A day to myself

Wordle 425 4/6

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Yesterday, Wednesday, T. had to go to the office, so she left just a little bit before I took the kid to camp. 

In the morning I sent a few emails and sorted a few new tasks before going jogging. I only actually got out the door like half an hour earlier than the day before. I made the usual 3-mile loop this time, at least. But near the end, I had to hop off the sidewalk to get around some machinery parked in it, and the ground I went in turned out to be incredibly muddy, so my new shoes (I didn't realize they were THAT new, wow) got suddenly dirty. So that's annoying.

In the afternoon I got the essentials done at work, played WoW (this new "Season 4" concept is interesting. Still not sure how I feel about it because of possibly non-representative details and because it started right before my vacation), planned some stuff for the next few days/weeks, and went to get the kid at the last minute. After that I cleaned the kitchen. (I feel like I should have done it earlier on principle, but oh well, no harm done.) The kid and I had a little downtime. Right around 5:30, T. got home, and just a little after that, it started pouring, and just a little after that, the kid was able to go play with her friend across the street. Can't complain. 

Dinner was pesto pasta and a tomato/mozzarella/basil salad. Easy and good.

Exercise Musing

Yesterday jogging went OK, but I've been sore a bit in between sessions, and I'm not totally sure jogging soon after biking is good for me. On the other hand, there were a couple hours in between, and the biking is intense but only brief. Should I look for something better than me than jogging, whether I'm biking or not? And I'm still confused about foot cramps. I almost seem to get them daily, either while biking or in bed, and I have no idea why.

The amount I write about exercise doesn't reflect an interest in anything truly competitive, let alone actual enjoyment of it. From 2010 to 2020 I happily didn't think about exercise at all. I biked to work, maybe occasionally went to the gym if it was convenient, and that was it. But now I feel like I have to. I want to continue to eat like a pig (or, to be less self-deprecating, simply to eat without counting calories) and maintain a sedentary personal life without getting obese, and I want to not completely embarrass myself when thrust unexpectedly into a situation calling for physical activity, even though I was never all that great at most athletic stuff to begin with and time is taking its toll on me - I want, in two words, to stay fit - and that requires some kind of deliberate exercise, and jogging seems to be the best balance I've found so far between pain and convenience. 

But it's far from perfect.