A LOT Done Today

So Mondays have become my day to get my best, hardest workout in for the week. Don't know how that happened or turned out that way really other than it's the last day I have to myself before getting Johnnie back tonight. And then suddenly I tried to hit 11000 as close to 5 PM as possible. And when I hit that, then I started hitting 12000, 13000, 14000 and last week 15000 steps! I don't think it's necessary to do 15,000 really but a good close-to-14000 would make me feel good, in addition to the 3 sets of Nitric Oxide dump reps. And so before I even hit the shower this morning, I had already gotten the equivalent of 2 miles (4400 steps) in, made myself a nice breakfast, and gotten some meditation in WHILE in the middle of my walk. I noticed it was a bit chilly outside but hey it IS winter after all.  At least I wasn't sweating when I came in.  By mid-day I had even gotten in a nice 15-minute powernap and had gotten to 7000 steps already. I had also gotten a nice round of meditation in too. I was still a bit perplexed why my resting heart rate stayed in the 72-73 range after hitting a low of 67 a couple of weeks back. Either that's because of my diet, or something internal I'm grappling with. Last week I thought it spiked because of the COVID vaccine. Oh well, as long as I keep up my exercises, all is good. And so it was that I got a heck of a lot done just during the day. And to top it off, I even made myself some Arnel-style albondigas soup in the Instant Pot. No stew this week? No problem. I will try something new. In the meantime, I got a check in the mail... for $14,800. It was from the 2018 State refund of excess taxes paid and so it was addressed to both Lisa and I, which really is just Lisa since she has absorbed most of the taxes the last year we were together... at least in her mind. And I didn't want to fight for any part of it either. Could it be that the Universe was trying to get my attention? What I felt was RELIEF. At least with this, Lisa can stop worrying if just for a couple of days about her money situation, not that she even had anything to worry about anyway. Uh Universe, I meant that the check should go to ME, just ME and for me not to have to have any entanglements behind it right? LOL. 

And so it was that I had me some nice, piping hot albondigas soup for dinner. Just look at the picture... Mmmm. After I went to get Johnnie and the dog at 5 PM. Of course he wasn't fully packed up and ready to go. Courtney had spent the last couple of days there and they were still playing. At least SHE helped Johnnie put his toys away, while Lisa was busy giving me instructions for the dog. Was it just a week ago that we almost had to go to the VET ER? Let's not have a replay of THAT huh?! Anyway Johnnie hadn't eaten yet, and proceeded to put away 3 bowls of penne pasta in chicken broth, and I even threw in some turkey from my lunch just so he could have some protein. It's as if he hadn't eaten all day. It's ok, he's with me now. And so is the dog. And for the next couple of days, it won't be as peaceful around the apartment and that's ok. Good to have new life in there. Both the dog and Johnnie.  I went back to my intentions for the week and replayed in my head that I wanted to be all done with the UDS reports. I think we're on track for that. And I wanted to have a leg up on all the COVID vaccination reporting coming up. Following the thread from Eloisa about how tight the supply and demand reporting was it really IS amazing how this workflow is being deployed. Which is why I find myself scouring TEAMS at 8 PM monitoring a chat thread in case people need some data that I could extract. Of course they would. They always do. But you know at least I'm not tearing out of the house with a slobbering puppy who was in the middle of pooping and throwing up.. not tonight anyway. I was glad to have Johnnie back as this week will be a pretty fun week for him at his online classes with lots of activities. By the time 9 PM hit, I had done 15000+ steps for the 2nd Monday in a row, not that I intend to keep that up. Just that you get 2000 steps basically running about just inside the house. The dog stayed calm... just like she was the first week she came. I think it's just some stress she's taking on from Lisa's house... whatever the heck THAT means. I delivered the check to her and it did make her feel better.  See? all that worrying from Friday was for nothing. And my own reactions to her actions were for nothing too. Oh well, a Monday worked hard, and all is well.