Your friendly neighborhood hummingwolf is not sane

[hummingwolf]

Too many days recently, I've been too tired to do much besides sleep and maybe drag myself to the computer a few times to see what those of you with more energy are doing with yourselves. I hate forced inactivity, but sometimes the body leaves me with no choice.

Yesterday, however, I felt energetic enough to go for a good walk--four miles! A perfectly respectable distance, especially for someone with chronic illness, right? I thought so too. This morning I felt just as good, and the weather was simply beautiful, so I thought I'd walk about four miles again in another direction. After a trip to the grocery store, on a whim I thought it would be fun to walk to the DC line and back. Just enough to say I'd walked out of the state, no more.

Those of you who know me can guess where this is headed. Yep, I kept walking and walking and--well, the farthest point I can remember getting to is about 3.5 miles away according to MapQuest, but with all the wandering I did I'd guess I covered closer to eight miles total.

My right ankle and left knee hate me, and neither of my feet may ever speak to me again. My left shoe has a hole worn through the sole, my feet were already blistered by about the time I thought to turn around and head for home, and my first sunburn in a long time is a fairly painful one. The last mile & a half or so was agony with every step.

The temperature was perfect--about 70 degrees when I was out there. Sun shining brightly in a blue sky. Trees blooming everywhere, showing off flowers in pink and white and gracing the air with a subtle perfume. Flowers on bushes and the ground were not to be outdone, all dressed in their springtime best. Butterflies flitted, bees buzzed, birds sang, people were talking to each other about what a gorgeous day it was.

Yeah, it was totally worth it.

(Ow.)

Comments

[meretia]

Ouch, poor thing. I do that, too. "There's still an hour of daylight! I can keep going, even though it took me two hours to get this far!" Just remember that since it's spring now, there'll be plenty of nice days. Don't go killing yourself overdoing it, hear?

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I was very firm with myself, telling myself sternly that I was *not* going to be walking to a place which is nearly four miles from my home, because it did *not* make sense for me to walk anything like eight miles today. Nope, I was *not* going to walk that far, no matter how glorious the day was.

Forgot to mention my hips hurt too. And it feels like even my eyelids got burned. Heh.

Right. On the plus side, I did pass some places closer to home that I'd like to go back & take a tour of one day. It's nifty living close to historical places.

[blue-by-you.livejournal.com]

Ouchies! But it also sounds really, really good.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly.

I actually feel better today than I expected to, though I'm still feeling a bit of pain! But it's rare to have as much energy as I did yesterday on a day as beautiful as yesterday, so I really can't regret it at all.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

It sounds lovely but ow indeed. Resting today? *hugs*

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Mostly resting, though part of me wants to go for another long walk. That part of me is not connected to my feet, which would prefer not to have anything touching the blisters! Today it's not as pretty outside and I'm nowhere near as energetic, so I'm not too tempted to do anything stupid at the moment. :-)

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

It is quite handy when tired days coincide with non-blue, non-shiny weather so its easier to be sensible! :)

[aekiy.livejournal.com]

Ooch. I've done that to myself before. Although in my case, it was rain, so instead of a sunburn, I got sopping wet feet that I couldn't walk on straight for the next couple of weeks, or stand on for too long either. At this point, I was still working at a photolab, which meant lots of standing and walking. Aar..

Hope things soften up soon! We have been getting some beautiful days for the walking. (*=D) It's inspired me to start taking stairs instead of elevators, and doing some basic exercizes and personal maintenance that I haven't been doing regularly for a long time.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I'm actually not feeling too bad today. Okay, sure, my blistered feet hurt, my nose looks like a clown nose while feeling like a bad joke, and some pains elsewhere make it hard for me to go down stairs. But I'm not as tired or in as much pain as I could have expected.

Then again, I haven't tried putting on any socks or shoes yet.

Hooray for taking better care of yourself! How are you feeling?

[aekiy.livejournal.com]

Today, I'm feeling well. (^*^) It's a good day, I'm eating earlier than usual, I've brushed my teeth twice already today (I sometimes slack for lack of time and energy), my classes have gone smoothely, and I'm just working out how to get my homework done AND enjoy time with my parents this weekend (whom are coming down 'cause it's my birthday on Monday).

I've managed to get some more gluten out of my diet, and that's helped my health immensely (if slowly). I'm also working on managing my time much better than I have been, and making it through till summer. At which point I'm already thinking of things I'd like to spend my time on, like reading some books and writing some papers for sheer interest rather than academic purposes, in between finding an apartment, etc., etc.

Anywhos, I guess you could say "energetic." (^*^)'

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Sounds like a good day. :-)

You managed to get more gluten out of your diet? There was some left??

[aekiy.livejournal.com]

Yes.. lyssabard brought to my attention that egg drop soup is generally made with a chicken broth base, and chicken broth often has gluten in it. I'd been having egg drop soup daily and figured my pain and fatigue were just from stress and the fact that I need the summer off, but it looks like I was having more gluten, because since I've stopped eating the soup I've felt better.