I'm beginning to wonder if anyone works on Friday anymore. The park was filled with cyclists and joggers this morning. The sun rose while we were climbing a small hill on the way home and you could almost instantly feel the temperature rise. They say it's going to be a hot summer this year. I believe it.
I didn't even think about walking in the park today. Why punish myself. As soon as I finished breakfast and checked my e-mail, I headed for the gym. One of the machines at the gym has a metal bar that you pull down while you are sitting on a low bench. I thought I'd use this today to stretch my shoulder muscles. I guess I haven't used this station in a while. My knees are so shaky that when I was holding the bar in both hands, I found that I couldn't lower myself to the bench. Weird. I used to be able to do this easily. I moved on to the rowing machine which somehow is much easier on my aching joints. I still feel like I'm in pretty good shape when I watch what the other people are doing. This is an illusion though. Most of the others are in physical therapy. I probably should be in physical therapy myself.
I shot some hoops on the basketball court for a while, walked two miles on the indoor track, and used the rowing and abdominal crunch machines. That was it for today. I don't think I even raised my heart rate very much, but it was enough for me. Hey, I got my Fitbit steps without having to brave the heat on an outdoor walk. I have a feeling that I'll be doing this a lot this summer.
The rest of the day was uneventful. I did a load of wash and took a couple of short naps. I still can't get Dawn to stay in the room with me while Janet is away. If I come in the bedroom, she leaves. When Janet comes home, everything is fine again. It's definitely going to be an interesting week when Janet is on vacation. We've done this once before and Dawn eventually started to relax about two days before Janet returned. It took a long time though and there were a couple of days when I was afraid she would stop eating. Hopefully we'll do a little better this time.
Tomorrow will be a good practice day. Janet will be at a rescue event for the entire day, so it's just Dawn and me. I need to perfect the morning routine, because I'm usually still asleep when Dawn has her breakfast and goes outside to poop and pee. She follows Janet around like glue, but this isn't the case with me. I have trouble even getting her off the bed in the morning so I can make it. Dogs do get hungry though. When Dawn gets hungry enough, she'll come eat. I don't even think I'll attempt a walk with Dawn while Janet is gone. If Dawn decided to freeze in place in the park while I was alone with her, I would have real trouble getting her home again. She will walk down to the meadow right behind our house with me, but as soon as she's done her business she heads straight for the back door again.
It's time to make a grocery list again. These weeks go by so quickly now. If the weather is like it was today I'll probably go back to the gym after I get my shopping done. Dawn doesn't mind when I'm gone. I think she prefers it. She's a lazy dog and is pretty content just sleeping on our king sized bed.
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