Jello Legs!!
I am so tired of not being in shape. It's depressing!! So today I hopped on my bike with it's amply padded seat (and I mean amply--not including my own), and I peddaled far enough that it was going to be a chore to come back. And it was beautiful--fields of golden hay being harvested, horses running in the morning light, cows resting in their fields. Just felt like I was off in my own little world. UNTIL . . . I came to the mother of all hills. Man!! I knew it was coming, but when I approached it, it didn't seem quite as steep as I remember. Until I started climbing, and then I was panting until I thought my heart would pop out of my chest, and I was pushing myself, "to the next fence post" and "ok one more fence post." And then I started to get worried that my slow tugging would suddenly succumb to the law of gravity, and me and my mean old bike would be heading backwards in a certain death tumble. So I hopped off my bike to walk it up the remainder of the hill.
Whoops! I didn't factor in the effort it was taking to climb that hill, and when I hopped off I collapsed as my legs gave way. Thankfully I was holding onto the bike handles so I only jello-fied into a semi heap. But there was no feeling in my legs, they had forgotten how to support the rest of my body. It was freaky!! So I gathered myself together, pretended no one could have possibly seen me on that abandoned road (ignoring all the houses along the road) and walked like my legs were asleep--one foot in front of the other. Total agony as they came back to life!!
I berated myself for not bringing my cell phone so my loving husband could pick me and my bike up, but I was all about tricking myself into exercising--and frankly--it WORKED!! I had to get back on that bike or return home hours later in a mess of used up muscle.
The one nice thing about going up the hill? Coming back down!! Cruising still counts as exercise doesn't it? ;)
Since the husband and kids were preoccupied this evening, I played around with another digital layout. My office is a complete wreck, and I couldn't justify making a new one without cleaning first and that is so NOT going to happen today. All supplies are from 2Peas, and you can see the layout and list
here.
Have a happy 4th of July! We have no set plans at this time. Doing nothing is sometimes the perfect weekend activity.