Rodeo walk

I used to be athletic.  Hard to believe now with all my autoimmune issues.  When I was in 4^th grade, we had a fitness test called the Kirschner Physical Fitness Test.  At that time, I beat both boys AND girls.   I even ended up in the emergency room because I strained my girly parts.  My crush at the time, Mike M., who probably didn’t know I was alive with my coke-bottled glasses, was very angry with this.  He wasn’t angry about injuring his girly parts, because he didn’t have girly parts, he was aggravated because a girl beat him.  Mike M. was athletic, too.  Maybe Mike was just angry because HE didn’t get the coveted plastic trophy.  J

Times are different now; however, I am excited to say that I have now begun to walk.  Let me clarify this.  I already know how to walk, but I am now walking after I get home from work.  Ok, so it has been only three days, but I am proud of myself.  I am exhausted when I get home each day but walking is my new goal since the weather has broke.  Who am I kidding about the weather being broke, I was in shorts on Sunday and now I am in my parka today.  I will probably be wearing my snow shoes this weekend because they are forecasting snow flurries. 

My dog is along for the walk, as well.  We are quite comedic when we walk.  At times it looks like I am throwing a lasso because he is winding around me.  He also needs to get used to this walking thing since he never walks on a leash.  Besides me with the lasso I am also battling the wires of my ear buds, which are attached to my phone.  Of course they get yanked out of my ears because I am battling the lasso.  I can’t just walk like a normal person with their dog.  It is like a rodeo.  I have the lasso (leash) hog tying me, all the while the geese are in front of me on the path honking like, “who does this cowgirl think she is on our path?  And what the heck kind of cow is that, that is pulling her?”  The only good thing about this is I can’t really sing much because I am busy with the rodeo. I guarantee I will get this rodeo down and am prepared to serenade the geese and any other walkers on the trail.

I am also excited to say, I will be meeting up with a friend from high school whom I haven’t seen since high school to try Chi gong.  My friend also has autoimmune issues, and she says this really helps her.  She tries various types of exercises, etc., to help her.  I am game for anything at this point.  We both know we look different from our high school days, but that is okay.  As we both said to each other “we are alive.”  Plus I am really excited to see her.  Even though we both have our own issues, we understand the trials each other goes through.

I am hoping to keep up my rodeo walk.  Anyone living in Highland will either want to stay off the trail when I am on it, or get on the trail to watch a good show.