Hi there, everyone.
Raven, I did have a head cold a few months ago, but this isn't a virus. I lit some incense last week, Monday I think, and it got me coughing, so I put it out...and have been coughing ever since. I must have irritated the tissues of my lungs.
otherwise, I do feel fantastic. I feel so light, and have good energy and cheer. I'm really excited to weigh tomorrow.
Breakfast, then. I couldn't eat before I left for work, so I grabbed a large baked red, some spinach, and a couple of oranges, cut in quarters. I split the red in half and it occurred to me how strange it might look to someone in another vehicle, say at a red light, to look over and see me eating a potato out of hand...except, the way I had split it, the thing looked like a bagel! ha! I must say, a baked red potato, the next day, not heated up or anything...SO delicious! Especially that first bite...mmmm. But what a strange brekkie: baked red potato, a few leaves of spinach (it tasted too salty for me this morning) and two oranges, slurped down a quarter at a time.
Another thing I've been doing this week, though it doesn't correlate with the Mini, is walking. I can feel it in my thighs, just a bit. 30 min a day, just in regular neighborhoods, not pushing myself, just enjoying the outside.
Today, after dropping kids to school, I had a few minutes, so I parked in the neighborhood where the school is, got out and spent 20 min walking. The air was so beautiful, fresh-scrubbed from yesterday's rain, with the sun just up...it was brilliantly clear. As I walked, two quail hustled under a spruce tree ahead of me. Always, with the birds. Then I heard a pheasant. Mind you, I'm in a regular subdivision that's been here for at least 30 years.
Walked down one side of the street, with the sun behind me. My shadow was tall and skinny! Like...really skinny. Prayed for the houses and families living in them. Then walked back up the street, facing into the sun and I saw him...that pheasant I'd heard! He flew down into the street and walked a little way, then launched into the air again. Two quail and a pheasant. On a regular neighborhood street. Hm.
Got a chance to walk again, with Mr S, who places flyers for Domino's. Such a cute neighborhood. Another little pocket of sweetness in O-town. Ogden, UT has a reputation for drugs and gangs (it's a well earned rep, I might add) but there are so many sweet neighborhoods, with charming yards and front porches, and right now with lilacs blooming and fruit trees in blossom...just sweet, through and through.
And at Junk Food Client's house I did dishes. It was like doing the dishes when you're out camping: heat up the water, pour into the dishpan, add soap, mix with cold so you don't scald yourself. Their dishwasher broke down about a month before their kitchen faucet exploded. They don't have the wherewithal to get it fixed right now, so mom has been doing the dishes in the bathroom sink. Then she got sick. She hasn't been able to do the dishes for about a week I'd say. To feed Mr E, I had to wash a fork that I fished out of the bathroom sink, from under a stack of bowls...
well, I just did them. She was asleep, dad was watching a movie with my client...about an hour's worth of work and it felt SO GOOD to get it done!
So, for activity I got 20 min sunrise walk, 45 min Domino's walk, and 60 min Extreme Dishes.
and now it's bedtime. I'm going to try sleeping in the easy chair in my bedroom since lying down last night had me hacking until 11:30 and again at 1:00. Maybe sitting up, I won't get coughing quite so bad. It was really bad.
by bunsofaluminum » Sun May 16, 2010 1:38 pm 
wish I could do that EVERY day.
(Those were my pre-McDougall days, just to be clear!)
