my first walk of the year

so i set off around 5 pm today on a walk. was just going to go around the block, but wound up going down to the railroad crossing, down the walking path, over the overpass, and home again. i thought, hey, pretty good. i was suprised it took an hour tho - i mean, it was what, a kilometer or so? WRONG. i hopped in the car and tripped the odometer and measured the route out - much to my blissful aghastness, it was 3.1 km. WOW!!!!!!!! pretty good for my first walk this year! lol. and maybe i'm not as much of a slowpoke as i think i am. 3km/hr is a pretty good clip!

i hafta admit, after helping tan move, and boogiein' my butt for two days, i felt like i had to keep the momemtum going. i think all the stairs and lifting and whatnot did my backside a load of good. on saturday i felt like going for a walk, but i didn't - it was supposed to be my 'rest' day. but today i gave in to the urge, and it was fun.

when i left the house, it was about 90% light out; when i got home, it was about 90% dark. what a kewl time to walk, too, just beautiful and almost otherworldly in a way, as the light is changing.

it got a wee bit creepy by the end, tho, me being a solitary gal on the road at nightfall. but at least it was a route with a lot of traffic (albeit stinky traffic)... makes it less likely someone will lift little-bitty-me off my feet and throw me over their shoulders and take off with me! lol.

and amazingly enough, i didn't have an asthma attack (even with the traffic! though my sinuses started stinging from the exhaust fumes). and though i was hoofin' it, i didn't get my chokey phlegmy thing going on, as i have since i was a wee child when exerting myself (usually accompanied by a metallic taste, but not today!), until i hit the middle of the overpass - after going uphill for a while. but it went downhill from there! :P

gonna try to do a similar walk more often.

good reason to get a dog. :)