walk my dog everyday

Reminding myself that “I am not a wimp” has been working well. I was out every evening except Tuesday, with both dogs, for the full two-mile trek each time. Today there was no firm footing, as the roads haven’t been scraped, and at the quarter-mile mark I was planning to turn around at the half-mile, but I persevered. I’m tired this evening! I think a hot bath might be just the thing.

Tuesday evenings my husband likes us to attend group meetings out of town, so I can’t really squeeze in a walk then, but we’ve skipped no other days the past two weeks! YAY – and last weekend on Saturday, I took them out before breakfast and before dinner. They were content and calm all evening; or, they were depressed because my husband was gone; I haven’t really figured out which.

I sort of took Friday off from all my goals, but we were on the road again yesterday – I took both dogs – and today my dearly beloved husband joined us once again :)

Two days in a row, I followed my new plan. The weather is even less conducive than it was, but I’ve declared that “I am not a wimp”. Today I even took both dogs!

There’s at least 4 inches of snow, and the roads are icy, so I limited myself to one dog and the two of us to one mile. We did make it out and back,so it’s a good start to the year. I have a plan that I can leave work at 5 every day, walk the dog(s), eat dinner and then, if necessary, return to work. It seems reasonable today.

I was going to post a bah humbug entry because we’ve averaged one walk weekly lately. Today, I not only made the effort to layer on extra clothes, but my husband joined us! YAY

It’s difficult to come back from vacation – the dogs act as if they have to smell EVERY thing, they’ve forgotten who gets to be in charge, and I usually feel out of condition. Today was not as bad with the first two issues as I’d expected, but in addition to my stiffness, we also had to deal with a temperature below freezing plus precipitation and wind! We got out there, though – finished the whole 2 miles – and tomorrow will probably be a little bit easier for it.

Wednesday evening we didn’t go until Thursday morning, but we went again Thursday evening. We won’t be going today, as I’m on my way out of town and Cherry is staying in town. We’ll have to work a week or two to get back to the nice routine of walking along at a good clip without having to sniff everything. Too bad she can’t come on vacation with me.

I know it’s only Monday, but I didn’t skip Sunday as I usually do, so it’s possible we may get out all 7 days this week. YAY

We were out 5 times this past week, including in the cold drizzly darkness. Well, it’s almost always dark after work, now, unless I make a supreme effort to leave on time (early, for me). Yesterday being Saturday, we went in the afternoon and so got back before twilight, but it was cold, overcast, and rainy; it wasn’t really daylight.