My body wouldn’t really let me sleep in. My Saturday routine lately has been doing my reading then hitting the gym. I was a little tired and slow moving to get out of the house, so I had to mix up the order of my workout. I swam first and then did my lifts. I’ve been doing the bench and shoulder press. The pool was busy but the rest was emptier than usual. Like if I failed a bench rep no one would’ve been around to help!
The morning was warmish but my afternoon ruck was windy and cold again. We didn’t get any of the anticipated snow so that’s good.
There was a full lunar eclipse that hit totality between 1:30-2:30am this morning. I figured that if I got up at 2am, I would get some sleep before and after and see the eclipse. I decided that I would go for a 45 minute walk at 2am to the lake and see what I could see! Then I could sleep in later since I would already have my 1st workout done! It worked pretty well. The moon was tiny way up overhead and the cell phone doesn’t do it justice.
Being outside and walking around at 2am was a weird experience. Lots of houses had interior lights on but I only saw 1 other person out. I saw quite a few police (more than during the day for sure) and some other cars. Otherwise it was uneventful.
I ended up being more tired than I thought but made it through the day. This afternoon I went to the concussion clinic and got some exercises for my eyes. My left eye is a little off and the hope is that with some exercises I can strengthen it and reduce the headaches while working out.
When I got home I couldn’t decide what my workout should be. It was also 74f so quite nice. I ended up going for a relaxed pace bike ride. And got a headache from it.
Another rather uneventful day! The warm weather has made the walks in the afternoon nice! It wasn’t quite shorts warm this evening but close.
I was able to get the hot tub started back up. It’s an inflatable one we got for Christmas. It worked okay until the first deep sub zero day and then the 4 inch long pipe from the heater to the tub froze. I tired a few times to get it thawed but I couldn’t quite get it. So unfortunately it froze solid. The ice finally thawed enough today that I was able to get the heater to turn back on. Once the ice melts I’ll probably need to drain it. Maybe I’ll get to use it this weekend!!
This afternoon I forgot my partially drunk water bottle at work. So that threw off my water measurements. I decided I probably didn’t drink much from it and didn’t estimate it for my calculations. So I drank more than a gallon. I’m a little intrigued to see how much of it I’d drunk.
Nothing exciting to report otherwise for either workout. Though I did wear shorts this afternoon for my walk!
This afternoon I chose to walk to a rally my union was hosting at the district headquarters about budget cuts to special education next year. The headquarters was about 2 miles away and I was already a little late. But it seemed like a perfect way to get my second session done. I didn’t exactly have a ride home lined up, but was easily able to find one!
I probably never would have walked there without needing to do a workout. But it was a nice little walk!
