Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Today was the laziest day yet. We woke up too early, went back to bed, then woke up around 10 AM. I did some work for MH, tried to tie my hanging bar tighter to the trees so I can do some exercises without killing myself by falling down the cliff.

At 90 degrees today, I really didn't feel like any WOD, but I did 15-12-9-7-5
Kettle ball swings
burpees

3 minutes of step ups
After a walk and a good warmup.

Then it was time for Bob's nap so I did some more work and went out to the netted (mosquitoes were out in force today because there was very little wind) hammock where I devoured a Maine Bird Watching book and a book about hikes in Acadia National Park.

We did see (thanks to Bob's bird feeders) a ruby-throated hummingbird (landed on the line for my hammock), goldfinches, chickadee, and a dark-eyed junco. Bob, the wood overturner extraordinaire, also found a family of red-backed and lead-backed salamanders, and a female with her nest. They guard the eggs until they hatch--the babies are like little tadpoles in their eggs. They are amphibians. We also watched with delight as a red squirrel devised a way to feast at the bird feeder which was hung out far on a tiny branch that barely held the weight of the feeder. Once he found a way, he went through the feeder finding only the sunflower seeds and ate upside down after a springing jump from the trunk opposite the feeder, on the same tree. We also saw an Eastern Chipmunk with full cheeks (almost as fat as mine) feasting on the remains of the squirrels dinner.

The clammers were out again, of course. It is so sad to have to work SO hard. I get depressed every time I see them out there. It's a back-breaking way to make a living.

Lunch was eggs with hash. For dessert, Greek yogurt (fruit not mixed in from the bottom).

I worked on my bar that is hanging from two trees. The last time I used it, the bar slid about two feet and I almost landed on my ass, so until we get it fixed right, without killing the tree or me, I'll try to improve my strength in that area. I'm still trying to think of a way to do some weight lifting, but Bob is too cumbersome and a little over what I could lift at this time in my development as a super-studette (yeah, right!).

Tomorrow, we plan to leave early and explore the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, about 72 miles north of here. I hope Bob gets to see oodles of new species and maybe a moose too. Someday, soon, though, we'll have to waste an evening or afternoon at the laundramat.

if anyone has any ideas for dumbbell substitutes (no jokes here, please), let me know. I tried a tree trunk, but it was quite unwieldy. LOL! That's all, folks!

No comments:

Post a Comment