Snow Days

     I had said that I wanted to scale back a little this week because of some general fatigue issues. Welp, Mother Nature heard and delivered. The Blizzard of '26 threw a monkey wrench into everyone's plans this week! We, along with upwards of 60% of our town, lost power on Monday morning. We just got it back last night at 11:59pm. We have a generator, so we had heat and some appliances, but no hot water. It's been a hell of a week. Our road wasn't even cleared until last night as well. Em has had the entire week off and I said screw it, I'm taking my sick time. I wasn't trying to get my car stuck somewhere along the way to work.

     The gym has been closed and I'm not even sure if they'll be open tomorrow. There's just so much snow and nowhere to put it. I didn't measure but I know we got at least 30". So what has our activity been? SHOVELING! We shoveled the cars out, and the walkway. Then we shoveled them again. A path to the chicken coop was shoveled and then when all was said and done, I had to shovel out to the garden to get to the back of the coop. After our house was cleared as much as possible, we made our way to my Mom's house. Frank took to snow-blowing the driveway and deck and Em & I tackled the snow on the roof with the roof rake.

     It's actually been kind of nice. All of us home, taking care of our own. I had planned on taking today to go do some sledding with Em, but she went to her dad's a day early. The snow will still be here when she gets back! You would think that not going to the gym would have resulted in me gaining some weight. After all, I also partook of some pizza and onion rings. If you thought that though, you'd be wrong. I'm actually down about 3lbs! You know why? because I'm not sitting on my ass all day behind a desk. I've been spending my time keeping busy - some things were very physical, like the dang roof rake and shoveling, but some things were just small things like cleaning, or walking outside. 

     Now, as far as getting back to the gym, I'll be easing back in next week, keeping things on the lighter side to make sure all my joints are up for it. I've decided I'm no longer doing lateral raises. There are other things I can do to keep my shoulders strong that won't cause me issue. I don't know why I'm so fixated on doing that one particular movement. 

     I guess that's all for now. Here's to slowing down, staying busy and making progress.