Yep, work’s got me stressed. I’m not making progress on what I’d promised to deliver, and I’m still feeling new and clueless. I don’t know if it’s the stress or just that I’m not getting enough sleep with the early rising for the bus, but I know I was just feeling absolutely wiped out by the middle of this week.
There as a part of me thinking, “ok, maybe I’m just getting older and can’t do the hours”, but then I realized that I’d felt great last year between jobs, and I’m not sure I was sleeping any less. If there’s anything going on, it’s job related, and I know I’ve just got to figure out how to deal with it – either decide I have to be less perfect, push myself less hard, or just assume it’ll all work out.
Jun 13, 08:06PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
Still finding it hard to balance work and exercise, but I did manage to drag dear wife out to Almaden Quicksilver Park this afternoon for probably a 5 mile hike. We were following familiar trails, but the dramatically cloudy day added a bit of drama. We also found a new dirt road bulldozed up one hillside. I was hoping they were planning for some new trails and roads around the old mining areas on the top of the hill, but it instead led to some water tanks for the horse troughs at the top of the hill.
Still, it was hiking, and it was exercise. I’ve been really bad about keeping active; I’ve used our exercise bike a couple times, but it doesn’t hold my attention well enough.
Just need to figure out a way to hike regularly…
Jun 13, 07:58PM PDT | 0 comments
Last week was crazy at work, so I took today as a vacation day. Partially, I did it just to get a breather, but I also wanted to attend one of the internet group’s weekday hikes – 4.8 miles, ending right at sunset (and hopefully before the rangers locked the gates.)
The start was the usual punishing climb up the steep and constant Deep Gulch trail, but I made it (with the usual breaks to get breathing and heart rate down a bit.) The rest of the hike was pretty leisurely; as usual, I ended up at the back of the pack picking up the stragglers, and ended up making sure a mom and 8 year old made it home. They knew the trails and seemed to be doing good (except for occasional stops when the kid got tired), but leaving anyone behind always seems just not right.
And even for a beautiful, clear, warm day, the trails were still really empty. Nice!
I haven’t been hiking at all lately thanks to work, so this was a real treat. It was even better because dear wife and I did another 3 miles on a new trail on Saturday.
Jun 01, 10:35PM PDT | 0 comments
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