Mall Walkin’

Susan and I went to Northtown Mall to walk on Friday and it did not go well. I didn’t even make it around the min floor which would be .75 miles. I just shaky and a bit dizzy. We ended up leaving and I took it easy for the rest of the day.

We went again yesterday and had much better results. We walked the whole coarse, both levels which means we walked a mile and a half. I felt much better than the day before. It felt good to know that the walk on Friday had been an anomaly. I was worried that something had changed with me and I couldn’t walk anymore.

To confirm, I walked again today with great results. I made the mile and a half in about 24 minutes. I would like to break 20 minutes but that is going to require some training and some grit. I’ve never been accused of having grit.

Twenty Twenty-Fi5e - The Year Begins Anew

I start 2025 five pounds heavier than I started 2024. I'm at 242 this morning. I know I've said it several times, but this trend has to stop. I'm feeling the 242. I'm tired and easily wear out. I know that's due to my heart issues but it can't help to weigh at over a tenth of a ton.

We celebrated the New Year with our friends Kim and Gary and went and saw "A Complete Unknown", the Bob Dillon story. It was pretty good and should ring up quite a few Oscar nominations.

We woke up to snow, as I had hoped and as had been forecast. It's ending soon and I doubt much of it will stay around. Already the sidewalks are clean and we didn't have to do anything. But, I was able to get this lovely picture to start off the new year.

The main project of the day is to get our tinder dry Christmas Tree out of the house. If I can get to it, I'm going to get all the outside Christmas lights down as well.

10:05PM: Success! We got all the Christmas lights on the house down. We got the tree undecorated and it is currently standing on the front porch. 

Tomorrow, I shall unceremoniously cut it in half and put it out in the alley for the city to pick up. They have a program for picking up trees and composting them.

Anyway, I feel pretty good about our progress today. Tomorrow, maybe we can get some of the boxes stowed up in the Carriage House.