GRATITUDE: Finding it hard to get momentum for my days this week. Still pushing to get up and power through 5:30 yoga, but the morning routine has been a little off and my morning walk and strength workout had to be adapted to get the kids to morning band/bus stop. It is a good reminder to me just how fragile this system is…sleep, diet, exercise, stress. on another note, not sure what exactly has changed but really my body (right hip/back) today felt like 1 more notch of improvement. I did start the last two days with a protein shake blended with greens from the garden. Today I didn’t do this, but did delay my first meal till after noon and included lentils, sweet potatoes, eggs. Just notes for the future when I wonder what I was eating this point in my life.
I finally finished folding the laundry that’s been on the couch for days. I was able to walk to the grocery store late morning and not have to wear a sweater or jacket. Felt good to have sun on my arms and not be cold. I transformed the post grocery store time into my morning walk, complete with carrying two bags of groceries around town for an improvised farmer’s carry. I think the pain I was getting on my right forearm when lifting my arms out and up in a T is getting less…perhaps I really was that weak? Ordered some creatine yesterday to add to my daily shake…hoping this will help some with the protein, bone density issues I’m still seeing on the scale…some lean muscle gains would be nice too! :b
FOCUS: I really need to get my brain wrapped around my next Japanese assignment, slideshow and quiz. It’s all coming up this weekend and next week. Also, discovered I physically cannot take the next course because the quarter goes until June 29…and we’ll already have been in Japan for 11 days at that point! I suppose this is good, because then maybe I can better focus on Pimsleur and actual dialogue, plus really start planning the details of our most epic adventure yet!
INSPIRATION: Currently listening to “How High We Go Into the Dark” about a strange future pandemic time where the Arctic Plague causes some organ shapeshifter virus. Each chapter is a different character and as the story unravels each character intertwines with another. It’s a little strange after having just listened to “Kafka on the Shore” which was very similar in that respect.
Past my bedtime again but didn’t want to make another half-assed journal entry. 5:30am is going to come too quickly.