*walking the neighbors dog and seeing how happy she was to go with us.

Thanks for the reminder about eating enough when exercising. I notice the mornings I swim I need a smack. To hold me till lunch.

Chloe
Healing is grand

: *gorgeous sunsets that make our local
: mountains glow pink
: *seeing a Say's Phoebe flit around
: outside my office
: *a good cuddle with my dog

: My goal starting this year was to get
: back to exercising regularly. My
: exercise routine got derailed last
: year due to some physical issues,
: and then the longer I went without
: exercising, the harder it got to
: make myself go to the gym. I am
: happy to report that for the past
: 2 weeks, I have gone to the gym 3
: times a week. It feels good to me
: moving and challenging my muscles
: again. (I hadn't stopped entirely
: - I did meet with a personal
: trainer on a somewhat regular
: basis but we only meet every other
: week.)

: We have also been moving to new
: offices in our building, so I have
: been carrying things up and down
: the stairs, packing etc. Everyone
: else has moved downstairs so I
: have to go up and down stairs to
: talk to anyone in person. I am
: moving downstairs on Wednesday. I
: will make a point of using the
: upstairs bathroom after I move
: downstairs so I have to climb the
: stairs regularly. Anyway, it feels
: good on days when I move and walk
: a lot instead of just sitting at
: my desk.

: With regular exercise, I need to pay
: extra attention to food. I eat a
: small meal/large snack before
: leaving work anyway because of my
: schedule, but now I have to make
: extra sure that I have a generous
: serving of protein to feed my
: muscles.

: Allison