Happy Monday, y’all! I hope you all had a great weekend and are looking forward to a new week. (Yes that’s an unusual Monday attitude, try it on for size!)
Thanks to all of you who have commented on my ever-more-sporadic posts and who keep checking in on me. All is well; it’s just an exceptionally busy season for me right now, so I’ll be back more regularly as soon as I can!
In the meantime, I had to share about a GREAT workout/walk/hike I took with my husband this weekend. I stayed home sick Friday and was tempted to sit on my butt all weekend – and in fact, I did just that much of the time. But Saturday I was going stir-crazy and just had to get my body moving. The forecast was calling for rain but the skies looked reasonably clear, so we did something my hubs has been wanting to do for.ev.er. – we walked down to the lake near our house.
Why hadn’t we done so before? Well, here’s the thing about my hubs. He is oblivious to conditions such as rain, wind, cold, or darkness. So he would always suggest this at the last minute when it was about to get dark. Or rain. Or when we were already out walking in flimsy tennis shoes. And the trail down to the lake? It’s short, but it’s steep and it is very much a hike. I like to be more prepared than he requires, so it just never gelled before this weekend.
The distance of our outing was only about 2.5 or 3 miles, but 1.5 miles of that was either down or up a VERY steep hiking trail down to the lake front. The rest of it was through the state park that’s about .25 miles from our house.
It was windy.
It was cold.
It was rainy.
But?
It was beautiful.
It felt awesome.
I felt? Kind of badass for being out in those conditions.
It was just another reminder of what I already know, which is that my body loves to move. And it’s been a struggle to make that happen lately, for a lot of reasons. But you know what? I have the power to make it happen even when it’s hard, and Saturday’s hike was a reminder to me of how much I love to be active. Plus, the win-win of it was quality time with my hubs, which I adore.
How about you? What’s the best workout you’ve hate lately?