Today was, more or less, the same variation on all the days I seem to be having while staying at my parents’ house.  It was nice, though.  It might not have been very exciting, but I got to enjoy being around my family and do some things that supported living a healthy life.

I set an alarm for the morning, but just hit the snooze button for a long time.  I probably would have been better off not setting an alarm at all.  I think I’ll set an alarm for tomorrow and hope for a better morning.  I’m going to visit a friend in the cities and I’d like to get on the road as early as possible, but I also need to drive my brother into town to pick up his car which might not be done until later on in the morning.  It’ll work out fine, I’m sure.

So today I wrote morning pages like I always do after waking up.  I then went to the gym and used the elliptical machine for only an hour.  To be honest, it was a bit of slugfest and I wasn’t sure I was even going to last the full hour. The day before I went for 2 hours and I could tell my legs are still tired from that.  I made it the whole hour by doing that thing where I keep telling myself “pretty soon you’ll only have 40 more minutes to go…. soon it’ll just be 30 minutes…” all the way until I was done.  It was not easy.  After the gym I got my eyes checked, drove back to the lake and meditated for a full 40 minutes (woohoo!) and then gave myself a short Reiki session. I’ve meditated for a full 40 minutes a couple times this week now and it’s really nice to get back into it. It’s been a while since I had much of a meditation practice.

This evening we played 500.  My brother and I lost to our parents. It was a long game that turned out to be quite fun.  I’m glad we got to play.

I’m really excited to be in the cities tomorrow and get to see my friend.  He’s fun and a really great person to bounce ideas off of.  He’s smart and knows a lot about many different things.  He’s also a great person to talk to.  I’ve missed him.

Ok, I’m off to bed.  I love how I can feel the muscles near my ribs since they’re sore from the working out I’ve been doing.  I always want to have progress right away so it’s been hard to not feel like I’ve made much even though I’ve been going to the Y for a little over a week now. I’ve basically been killing myself when I go over there so hopefully I’ll be able to see some progress soon. I know if I manage to keep it up for another month or longer I’ll really start seeing some results. I think once I go out to NJ I can make a habit of getting to a Y out there. I’m not a very long train ride to Newark so I can probably start working out at the Y there.  I’m really grateful to be exercising again and feeling like I’m at least starting to dig myself out of the whole I’ve gotten myself into with all the eating and not exercising these past couple years.  So far so good!

Gratitude List:

Devoting time to spiritual practice throughout the day

The opportunity to play cards with my family

A difficult day at the gym, but rewarding none-the-less