Our prompt word for January 29th is “exercise.” Thanks so much, Wendy, for the energetic prompt!
I try to exercise every day.
Okay, maybe try is a big word.
Maybe it’s more like I plan to exercise every day.
Okay, okay, okay. I think about exercising every day.
During the height of the pandemic, when Alex wasn’t going to school and the library was closed so Chris, my other son, stopped going out once a week, I bought a treadmill.
Are there months when it doesn’t even get used? Sure.
I still try to go out for walks when it’s not too snowy or icy or cold or hot and humid.
But does it get used when those conditions are not the case?
I used it a whole three times last week. And once so far this week.
I need to try harder.
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Or I should say the scent cost a cent and sent me to the store.
Power was down for 29 hours, and most of the stuff in my fridge didn’t survive. I spent most of yesterday catching up on all the stuff I didn’t get done while the power was out. I kept meaning to write this post all day … didn’t happen. Obviously.
During the outage, we walked. My kids depend on their internet connections, so when they don’t have them, they get bored. Luckily, the storm lasted less than five minutes and then the sun was back out. So we walked. An hour and a half on Thursday evening and two hours on Friday.
We got some photos of the damage, all due to a less-than-five-minute storm.
Some trees were sheared off
Some trees were ripped apart
Some trees were torn out of the ground.
And this is the tree that knocked out our power.
There was very little damage to structures, as far as we could see. It’s actually crazy how the trees seemed to miss everything.
So we had some nice walks after all.
Brothers holding hands.
This SoCS post was brought to you by Dan Antion! Thanks so much again, Dan! I uploaded the Facebook app on my phone just to talk to you on Friday morning.
As promised, I’m catching up on the #JusJoJan posts. The prompt for this post was brought to you by Just Jot it January in February and JoAnna! Check out JoAnna’s latest blog post here!
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It was around this time last year when I bought a treadmill. The only place to put it was the living room, which is handy, I suppose. I can use it and keep an eye on Alex at the same time. And when he uses it, he can still watch TV. But the treadmill is very heavy and can’t be moved much, and it takes up a lot of room. So much so, that I often wish I’d bought a stationary bike instead. However as much as I like to cycle, I like walking more.
It’s a conundrum.
I used to love cycling when I was a teenager. I’d spend hours riding my ten-speed around town. I probably haven’t been on a bike in close to forty years.
But they say once you learn, you never forget.
Maybe one day I’ll put that theory to the test.
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Watch out for Just Jot it January next year. It’s fun!
Photo: A dandelion blooming in a hole in the trunk of a tree. Like, right in the tree!
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Any idea what’s up with this? Trying to catch a rabbit stew, maybe?
Photo: A garden surrounded by dozens of white plastic forks, prongs up.
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While we were out for a stroll, Alex spied someone watching us. (Yes, Alex is up and about again. Yay!)
Photo: A pretty, fluffy calico cat sitting in a garden surrounded by blue flowers.
Photo: Closeup of the same picture.
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We went for a lovely walk today in the cool spring breeze. They were calling for thunder storms last night after yesterday’s 100 degree humidity. That’s possibly when this happened at the park.
The tree that fell has to be 40′ tall. At least. Someone’s going to be set for firewood this winter.
Also, the peonies are blooming.
Pretty and pink. This is the neighbour’s plant. Winston killed mine.
Yesterday:
I got a call from a very helpful lady who wanted to rid me of the hacker who has infected my computer. She started by asking if I was on the computer. I said yes, and then I went through a few scenarios in my head: how could I waste this helpful woman’s time? Act dumb, of course.
Her: What are you doing on the computer?
Me: (very slowly) Playing a game. (I sounded a bit like Eeyore.)
Her: On the very bottom left-hand corner of your keyboard, what do you see?
Me: A button.
Her: What does that button say?
Me: C T R L
I won’t take you through the entire thing because I don’t want to waste your time, but she got me into the Window’s command one letter at a time (C as in charlie, etc.) while I “searched” for the right letter on the keyboard until I had “netstat” typed in. “Netstat” is what tells you what you have running on your computer at any moment. Hackers ask you to do this, assuming you’ll have no idea what you’re looking at, and tell you it’s proof that someone is hacking your computer just so they can do it themselves. Just as I got to this point, I hung up on her without a word.
A minute later she called back. I let it ring a few times before I answered.
Her: We got cut off, sorry. Are you on the computer?
Me: Yes.
Her: What are you doing?
Me: Playing a game.
I made her go through the entire thing again and hung up on her at the same time. It took a good five to ten minutes for each call.
Since then, though I haven’t answered, they’ve called me back 25 times using at least fifteen different spoofed numbers.
Insidious. I’m thinking about answering the phone and accusing her of stealing my car or something equally absurd.
Why I’m writing this post:
Because if you’re like me and stuck at home already, or if you’re going to be like me soon, the days of the week are hell to keep track of. We have a wonderful community here on WordPress and all over the Internet as well, and I’m sure many people are feeling nervous and/or isolated. I want to make sure every one of us has somewhere to congregate and someone to talk to.
I want everyone to know that you can start discussions with each other in the comments, and if you’d like to write your own “What Day is it Anyway?” post, you can link to this one. Hashtag #WDIIA.
I’m not the only one who’s so distracted by the news, I’m doing nothing but watching it, am I?
Here’s a distraction of the opposite sort, just in case.
Take a look at the bark near the path at the base of closest tree. So cool.
Photo: Trees along the bank of a pond, with a paved pathway winding off into the distance on a sunny spring day.
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I just wanted a photo of the turtles on the raft, but the reflection of the sky on the water turned out to be the best part.
Photo: A turtle pond, surrounded by trees and a narrow path beyond which is the lake. The sky was cloudy, but the blue shone through in places. On a raft in the middle of the pond are a few turtles sunning themselves.
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Can you see the moon, way up in the sky on an almost-cloudless day? Can you see Alex?
(The moon is about 7 o’clock from the highest peak on the house.)
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