up to 52 degrees today. Did I run? No. I took a 3 hour nap, though, so that's something. Anyhoo, I didn't want to ride the bike again, because I am getting totally burnt out on it, so I did the leg strengthening yoga that I have recorded. I continue to love doing yoga with my pets around. There's no way to maintain a calm demeanor when the dog is behind you during a forward fold, looking you right in the eyes while you're upside down, with a very clear look on his face of "What in the name of holy dog biscuits are you doing?"
I failed to mention on Day 7, when I came up from a child's pose, my big fat cat had apparently walked up as I was rolling up and when I opened my eyes/looked up, he was standing right where I had just been laying and it startled me so bad I shook. I'm sure that helped my whole back situation immensely.
That brings us to today, my third Monday aka actual Friday of the week, and I can hardly wait to see what I will get accomplished over my 3 day weekend. Since my goal is to workout 6 days a week, I'm bound to be doing something for the next 3 days (counting tonight). The temp dropped again, but I haven't run in over a week, so maybe I'll get up the gusto to get outside at some point.
I do have an enormous amount of Christmas knitting to get done, and while I have seen pictures of people knitting in marathons, I am using double pointed needles, and not interested in having one surgically removed when I trip over the bad sidewalks or a loose dog this weekend.
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