All I ever wanted, all I ever needed.
Yesterday it would have been impossible to do another round of 30 Day Shred. Honestly—I have never felt pain quite like that before. I must’ve taken three or four doses of pain meds without it doing a lick of good. I got home around 7:30 and the sun was setting. My entire body felt like it had gotten in a fight with a 900 pound gorilla. BUT! I persevered. Being partially insane these days, I got the dogs ready and left my house around 8 o’clock to take a long walk with them. Shredding I could not do, walking was possible. And of course it made me feel so much better to stretch the muscles but not in such a demanding way. It was dark, they don’t have street lights or sidewalks around here. I took a different, less direct way to my parents house, or it would be less direct if one was driving—but I was walking. My parents live about 3 miles away from me. The way I took was 2.5 miles. I made it there before 9! In the dark! Walking on the side of the road! With wraiths flying past and freaking the dogs out. (seriously, some freaky silent shadow went racing through the darkness pasty us. it was not a dog. not a person. not a cat. fox? I don’t know. all I know is that it freaked. my. freak.) And I wasn’t even winded. I was keeping a pace that made the dogs pant. My dogs are in super good condition, very slim, not an extra ounce of fat on them. I was kicking their butts and they mine. This morning I was well enough to shred. I couldn’t do the push ups. No way. I tried. Couldn’t do it. I ran in place instead. I made it through the three sets though. I feels like I conquered the world. Shred Day 2 is a success. I should feel good enough to do it again tomorrow as well. I still lpan on going for a long walk tonight and the rest of the weekend as I do not have to work Saturday! I won’t be back at work until Tuesday afternoon! I haven’t had a Saturday off in a year! Today is just one of those great days. Everything is going right.
