RTBTCKI Caroline's First Week of Summer Vacation

Caroline has been out of school for a week now. She is in summer mode. She has been sleeping in (for her) and getting up at 8 rather than 6. But she has also been going to bed about 11:30 or so. She had been to the library and spent some time with friends. She had been plotting out the rest of her summer.

And she has been going to the gym. She has been diligent about working out. I have been teaching her how to use free weights for various exercises. She has a routine now that she follows when she goes. I am very proud of her ability to stick to a plan.

I had a larger than usual breakfast later in the morning that I usual do and that impacted my workout. I found that some of the core exercises I do just couldn’t be done with a lot of food in my gut. Also my legs are still recovering from the early workout and my knees were complaining so I knocked the weight down a bit to be able to keep proper form.

Peter has been going consistently too and it is helping his weight loss, blood sugar and mood.

Exercise is good for the body and the mind.

Today is plotted out for the most part. There are a couple of pieces I am still working out that I hope won’t be too much trouble.

This weekend is going to be another quiet one, which we like right now. A couple of weeks and we are going to be traveling a lot.

And in those weeks I have a lot to do but then it is a day ending in ‘y’.

The Mets beat the Cubs. It was a squeeker but they did it. Their strength is in their pitching not their bats these days.

I am getting head butted by Inky who is insisting that her head scratches are more important than me writing this. She is such a strange cat. This morning she was watching a group of starlings using the sprinkler as a bird bath and she was chirping along with them.

Enough avoidance, Carpe Damn Diem.

I am grateful for improvements to our lives.