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Walkies

(Cross-posted to healthy_fen.)

Went out this morning for a walk around the rose garden, with my new running shoes and 2.5 pounds of sand wrapped loosely around each wrist. (They call 'em "5-lb wrist/ankle weights" -- 5 is the total for the pair.) I got a 10-lb set as well, but decided to change only one variable at a time at the end of my legs.

Got about 1 mile -- to the corner across the street from the Rose Garden -- before my arms became too tired to continue pumping the weights. A bit more of a workout than I'm used to, though not quite enough. After about half a trip around the Rose Garden I went back to my old walking pace. The shoes were definitely an improvement, but I still had some shin tightness, so it's safe to assume I'm still doing something wrong.

I was sleepy all afternoon; ended up taking a nap. Oh, and based on what I saw at Play It Again Sports yesterday, there's no way to get any kind of exercise machine into the house. Those things are bloody huge -- even the fold-up treadmill would take up too much space. So I'll be using machines at the gym, if at all.

Sunday evening wrap-up

After my walk and a little lunch, the flower_cat and I went out for a drive. Turned around earlier than usual because I was feeling sleepy; we both collapsed on the bed when we got home.

Neither the kids nor I had managed to get our bedrooms picked up, so I didn't have to pay up, but we went out for sushi anyway on the excuse that the Y.D. was getting A's in three or four of her classes. Worked for me; the Cat was in no shape to cook dinner, though she felt a lot better this morning than she had for the last few days. We're guessing it was a combination of an arthritis flare-up and some flu-like virus.

The Cat was annoyed because none of her favorites -- oysters, soft-shell crab, octopus -- turned up on the boats, and she couldn't attract anyone's attention to order some. For some reason it never occurred to her to ask the assertive teenager next to her to intercede, in spite of the fact that the Y.D. was, as usual, the only one ordering. I'd have told her, but as usual didn't realize how upset she was getting. I'm afraid I'm not very perceptive about what people are thinking.

In spite of not finishing the job in the bedroom, I did get a little picking-up done in both the office and the bedroom, plus about half an hour filing 2007 receipts. Recycled some years-old magazines that I was unlikely ever to so much as glance at, and a sizeable stack of blank paper and empty notebooks from years ago. I can use the shelf space for other things, thanks.

Only minor progress dealing with the clutter in my file server. This week, hopefully, I'll get a little more accomplished in that direction.