It seems my few minutes at the gym yesterday is not quite as amusing as it was yesterday ... (ouch).
No change in determination or attitude towards it, but seriously I wasn't even there that long the first day .. I think if I'm planning on attending regularly I'd better book the retirement home bed ... for say Monday next week!
Gave the kids & husband a choc egg for valentines day in their lunch boxes ... DON'T PANIC I didn't include one for me ... in fact completely forgot my lunch today - which is kinda scary because I'm not actually sure I can walk to the cafe! Note to self: look up meals on wheels phone number.
Terrifying moment when I remembered I was meeting a friend for lunch and in a moment of brilliance we had decided to meet at the cafe at the OTHER END OF THE CAMPUS ... you know the one at the bottom of the hill (the hill that today resembles Mt Ruapehu). So, after I warned the girls in the office if I wasn't back in two hours they'd have to send a WHEELCHAIR, off I set. I approached those tiny little steps in the concourse pretty tentatively ... for once wishing that today would be the day I'd fall head first down them - that way I wouldn't be able to tell which hurt the most & I'd actually make it to the bottom in good time (for those who don't know ... I have actually fallen down those steps!).
Lunch was lovely and before I knew it, it was time to head back up the mountain. Even slower this time ... there were so many more steps going back up, they must have been built by a gym instructor.
Feeling very motivated to carry on with this exercise stuff, but it's raining so won't be doing the walk or bike tonight ... and as I type this the inspiration hits me that I guess I'll be going to the pool ... perfect I can do the whole "make a fool" of myself in public again - but this time wearing togs.
By the time I reached home it wasn't raining so due to the fact I'm a bit tender I walked (kinda) to the supermarket (for chocolate ... AGAIN, NOT FOR ME). Rest of the evening was spent putting together a new bike ... why oh why did we ever think buying a bike in a box would be a good idea ... anyway about 10:30 Neil said to me ... "well the wheels go round now" ... It might have been easier just to go for a walk, carrying the bike in the box!
Hey - can't quite figure out the purpose of this blog (other than practice for the book I'm apparently writing!) ... so came across this quote in a book recently which I've thought about today. Kinda doesn't fit slap bang in the middle of my exercise dramas, but it might come in handy ...
"For alL these years, you’ve lived under the illusion that, somehow, you made it because you were tough enough to overpower the abuse, the hatred, the hard knocks of life. But really you made it because love is so powerful that tiny little doses of it are enough to overcome the pain of the worst things life can dish out"
Actually, given that I'm slightly "exercise challenged" and feeling in a little pain (although only if I move, so there could be an answer just there) ... maybe the support I have from friends & family and perhaps that just maybe I like myself a little more & of course the love of my amazing God ... just maybe that love is enough to get me through this momentary bit of pain! I was kinda thinking bigger than this ... but why not use the quote for now!
The quote came from a book by Rachel Reiland, Get Me Out of Here (regarding mental health issues) ... actually thinking about it ... maybe I have completely lost my mind, and maybe soon (probably Thursday), I will be saying "get me out of here". But it does make me think just what hope a little bit of love can bring.
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