Nature! It’s all over me. Get it off! Part 2

Continued from here…

Before Sam came home I was spending about three hours most days at the gym. That sweaty, steamy and stinky space inspired me to work to my limits, then beyond, as I stepped and dashed and squatted and hefted and stretched. Mom time soon took precedence, however, and my workouts no longer worked out so often.

Then came Cj.

For one frustrating period, writing jobs were coming in like crazy AND my helper quit. I took some satisfaction in leaving my comfy desk chair and sweating off calories by scrubbing and sweeping and lifting and toting, but that was short-lived. My time is too precious to spend too much of it with my hand in the toilet, and ironing, although one of those almost zen-like repetitive actions known to encourage deep and meaningful thought, bores me silly.

Thankfully, the jobs are still piling up, but someone else is keeping the place tidy.

So, for the past while I’ve been spending way too much time hunched over my computer as Joyceline loses inches around her waist mop-slinging, and I begin to take the shape of my comfy desk chair.

What to do?

I could go back to the gym … but the drive there and back takes almost a whole nap time for Cj, and before long I’d be so behind in my work that my stress level would soar.

I could make myself take a walk every day … but not only is there all that nature around, the fringes of my private acreage are presently a scene of carnage as a huge hotel project gets under way, and 350 Indian construction workers have rather taken over the area, stacked like cord wood in ‘temporary housing’ slapped together all over the place and busily tearing up stuff. (Nothing against the Indians, understand, but put together the “construction worker” concept and a culture that has little respect for women and you get an idea of the reception a lone female in shorts gets. Believe me, it’s not pleasant.)

We have a solution, though … a way for me to exercise without having to leave my house. A treadmill.

We made the purchase in Singapore and it arrived yesterday. Mark has it up and running (yeah, I suppose there’s a pun there somewhere), and I had my first workout this morning while Cj had her nap. By the time she was up again, I’d showered, finished the speech I’ve been working on, read through all the news and wrote two blog posts.

As you see, I can notice nature as I jog on machine.

This’ll work.

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