Things had been going so well…that is…until the powers that be started pushing back.
Last week, I walked everyday and logged over twenty miles. However, my Friday walk was thwarted by a downpour. I didn’t think I was just a fair weather walked because I have walked in drizzles before. But, when the rain started really coming down yesterday, I turned around and went home after only a half mile. I thought about taking a walk in the afternoon, but the sky still looked threatening and my sweatshirt hadn’t fully dried yet. So, I didn’t.
This morning’s walk was thwarted by a toothache. I slept very poorly last night because of that damn tooth and just didn’t have it in me to get up at 6am and get my walk in. I wouldn’t even be up now if it wasn’t for my very insistent alarm clock cat. When he decides it is time for me to get up and give him a lap, he is kind of unrelenting.
But, I am not quite willing to end my 12 day walking streak. I am hoping that I will be up for at least a short walk after a nap. There is a new Saturday evening farmers market a very short distance from my house. What I may do is incentivize a longish walk by letting myself take the long route there. Nothing like a 3 mile detour to a destination that is about a quarter mile from my house. :-). But if it gets me out of the house, I see that as a total win.
Tomorrow I am also thinking of taking a later-than usual walk because it is the annual Laurelhurst garage sale. I figure that is a great excuse to wander through as much of Laurelhurst as I want. It will also keep me from buying too much because anything I purchase I will have to carry home with me on foot. Now that is a win/win.
We are heading to Lake Placid for a week’s vacation with David’s family in early July. I take it as a very good sign that I am already mentally planning my walk routes for while we are there. I am looking forward to a week of not having to displace a cat to get myself out of the door in the morning. However, that is pretty much the only week of the year when I get to see our nieces (David’s brother’s daughters, as opposed to my brother’s daughters, the niecelettes) and one of them is an early riser. I enjoy our early morning talks/games/random activities before her sister wakes up. Maybe I can lure her to join me on one of my walks so I don’t need to choose one over the other.