My Actifit Report Card: May 5 2019

Lovely day once again!

The sidewalks between villages are bare which becomes an awesome 2 km walk there and another 2 km back.

My knees are sore but it was worth it!

On the way I had 2 great walking partners. My best friend and her daughter. It's always nice to have a walking partner that can help keep up the pace. Even my dog, Moe, enjoyed the walk with company!

I walked by myself on the way back. It was good as I was able to have some alone time with some great tunes and be able to take a moment to capture a few pictures.

I trailed off the path into another small trail in the forest where I once hung out as a kid. I had a huge imagination back then so this brought back a lot of memories.

This is an old mine ruin. A long time ago, people thought there was gold in this very area, so they started building structures to what would have been a mine. They got unlucky though, through the core samples, as they came up with unvalued rock. So they gave up the project leaving all their structures behind to decay.

In this particular photo, I used to sit a lot at by myself. I would si on the ledge and dig at the ground in deep thought. What was I thinking, you might ask? Well nothing that would be much different than today. If you know me a little then you know I have a darker side... I would dig away thinking that perhaps I would find the skull of a dead worker, from a freak accident maybe and the big rectangular stone in the middle was a tomb of something evil. I pretended that I was an archeologist on a great discover, excited to find the remains of something lost so long ago. A vampire perhaps. Haha! Sometimes I miss being a kid. One can dream ^_^

A few more remains in the short distance.

The walk was definitely something I needed today. It was peaceful and hot at 17 degrees celcius. It was even hot for Moe, to the point where he rubbed his whole body in the snow! Silly dog, but hey, snow seems to be useful still.

On the way back, I noticed some old moss laying on top of big rocks. There where big patches here and there like if it was mother earth's way of painting, decorating. I thought it was worth taking a picture of and cool enough to share with all of you :P

Almost home, I couldn't help but get a shot over looking my town. With Cheminis mountain on the right and the high hills in the back, and being on top of a hill to get into town, makes this tiny place look like it's sitting in a hole in the ground. Well, it's what I've always said anyways.

Upon my arrival, the kids and a big ol pup where happy to great me and also impatient to take off once again.

Piper isn't used to being tied up in the yard. Last summer she was just a tiny little thing so we never tied her up, there was no need, she could barely run wiping out. During the winter we would walk her to the designated area for her to do her business, so this will take some getting used to. She even showed us that she could have a fit...

After greeting Piper and dropping off Mow, the kids and I took off to enjoy an hour at the park before supper.

A little secret between you and me and the kids, I treated them with a bit of ice cream. Normally I wouldn't since it was so close to summer but it is their first ice cream of the spring season where they can enjoy it outside. It's a big thing for them you know.

All in all, it was a day well spent, once more outdoors. The inside of my house needs some attention so I am ok if it rains tomorrow.

My friend will be starting a new thing tomorrow and has somehow convinced me to get in on the action and I think I might regret it. Every hour, from 8am to 8pm, we do squats. At first she wanted to do 25. It's not hard to do squats, and I know I can do quite a few of them in one session, but 25 every hour might kick our butts if we are not used to doing them on a regular basis. I've convinced to start small, by doing 5, and then by then end of day 2, if we think it's nothing, too easy, then we can add 5 more, and so on. I am talking @cheese4ead's advice on this. Don't overdo it as to avoid injury. Start small and work our way up is the plan. Wish me luck as I might just die at the end of the day with also trying to get as much step count as I can!

Motivation: Encourage yourself for what you achieve and forgive yourself for what you haven't. Success only paves the road, but trying paints it gold.

Walking