Yesterday was mostly a success.
Here's what went well ...
Took my second run since my foot recovery and was able to do the full 3 miles. I purposely walked about a 1/4 of a mile in total on the steep hills (don't need to aggravate my hamstrings), but I added that mileage on the run distance. Next run will be back to normal -- fingers crossed. It felt good.
I'm just a bit stiff this morning -- this should be the last time for post run stiffness if I can get back to regular running.
Bookclub -- lots of prep. Only one person backed out an hour before (it's always super duper last minute backing out). I should've put out less food. Made fancy hummus and it wasn't even touched. That's on me.
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| Great rocks. I need to spray them still. |
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One of the women had to leave early so that kind of fizzled out the group. Man, I hate when that happens. We got part of the way to picking next month's meeting, but it's on me to organize the rest. We're pushing to April because March's weekends are committed for many of us. Picked a book I suggested -- it's a chonker, but we have 2 months to read it. I'll work on organizing this next week -- I don't have the mental space right now.
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| Recommended by a number of people. Should be good. |
What didn't go well is all on me (including making too much food for the bookclub).
I was tired after the meeting.
Had a lot to clean up.
Still more to prep for today's brunch.
Nothing healthy in the house ready to eat.
Can you guess?
Yep, face first in leftover banana bread, cheese, hummus.
You don't want to see my Oura ring stats this morning. It's in black and white what eating this way does to my body. Good lord. And yet ...
Yep, I feel drained and sweaty and gross this morning. Sure, I'd feel some of this tired anyway, but another layer on top.
NOT doing this today. I have a full day tomorrow that starts with a long hike, healthy lunch, friends over to paint. I'm choosing enjoying THAT over junk food today.
I need to think about this week coming up. Remember I said I need to pair down a bit? Well, the week is filling quickly. Tuesday is completely full should I decide to say yes (I'm a maybe until Monday). It originally was a maybe because of the volunteer situation, but I don't think I need to be involved after all, so now it's my choice.
I've decided a solid no to dinner plans. Questioning hiking with the Tuesday group and lunch too, but I haven't hiked with the group since mid-December (my foot injury).
But ... nothing sounds better to me than being home, working in the garden, reading, quiet. Three heavy days of socializing and a BIG social weekend coming up. I'll have to think about it. I guess I'll see how I feel Monday afternoon -- did I recover enough? does another hike sound good?
Okay, have to run. Croissants proofing in the oven. Fingers crossed the food turns out okay. I feel a bit unlucky this morning. Why did I think brunch was a good idea?? It's so many last minute food items served WAY TO EARLY in the day. Live and learn. Thankfully, it's just family who won't care if it flops.
Have a good one. Later gators.
