It was over 90 degrees here in Minneapolis. A beautiful day ending a busy week.
Dinner was salmon, rice and Riesling.
After dinner, since we had no plans, we decided to go outside and read. My mind alternated between getting lost in the story I was reading and the story of my life. The wind pressed against my exposed shoulders. I sipped my wine and looked up, across the alley. Three little children squealed as an older child sprayed them with water from the garden hose. My attention moved to the front of our house where two men walked past; in the distance, I noticed the siding hanging off the vacant house across the street blowing in the wind. Our neighbor walked out her front door and sat down, taking in the familiar sounds of the neighborhood.
When I tell people I live in North Minneapolis, they ask me one of two questions:
- Why do you live there?
- Is it scary there?
I smile when they ask me this. They only know what they see in T.V. Our neighborhood is full of so much culture. People outside, walking. Children playing in the yard, screaming in glee. Neighbors talking. It’s an active neighborhood and I love it. It’s a stark contrast to suburban life where everyone drives into their garage & closes the garage door behind them. The suburban life where kid sit inside all day and neighbors don’t know each other.
As I say outside tonight, I mentally mapped out how is get back back working out. Starting Monday, I will get up early before work and do either the stationary bike or the stair stepper. My goal will be to do 4 stair stepper or stationary bike workouts per week for the next 2 weeks. After 2 weeks, and assuming I feel okay, I may begin to work running into my schedule.
This weekend, my plan is to take Iggy on a ling walk Saturday and Sunday. I also want to be very careful on my eating so I don’t wake up Monday with a food hangover.
How’s that sound?
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