day 68

Not much to say today.

Laying in bed.  Listening to the birds outside.  Can hear a few cars in the distance. It is early still but light out already this time of year.  It has me thinking I should jump on the bike and ride around the big block just to get some fresh air.

This week has been another dud of a week when it comes to work outs.  My stomach was a mess earlier in the week.  Blaming that on some random foods.  And then I havent motivated from there.

Last night I worked until about 8pm.  That is a problem with the office being just down the hall.  You start a project and it just gets away from you... and you don't have to worry about the drive.. you have fed the dog.. and you just work on.  Glad I did.  Got a spreadsheet done that needed attention and can send some emails today to get some insight on what I did.

I ended up cooking late.  Homemade scampi.. work in progress for sure.

and then just stayed up too late.  That typically goes hand in hand with the work thing.

Today I have meetings in the AM.  Then need to run some leftovers to my mom.  And the afternoon will be more meeting scheduling and spreadsheet filling.

Tomorrow is a short day and the start of a long weekend.  Not sure what that will look like.  Some bike rides maybe.  So long walks or runs.  More cooking.  And laundry. 

Mentally it has been a good week.  Trying to not listen to too much drama.  It is out there in full force. Trying to stay off social media more than I used to.  And trying not to engage in undermining conversations. 

Meditation helps.  Breathing exercises help.  I am glad there are a good number of those at my finger tips.

ironman

Not the movie, the race. I was needing some motivation.

I was doing OK with some running in April.  But as the days turned to weeks and the weeks turned to months.. the short term memory had me working out a whole lot more than the reality.

So 3 weeks ago I decided I would give myself 2 weeks to complete Ironman distances in the bike and the run.  2 mile run every day.  10 miles on the trainer.

It started out strong.  And as usual it faltered.  But last weekend I pulled out the stops to hit the goals.  It made for a lot of walking and a lot of time in the saddle.  But got it done.

Of course I ended up doing absolutely NOTHING this past week but am OK for it.

My tummy has been out of sorts for the past 36 hours.. maybe even a little longer.  Taco Tuesday gave me heartburn of sorts and then some over ripe pineapple added to the sour tummy.  Today there is tea and some pre and pro biotics.  We will see how that goes.

Some fermented food in the future as well.  Get that back on track.

Get back to feeling OK for some exercise.

I wanted to do a baseline 6.2 mile run walk today.  🙄🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🤢🤮

projects

A lot of people are dabbling with home projects.  The first weekend I remember bounding out of bed.. I was going to prep my patio for warmer weather.  Washed off all the winter debris.  And pulled some weeds.  We do sit out on the patio a couple of times a week.  More often than not we end up doing exactly what we are doing now..  sitting inside with the door open and looking out at the patio.  It is cooler for the dog.  Appears comfier for #ThisIsConrad as well.

Today we are headed to a friends to grab some remnant rocks they bought for a yard project. I am going to redo the side of the patio that is just miserably overgrown and nasty.  Put rocks back in there as I had started years ago.  

There is some neighbor yard creep going on there as well.

And then there are the light blocking curtains in the home office.  They arrived on Monday.  The box says should take 2 hours to install.  So I thought I could throw those babies up one morning before work.  Let's rework that reasoning...  2 hours per panel..  there are 3 panels.  So that's what I am doing this AM after my tea and this little bit of blogging. 

And the other steady project is keeping the house in order.  Dishes out of the sink.  Laundry out of the hallway.  Dust off the tables and shelves.  I have actually been enjoying the down time, the home time, the puttering about and maintaining my space.  It has been good for me.

day 63

I so liked the idea 63 days ago to write things in the blog daily to stay on top of things.  Obviously that hasnt really panned out.

On Favebook i have been posting the week in pictures.  Some of the novelty of that has worn off as well.

I still make sure I wear a dress at least one work day each week.  And I typically will wear a nice blouse pant ensemble (that sounds so old) one day as well.

This week I did wear leggings a bit more than preferred.  It is comfy but also way to lax and sloppy at times for me to really prefer.

I have been trying to be creative with my cooking as well.   Baked a good number of things.  Tried my hand at curry a few times.  Did the cliche taco tuesday.. dont need to do that any time again soon. And there is a baked ziti in my future. 

I have also dabbled with cocktails.  Some nice variety.  Some not so nice combinations.

And still we stay at home.

Day 50

I don't know what I thought when i packed up my desk 7 weeks ago to work from home for a bit. I didn't think the 2 weeks would be sufficient.  But I didnt think about what would be. And I wouldn't let myself think about it either.

So tomorrow starts week 8 of work from home. I am thankful that I know the day will be busy.  I will be thankful that there is work to be done.

Today I ventured out on my bike on the road for the first time in the 7 weeks.  I went around the block... it was an easy jaunt and a well worth jaunt.  I need to do it again.  Maybe tomorrow. Not completely sure.  It has gotten back to depending on how I sleep.

I also did some hill drills and a little more of a run.  It felt good. It felt miserable.  I am pretty sure i am still dehydrated from it all.

And I made what I thought would be a curry chicken and it turned out to be more of a soup. I won't complain.  It is rather tasty. It will be dinner for a good portion of this week. Maybe some lunch as well.


Perhaps I have fallen into a routine.  Perhaps I have fallen into a pattern. Perhaps I have gotten some good vitamin D and endorphins running through my system.  I just feel really good in my own little space.  And want to keep it that way.

day 49

I just noticed i hadnt been counting the days.  I knew this was the start of week 8..  but I didnt do the math...  7x7 well that's 49 and yep we are at day 49...

I dont know.. I feel oddly OK with it.  I am starting to push people away so I know that's not good.  But I am rather content in the house with the dog, cooking, baking, exercising, working and going through movies and books.

I enjoyed work this week.

I enjoyed the new things I did.  

I enjoyed the routine things I did.

It was nice to chat with folks.

run to the store

One of the biggest stressors is limiting running to the store.

This week I didnt do too well.

Sunday, I got a sub to go.  They were doing a fund raiser.  I did the whole works sub, chips, soda.

Monday, I went to a Grand opening of a local fast food restaurant.  They closed one location and opened another.  Felt like I needed to be supportive.  Fried chicken, cole slaw, mac n cheese, sweet tea.

Thursday, I went to Target.  Toilet paper run and a few other items.

And this morning I went to the grocery store. My mom needed wine and popcorn.  That was the hardest run to make.  It seemed silly.  It seemed excessive.  It seemed enabling.

And with that I am going to do my darnedest to stay in again for a while.  I will need groceries in a week or so but the Instageam delivery works OK.  I did get some extra frozen chicken today so that will help get me through the fresh and frozen vegetables.

My mom wants to go out and get some meals to go.  I kind of hope she chooses not to follow through with that. I hate that she isnt interacting socially with people.  I know that has to make an impact on her health... but so does the live interaction. 

I was to go out to see friends today.  I opted to stay in.  No big deal.  I am sure they had a good time.   I didnt need to get to go nachos and measure out 6 feet and wear a mask and all that.

Instead we listened to Howard Donald do a little DJ set.. sat on the patio.. fixed one of my planters.. watched an odd movie..had some frozen pizza.. watched The Wedding Date.. ran and rode my bike.

A good day.

Tomorrow I need to clean the house.

so many things

The intent was to document a little each day of this time in quarantine self isolation shelter in place.

Funny how just as with the outside life.. time slips away and you dont stay on top of things like you thought you would.

It has been a rollercoaster of a few weeks.

Navigating around a power outage.

Trying to learn as much as possible about the CARES Act.

Trying to get everyone to embrace virtual meetings.

Documenting efforts. 

Documenting results. 

Learning new software.

Figuring out the best ways to get groceries. 

Finding one off products like toilet paper and disinfecting wipes.

Eating right

Sleeping right

Not drinking too much wine because everyone wants to do a virtual happy hour

Getting exercise while avoiding the neighbors. 

Fearful of when we would have to venture out again. 

So many questions.

So many ups and downs.

 

And at the end of the day I havent wanted to consistently keep track of it all.