Finally!

I finally got in a run today. My muscles were a bit tight from the time off, so I definitely need to get back to my routine and not skip that many days in a row again! It seems to be true of so many things in life that if you do them regularly, you get better at them, and those things that you continue to do consistently will have the greatest effect on your life (for good or ill, depending on what the things are that you are doing!)

Jumping up and down

I still haven't managed to get back to my running routine, but I did do a lot of jumping up and down and cheering tonight when I saw a friend, Charles Temple, win $100,000 in the Jeopardy Teachers Tournament!

Another one of those days...

Well, I've done it again. Spent all day in the car, that is. This time, I arrived at my destination at midnight! Dang, it takes a long time to get back to North Carolina from Florida.

More walking...this time the Kingdom

Today, I walked around the Kingdom. I figure, the other day was the World, so the Kingdom seems like a good choice for another day! Yes, it was the Magic Kingdom. And yes, I'm still having a blast being at Disney World all by myself. I had a wonderful lunch today at Tony's Town Square restaurant, and then watched the afternoon parade from my table on the patio. It was a great viewing spot!

My first 5K event!

Tonight, I ran the Expedition Everest Challenge at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park with my sister. It was a blast!

My sister is an awesome coach. Even though I run as slow as Christmas, she encouraged me the whole way and was just generally wonderful and proud of me.

I finished the 5K distance in a new record personal best time. Not a particularly impressive time, but the fastest I'd ever run 3.1 miles, and we didn't come in completely last!

A walk around the world

Today, I took a walk around the world. Whew, am I tired! Of course I didn't literally walk around the world...that would take way longer than a day, and would result in something far more overwhelming than just tiredness...like maybe total exhaustion, serious debt. Possibly moderate insanity.

Anyway, today I walked around EPCOT, "visiting" and learning about several nations of the world. I love Disney World and have often wondered what it would be like to come here alone. The answer: wonderful. It's probably not for everyone, but I sometimes enjoy doing things by myself. Solitude in the midst of a crowd is an interesting place to be.

I think that's one of the reasons I like running (although that's typically total solitude, not solitude int he midst of a crowd). It's good alone time.

One of those days

Today was another one of those days that I spent in the car. And I do mean ALL day in the car. I drove to Florida. Yep, that'll take all day when you live in North Carolina. More later...

Plateau

I'm frustrated by the fact that I seem to have hit a weight loss plateau. (And no, it's not just related to the lack of exercise for the last few days; I have been at close to the same weight for about 2 weeks now). I know with my mind that part of the reason is that I'm building muscle, which weighs more than fat, and I'm okay with that, because it also burns more calories than fat! But it's still frustrating to feel like you're doing the right things and not seeing results as quickly as before. Ah, well...like all things in life, this too shall pass.

Gardening

I know that gardening burns some calories, and it certainly works my upper body muscles. But I wish it could really be counted as exercise, because for the last couple of days that activity has eaten my exercise time! Now that all 106 aster plants (yes, you read that right - we planted over 100 asters today...now they had better grow, dangit!) are in the ground, I'm hoping to get back to running!

Full weekend

I did so much this weekend, I feel like it was three days long. But it wasn't, which means I packed a bit too much into each day. Which explains why I'm tired. Which is NOT a good excuse for the fact that I didn't exercise at all today.