Last Tuesday, I headed to the pool after work. It had been a while since I swam, but I wanted to see how I would do.<\/p>\n
The good news: I still fit into my swim trunks and I looked fairly reasonable. I did a 1\/2 mile in 40 minutes and didn’t drown.<\/p>\n
The bad news: My arm hurt with ever single stroke through the water. And it hurt when I stopped to rest between laps.
\nI recovered quickly when I was done and when I went back on Thursday I was able to shave a little time off, but I’m not the swimmer I once was. I’m hoping to slowly build back up to a full mile and more times a week – but it hurts and that’s a bummer.<\/p>\n
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This past weekend was a father’s day camping trip with my folks, my sister, and her family. I got to the campground early on Saturday morning and helped a little with breakfast. My nieces and I rode bikes and went to the playground, then we had lunch and went to lake and the beach. I got a little sunburned, but not bad. Back to the campsite for dinner and games and smores – then an early night. I helped them pack up on Sunday morning and then headed home.<\/p>\n
It was hot and muggy at the campsite and I thought I was prepared to deal with the mosquitoes. The repellent I had did keep them off – but attracted bees. Like, all the time. When I added another kind of repellent, the bees left me along, but the mosquitoes attacked again. I was staring to hate on bugs in general, but as I was trying to settle into sleep on Saturday night, I looked out the window of the tent…<\/p>\n
…And the trees were full of lightning bugs. Hundreds and hundreds of them, all flashing their lights in the darkness. It was pretty amazing – and a reminder to keep our eyes and perspectives open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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