Aug 6 to 17

 Lots of walking and cleaning out for the coming year. Lots of napping and wondering when the world will take a deep breath and calm down.

I'm stuck wondering just how different the world will be after all of this. Certainly I'm not going to be the same. 

I went to watch rugby on Saturday the 14th. It was a rugby day. I was happy to speak to friends on the side of the pitch, but I was also reminded about why some are just dicks. No other term for it, some people are just dicks. I haven't seen you in three years and the first words out of your mouth are an attempt to insult me .... weird. 

SMH

Anyway, I'm planning on working from home by the end of September as my province hits a fourth wave. I'm hoping this is the last one, but you never know. I've done everything I can up to this point. All I can do is react to the churn and see if I can't float above the it all. 

Anyway, lots of walking and stretching and being somewhat jealous of those on the field on Saturday. The skills were not there but their fitness was. I've always known what to do and the day just reinforced that.

July 29 to Aug 5

Foot continues to be on the mend; I'm still being active and getting things set up for the winter. Advil for the swelling and solid nutrition are helping along with hydration.

I also saw too good of a deal on an inflatable kayak and had to jump at it. A two-seater and just a bit of fun. I went out in it a few days ago and it was a bit of fun and a nice workout. My foot stayed in a relaxed position and even got a bit of the cold water on it to help. 

Lots of stretching and a physiotherapist that loves to twang the hamstrings and make the knees ache. Advil is good for that, too.

Watching the Jays on a surge at the moment is kind of cool - reminds me of 2015. Not quite the same dominance, but ya know, it all starts with a pitching staff. but its baseball and I'm watching it more for the time I get to spend with my wife than anything else. 

My newly purchased Dodge Caravan is in the shop betting a wheel bearing looked at, while I clench my hands to try and calm down. This particular purchasing experience isn't nearly as much fun as I thought it would be. I've sent a note off to them and will follow up today. I'm hoping I didn't set my plans for the future on a literal lemon.

Getting into the dregs of my office while cleaning it out, I found some notes I kept from a rugby club AGM a few years ago. Before throwing the notes into the recycle bin, noticed that I wrote down a quote from one of the other speakers that night - that someone described me as a "friend to hookers". 

It's a rugby thing, you wouldn't understand.

July 18 to 28

 Talk about a switch in fortune.

The 17th and the 23rd I was out on a paddle board and having a great time. the 24th, my foot was puffed up and in agony. I waited for a few days, treated it with ice and Advil. It went down a bit, but it was still hard to walk on it.

It was time for medical professionals and they didn't disappoint. Drugs for injuries and it's been helping. Lots of unintended additional help for my jaw, my neck, my knees and my hips. Heck, the doctor warned me to drink water non-stop and my hydration has improved too. Which in turn has helped my heart and hips and knees and ankles and feet.

Weird. But not really.

Lots of stretching and water and late night thanks to extra work. I'm thinking this is the last summer I do this same stuff. It's been too much this year. I'm not sure if it's because it's 2021 or because I'm old or because of my heath. Not sure, but it's harder this year than some of the others. 

July 14 to 17

 Fairly active over the last few days - getting up and out of the house at the start of the day - way before work needs me up and connected - has been a real good habit to get into, I must say.

Not staying up until silly hours of the morning will help that out, to be frank.

Got to do a paddle boarding session really early on Friday. Not sure the e-coli count in Lake Ontario was in my favour, but I truly enjoyed the working on my skills. Can't say I did a great workout this time, but at least I got myself there and in the water and was active. I also got my new to me Minivan thinking about helping me out being active. Packing up at 5:30am and then heading out was pretty easy with the Grand Caravan. Good storage and a big back door really did help.

When I was in the water, I fell in. While standing there in the water at about chest deep, worked on my hips and knees for about ten minutes. Felt so good and cold on them. Was very helpful for mobility.

I'm going to start training outside in parks again. The beach. The parks in the area. Small open areas that no one will bother me. And I get to leave it in my van for easy "get up and go" training sessions. 

It's funny at the end of the paddle board session yesterday, couldn't wipe the grin off of my face for at least a half hour afterwards. 

I took this while standing in the lake.

July 6 to 13

 I'm getting some cardio done - and taking some help on sleeping from my wife. It was amazing .. again ... to learn about the joys of being out of shape.

I reconnected my heart rate monitor tonight. I looked at the pool at Cedar Springs online... and then I went for a second cardio session on the day.

It's pissing me off - the training that I used to do ... is being done my younger members of my rugby club. Basically they spent their quarantine doing the things I used to do when they were 18 and I was 40. Now that they are 35 ... I spent my time trying to not go insane. It has been a day trying not to scream. 

They used to laugh at the crossfit training I did. Now they are doing the same crap. Asshats.

Now I want to get back to training just to spite them. Which is probably a good thing, but don't tell the angry part of me - he just wants to push everything along.

Also ... the HRM that I got first told me I was in poor condition when I did a base line fitness test. I re did it thirty seconds later and said I was in fair condition. For a precision piece of equipment, it's a piece of crap. 

July 2 to 6

 

The fact of the matter is I'm being more active of late. Walks, paddle boarding and getting stuff done around the house. I went to the beach before school this week and the water was as flat as I've ever seen. I'm going to have to try that some time this month. On the day though, I just wanted to walk. 

Being an old man, in a world designed to help old men like me stay on top.

Anyway, the Apple Watch says "new record number of days being active" ... want to keep going.

Was up really early with the youngest; he's off to camp every day and is really excited about it. Glad ot see he's liking something and certainly after the year we have had everyone needs a bit of happiness.

I'm working a lot, schedule is packed for the moment. I'm working the system and the system is working me. It's tough, but I'm getting the sleep and water I need at the moment.

Also I got myself that cool hoodie.

June 23 to July 1

 My facebook status on July 1 was "I think I'm going to sit this one out, coach" ... I just wanted to let the day go by without any notice. I slept in, I got coffee, I mowed the lawn and I moved furniture. 

I napped. 

On my Apple watch I got my rings closed just by being active and being around the house and doing stuff that I've not had the time to do in the last while. No walk, no training, just lots of things ticked off the Honey Do List. 

On a walk this week, I wondered about moving my office out of the basement or getting rid of it altogether. I don't use much of the stuff here, except for the desk and second monitor. A lot of my stress comes from having this space and the things herein. I'm wondering if I need to let this go and set something else up for myself.

Of course, I'm teaching summer school - I'm also still tutoring. This is going to be a busy summer. So ... I need to be able to sleep on time and get up on time. I'm joking of course, I'm up at 3am writing this post as I can't seem to still my mind in order to sleep. I want to start having fun this summer. So many things to do. All of it starts with lowering stress and sleeping enough. 

I do have a plan for this summer and beyond. I'm hoping that this Great Reset will let me get to focus on my Vision Board and help me manifest the things I need to do next.