Onwards, upwards

Dragon is pretty much ok now, but just to be on the safe side we didn't go out more than to pick up lunch and coffee (yes, I'm really getting into this - and soy milk seems to work very well for me). Dragon is also getting his appetite back, and we actually ate dinner tonight unlike when he was ill when he had totally lost his appetite. Everything else is exactly like it's been for the past couple of days, except the game on TV is now Shadow Hearts 2 as Suikoden finished yesterday.

Been thinking about the past year in retrospect (and I really like Janka's Year Turning post and last year's too - I think I'll snurch the idea and write something similar tomorrow) and the year coming. I'm not big believer in new year's resolutions as I generally believe in changing your life as you see fit - not starting from some certain point as it kind of implies, I don't know, ending it too in a similar fashion. So instead of waiting for two days to start a "new life" I started today.

I mean, really. All this laying on the couch isn't good for me, not in my age. Gone are the days when I could eat "anything I wanted" and still maintain figure and fitness - for sure, two months in Canada with a fairly passive lifestyle, and I've surely gained weight. So we were talking about exercise today with Dragon and he noted that he was thinking about starting to walk the stairs up to the 23rd floor, and I've actually had similar thoughts. Well, not doing it every day, but occationally. So, why wait? I had business in the basement as I needed to empty some recycling containers, so I put on my shoes and off I went.

Floor 3 - hey, this is no problem at all! Set a steady pace and breath deeply, and this is child's play!

Floor 7 - my goddess, I'll never make it. Breathing hurts and I've given up breathing deeply and opted for panting.

Floor 14 - hey, maybe it'll be ok. And then remember that the superstitious builders of this house didn't put in floor 13.

Floor 20 - not... long... now...

Floor 23 - "Oh, did you climb the stairs?" asks Dragon, and I only have energy to nod.

Yeah. High time to get off my sofa as long as my ass still fits it.

Posted by kolibri at 30 December 20:29, 2004