Nice break

I've gotta admit: it's nice having such a long break in the middle of the day. And to spend it at Lick Creek, a beautiful wooded park, is fantastic.

I walk most of the way when I'm out there, but I try to jog as much as I can on the way back to the trail head. Hopefully, eventually I'll be able jog most of the way instead of vice versa.

Today, I was an idiot and woke up late. Thank God for the backup alarm on my phone. I didn't get into work until 7:00. So I had to shorten my lunch break to an hour and a half. Probably a good thing because, man, I had to pee so bad on my way back. I could feel my full bladder bouncing while I jogged. I was so tempted to squat in the bushes, but there were other people out on the trail, and you never know when someone's going to come around the bend.

I can't work late today, because I have to get ready for my 5:00 Krav 2 class. Unfortunately, Krav 2 is only Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:00 PM. I went to Krav 1, which is still at 6:00 PM, yesterday for the exercise. It wore me out completely, even more than usual. Probably because I've been feeling rundown and slightly under the weather. I only worked half days on Monday and Tuesday because I wasn't feeling so hot, and I didn't work out those days. And I was a slug on the weekend. Spent half of Saturday and most of Sunday sleeping off and on, curled up on the couch. I guess 4 days of relative inactivity really caught up with me. Hopefully, I can get back in the groove of things.

I got it!

I got my new schedule! My boss approved it just this afternoon. Tomorrow, I start working 6:30 to 4:30 with a 2-hour "lunch" break from 11 to 1. I plan on going to Lick Creek tomorrow, rain or shine. In fact, I'm off to buy a rain coat from Gander this evening.

I really am excited about having that 2 hour break in the afternoon to get my mind off of work and to focus on getting in shape. I'm going to take it easy with my evening work outs until my body gets used to the new schedule.

Krav level 2 is now Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5, and then I will do cardio on the other days. There actually wasn't a 5:00 Krav today because the instructor had a dental appointment, so I just did the cardio. I didn't hang around for Krav Level 1 because I wanted to go vote. (Libertarian all the way... At least, for the positions where there were actually Libertarians running.)

Anyway, I'm psyched for tomorrow, but it will be a rough morning. Looking forward to it, though.