(I, for some reason, keep hearing PacMan sounds inserted here. Odd.)

Anyhow, I started walking in earnest again. When we were in Hawai'i, I began to feel a yen for activity. All the sunshine, the beach, the bathingsuit bleck...and I just was able to feel my body a bit more again.

When we came back, my friend Trace was off work for a week, so we started going on daily walks that were vigorous enough and long enough to make me feel like I was doing something. Then, I fell off for a week or so, as I had no partner to make me want to go. In fact, that was the beginning of my spiral last October -- when Zulu died, not only did I stop walking because she wasn't around, but because I just couldn't bear to walk our routine because I missed her too much.

Anyhow, I digress. My friend Lorena visited last week, and got me back on the horse. We did at least an hour a day. Oh, and also, when we got back from Hawai'i, I got a wild hair and picked up a pedometer.

Now N and I are going on nightly walks, and I finally got the pedometer going 4 days ago. The first day I put it on at 5 p.m., and by bedtime I'd done 5787 steps, equaling 2.91 miles. Not bad, I guess. Day two was 10,640 steps (prolly a few more around bedtime that weren't counted), equaling 5.37 miles. Yesterday I flaked on putting on the pedometer, today, I was a little late in the morning, but as of right now, I'm at 8207 steps, equaling 4.14 miles.

This counting of steps satisfies the Virgo in me greatly, and also makes me competitive feeling with myself. An unusual, but not unhappy feeling. It seems to be a motivator.

So, it's not like I'm doing sit-ups or push-ups or *real* hardcore exercise, but I'm getting my heart rate up, I'm getting the kidlet and myself out, and in the evenings, it is a good time for N and I to catch-up and talk. We need that. And, bonus is, Maeve often falls asleep for the night on our walk. Yay, us.

So, I'll mark here my progression, and see how it goes. I am looking forward to the time where I think, "wow, I have a lot more energy!" Hee. Who knows what sort of inspiration I'll get as the year progresses.

And, I got another writing assignment today. Yippee!