This morning I started with a 2 mile run. I’d like to think I would have done 3 if the water fountain at the park were not broken during conditions like these:

Sunny, Temperature: 81°F
Feels Like: 87°
Humidity: 84%
Dew Point: 76°

But maybe I am kidding myself.

Last Thurs I woke up feeling great – neck pain gone. I went to the gym for a full workout, and during pushups at the very end (well, right before core and stretching – and that’s the end of my workout) I felt something pop. Thurs and Fri were pretty painful after that. It was not the same spot as the week before, about 6 inches lower. During karate Thurs night I was lying flat on my back on the gym floor reading. The lying flat for over an hour felt great. (I had to be there to take my daughter.) And it was a fun class to watch the 2nd hour because they were doing forward dive rolls (like a somersault from a standing position) but the gym mats were folded up and standing like little teepees and they had to dive over them. The last few guys were able to dive over 4 mats in a row! It was probably a good class for me to miss due to recent neck and back pain.

Fri night my friend and I cooked Indian food from scratch. Her recipe of chicken, chickenpeas, onion, coconut milk and curry was a huge hit. My aloo gobi was good to me, but everyone else just ate a little, so I added lentils and more turmeric and I will be eating it for lunch this week.

Brian and I got some adult time Sat night – went out with friends for dessert and drinks. Yummy homemade treats at Cassis, you St Pete folk! And this week the kids leave town for a bit, so we have more adult time coming our way! Then there’s the rush of back to school shopping, and school starting, and 2 weeks of that kind of stuff before Labor Day settles everything down again. So I will take pleasure in my “Brian time” the next 2 weeks. We also want to finish season 5 of Weeds on Netflix.