Current Situation: Booked + Busy

I can’t remember a time where I have been quite as busy as I am this week and month. It will ease as the month passes, but for the moment, I am all over the place! It’s all good things and I’m grateful, but I am looking forward to my next day off!

Sunday

Cardio: 2.04 miles, walking

I was exhausted from the birthday celebrations, and I had a ton to do before brunch and heading out to my first overnight job of the month. And in the meantime, our washing machine and irrigation system were both broken. Stressful? Yes. But I was still able to get in a couple of quick miles, and that’s the point.

It was also freezing. I had on four tops, gloves, two pairs of socks, and hand warmers. Not fun.

After a wonderful time with our friends, I packed my suitcase and moved into another friends’ house for a couple of days! First clients: a sweet pup and two kitties. Yes!

Monday

Cardio: 5 miles, running + .54 miles walking

Happy Monday! It was freezing cold when I woke up, and so I wasn’t in a huge rush to get out the door. I opted to wait for my scheduled dog walk to squeeze in my run and got my miles in over lunchtime It’s definitely not my norm, and I didn’t love it.

Tuesday

Cardio: 2.04 miles, running + 1.6 miles, walking

Deep breath. My day would start in one house, and end in another, with two dog walks in between. Could we do it? Of course!

It meant a shortened afternoon run, and lots of packing and driving, but I was up for the challenge. And I was very happy to tumble into bed that night, too. Oh, and I tried a new set from CVG: I’ve been in need of leggings for the colder temps, and this was super cute with the little heart lollipops. It fit well, it’s comfortable, and the price was right. I’ll shop them again, for sure.

Wednesday

Cardio: 4.66 miles, walking

New house, new morning routine! I got it moving and enjoyed a walk outside in the gorgeous cold sun. I also had two dog walks, where I ran into this chonky squirrel. I wish I could you could hear the way he was loudly munching on his stick. Talk about ASMR!

Thursday

Cardio: 3.02 miles, running + .57 miles, walking.

It rained in the night and I woke up with a nasty migraine. It always happens when the weather shifts. I was completely unprepared, and had to power through it until early afternoon when I was able to get to the store. Ugh. I hydrated, got some food in my system, handled my clients, and got my nails done.

After meds and a nap, I decided I was going to try an evening run. I wanted to move, my headache was gone, and the weather was good. Friends, I hated it. Night running is not for me! But I got through a workout, and that’s what counts! The sunset was pretty, though.

Friday

Cardio: 5.88 miles, running

Another cold morning, but the sun was shining, my head felt great, and I couldn’t wait to do a morning run! It was so much better! And check out this gorgeous falcon, just hanging out on a mailbox. Birds unnerve me a bit, but I was brave to get this shot.

A last minute walk cancellation meant that I could spend the day catching up on all the work I didn’t do yesterday before starting some dropins for the weekend. It was a much-needed break.

Saturday

Cardio: 4.4 miles, walking

After I checked my schedule, it turns out I had to be up and out the door immediately after the morning’s feeding. There was a local race going on en route to my next house and I was worried about getting hung up in road closures! For a quick moment, I thought about stopping in to see if I could just register, and call that my morning miles, but by the time I passed, parking was full and you know how I stress about parking. Instead, I detoured to a pretty location I know and took a walk there instead.

The rest of the day was chill, interspersing visits with hanging out. I snagged books for upcoming clubs at our local bookshop and dove into a new-to-me show: “All Her Fault.”

Thoughts + Goals

As you can surely see, my miles are way down this week. It’s not that I haven’t been moving… I’ve just been a little too scheduled. I’m fitting in what i can, when I can, and that’s really the name of the game. My justification is that I’ll just treat this as a rest week, and get it back on Monday. Easy peasy.

As for the gym? Well, I’ll have some more time for that next week, if I play my cards right.

I try not to be too specific, but if you were keeping count, I saw a total of TEN animals this week: seven dogs, two cats, and a lizard! On my busiest day, I saw eight of them in a 12 hour window.

We’ve got Valentine’s Day coming up. Sadly, I won’t be able to celebrate any fun Galentine’s events, but my book club is doing a book bedazzling party, and I am so ready for that! I picked out my book today: it has a pretty hardcover, and will look gorgeous with some bling!

I also don’t have any plans for the big game, and I don’t have much planned to watch for the Olympics! It’s been hard to really sit down and focus on that!