I love the rain. The way the desert smells when it rains is one of the best smells. And it’s not often it rains for multiple days in a row here I. Phoenix so I’m fully enjoying it. Windows were open all day letting in all the fresh air. The only bummer part about all the rain we’ve had this week is that I haven’t been able to hike. Usually my little 5 year old and I go out for a short hike a couple times a week. He loves it just as much as I do. And I’m super impressed with the difficulty levels he’s been able to keep up with. This week, however, has not been a hiking kind of week. So yesterday I decided to try a group Tabata class at our community center for the first time since surgery. I was super nervous about it as I know how challenging these classes can be for anybody. Let alone myself who hasn’t done any hardcore exercise in over a year. I felt very motivated because I’m feeling so good and really want to gain some muscle mass back. I had a water bottle full of slightly diluted Gatorade to try to prevent any hypoglycemia. And I ate a nice protein and carb filled meal right before hand. And I did great! I felt so good the entire time. And after felt amazing. My muscles felt pretty weak for half the day following. Nothing surprising there. It felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders to know my body can handle this kind of stuff again. So I’m super stoked to started really exercising regularly again. So stoked I decided to go back for a cardio class today. A little different than the Tabata obviously. The Tabata class focuses more on strength training and building muscle. But the cardio class kicked my butt a bit more. Which also felt amazing. I really went to try to combat the lactic acid build up in my very rested muscles. Haha. I think it helped a bit but my body is SORE. In places I’ve forgotten have muscle. It hurts so good.
When I got home from my workout, I received an email that my one year follow up appointment has been postponed. My daughter, mom and myself were going to Maryland next week for my appointment. We were making a mini vacay out of it. And hoping to see cherry blossoms. But because of COVID19 the NIH is trying to free up resources in case they need to respond to this crazy pandemic. My daughter is so bummed. Being a 7 year old doesn’t help her understand the complexity of this entire situation. I understand everybody is trying to do their part to prevent the virus from spreading with all the cancelled events and things. But I do not understand the hysteria and rushing to the store for toilet paper among other things. Wash your hands people. And don’t flood the emergency rooms with things that are not an emergency. Anyway, I digress. Hopefully we can get my appointment rescheduled for a couple months from now and she can still go with me.
Till next time...
