Good morning, ladies. I did weights on my own last night, followed by STS 2.0 Core Plus Floor. Tonight I plan to do Low Impact Sweat again, because I really enjoyed it last week.
After dinner, I took Sara for a walk on a path we keep mowed out in the field. Bad mistake. She got into a mess of seed ticks. Consider yourself blessed if you’ve never experienced this unpleasantness. They are newly hatched ticks, and there are like hundreds, maybe thousands (seriously) in a mass. You walk into it, and they crawl all over you, and they are hard to get off because they are so incredibly tiny. They were all over Sara’s front right paw, all down in the fur. I had to get a rag with bleach on it and scrub to try and kill as many as I could. She didn’t like that at all, and I know it had to sting. I took her back outside to scrape them off but wasn’t able to get all of them. Fortunately, she takes Simparica, which kills ticks that bite her and also prevents heartworms.
I really, really despise summer. I mean REALLY.
Carolyn – Nice work with LMR Barre Fusion. I sort of forgot about that one. I may have to pull it out when I get back from Malawi.
Diane – I sure am glad your back feels better. I hope the injections work for a long time. Good idea to keep being cautious about exercise, but it’s good to know the doctor said you can resume your workouts. I remember reading about Budukon with Cameron Shayne. I was tempted to get it but never did. I couldn’t do all the arm balances anyhow. See below for more about the mission.
Valerie – Great news that DH’s brace helps so much, so you can ride again. I’m sure he feels much better, just being able to get out of the house and go.
Judy – Well, your active rest week didn’t last long, LOL. But you know the old saying – listen to your body. If it tells you to work harder, than go for it!
Hello to Cathy.
My mission trip is through a Christian non-profit ministry called Children’s Relief International. Their main purpose is to help people in deep poverty. A good friend serves as a missionary with them, and she is leading the team to Malawi. We will be helping to build a house, distributing food and doing some Christian Bible studies, etc. Malawi is in the top 10 poorest countries in the world. Most people live on subsistence farming and survive on less than a dollar a day. I’m going not so much because of the work we will be going, but to observe and see with my own eyes what it’s like. I already support the ministry, but I want to see how I can do more. The small amount of work we will do there seems to me to be kind of like a “feel good” thing for us rich Westerners. From what I can tell, the real work is done by the locals, who have formed a committee that have teamed up with the ministry, which is supported by donations. So it seems to me that what these people really need is more money so they can do the hands-on work. It’s the locals who know what is truly needed, and they are striving to make long-term changes. Does that make sense? I hope to find out a lot more by talking to them and seeing things with my own eyes.
Well, this is my last day to post until I get back and recover from jet lag, LOL. Enjoy your workouts, everyone!
