The Aerie
Okay, that was a long walk.
Yesterday I left work a little early because, well, because there wasn't really any reason to stay. My 3:00-4:00 meeting had wrapped up at 3:30, with most of the members commenting to me at one time or another "Who schedules a meeting at 3:00 on a Friday?" Of course, that was the only reason I was able to schedule them, because despite getting nothing done most of the time, my coworkers keep their schedules packed full of meetings.
Anyway with an extra half-hour on my schedule I decided it would be a good day to try walking home from work.
I wanted to catch up on my exercise because twice this week meetings with the contractor in the morning have led to my needing a lift in order to get to work on time, meaning no bicycling. Then of course I went to see my doctor yesterday to get my meds refilled, and my weight hasn't gone down at all despite a couple of months of regular bicycling. (On the other hand, my blood pressure and cholesterol are stellar. Ah, modern pharmacology.)
Since it was a Friday I was wearing my sneakers at work, so this seemed like a good day to try walking home.
Honestly it wasn't TOO bad. Unbeknownst to me there was a storm front coming in, piling the heat and humidity ahead of it, so that it got hotter and muggier with every step. Fortunately I passed through two public parks with water fountains on my journey. It took me exactly 70 minutes, as measured by listening to Stephanie Miller. I subscribe to the podcast of the daily radio show, so I listened to the 40-minute Hour 2 and 30 minutes of Hour 3 before reaching home.
Seventy minutes of walking through the humid heat did add up though, and I was truly "footsore" by the time I slogged home. Fortunately the basement is nice and cool in any weather, so I headed downstairs to stand in front of my office fan: I was wiped out. I recovered enough by about 9 p.m. to carry my wife's desk back up to our remodeled bedroom with my son's help, but for a while after I got home all I could do was sit in my chair.
Meanwhile of course the remodeling continues. The tiling in the bathroom wasn't completed, so the fixtures couldn't be put in - despite promises that we would have the toilet and sink this weekend.
Back when we started this process in March I had imagined having a yard concert with Ellis sometime in late June or early July, long after the remodeling project was over in May, in order to have a kind of house-warming. Mentally I had scheduled it for June 23rd. Instead I'm hopeful that maybe the remodeling might be done by then.
If the remodeling is done by then, we'll have a full month to enjoy our new bathroom before leaving on our trip. Yep, that's right, it's only six weeks till departure!
Posted by Albatross at June 16, 2006 8:34 PM | TrackBack