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Day 9

I guess I got a little behind on the updates! I have been doing the yoga, but it's been the weekend and with so many other fun things going on I'm afraid I neglected the daily updates. Yesterday, Saturday, was wonderfully sunny, although a bit cold. Of course, it is mid-January, so it makes sense. I went on two long walks. The first, in the morning, was with Matt and the dog to White Clay Creek State Park. We did almost four miles along the creek and then back to the car. It is a beautiful trail with a lot to look at and I enjoyed it. However, my seasonal allergies are acting up and having a stuffy nose while wearing a mask is not comfortable. I had to stop a number of times to blow my disgusting nose and of course I tried to choose times and places where there weren't other people. Amidst the pandemic people are rightfully concerned (and grossed out by) rogue nasal fluids. The second walk was on a paved path, also, it turns out, at White Clay Creek State Park. I met my friend Kristen at the UU church where we are members and walked the city park path until it met up with the state park. We did another several miles from there, chatting the whole way. I have only seen her once since we got back from Spain in mid-July. The exercise was great, but the friendship was even better.

Yoga has been going okay. I had a lot of energy and excitement for the first several sessions, but I admit that it's starting to feel like something of a drag, something not so much to look forward to but rather to get through. I expected this because I am never one to seek out exercise. Once I get started, though, I am pretty much good. Adrienne says that showing up is the hardest part, and with this yoga series I think she's right. I am in general not at all sure that I'm doing things "right," but I think I'm doing things mostly right for me. As I said on day 1, I am not flexible, so a lot of the poses she does I can only partway approximate. But I always feel great after the class ends, so I am doing something good, for sure. 

Because of yesterday's close to 9 miles of walking, I'm giving myself a day off from hikes. For one thing, it's nice to have a day where I truly don't have anything that I have to do at any time. But also, my legs are frankly kind of fatigued and I'd like to give them a rest. I did day-9 yoga already so I can be a vegetable the rest of the day. First step: bake a coffee cake from a recipe I found on Twitter. 

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