Happy Monday!! I had a pretty good laid back weekend mixed with good workouts. Work hard, rest hard?!
Well just as I was thinking all this, I turned around to make my way back down the trail and back to the office when I heard sirens. I was on a bike path and under a bridge with a highway, so I first thought they were coming from above me but then they sounded really close. I turned around and noticed 2 police cars driving down the bike path which is really only as wide as a car, so everyone was moving to the side. I got to the stairs to the street where I came down and that’s where the police cars were. It turned out someone had decided to jump off the bridge to the river, most likely attempting to kill herself. I was there just as an emergency personnel was swimming out to the patrol boat and they were pulling the person into the boat. The person looked to be alive and I stood by some other people watching and we were all hoping that she gets the help she needs.
I was a bit shaken as I walked back to the office about what had just happened. Talk about quite the lunch break!
I started thinking about my life and even though sometimes I am lonely, I always find a way to cope and lately have been enjoying each day. I know this isn’t the greatest story to read on a Monday morning, but I wanted to share it because I think it is so important to reach out for help if you are going down that path. Sometimes I just take some time to journal and that helps me. I am still writing down what I am grateful for each day and Friday, I was grateful just for Being Alive.
Moving onto more positive things for marvelous in my Monday. Friday night I had a long phone conversation with my dad as it was just his birthday Thursday and I couldn’t reach him Thursday. It was nice to catch up. I then decided to watch the movie, She’s the Man. It was playing at the gym the other day (we have a cardio theater where you can bike, run or go on an elliptical and watch whatever movie is playing). I then made my way to bed.
Saturday morning around 5am, I woke up to a brief charley horse in my leg, OUCH. I knew I hadn’t had enough water the other day. I was able to fall back asleep until 7 at least and then got up to make protein pancakes and drink a ton of water.
I headed to the store and then got a workout carrying tires to my car as I was getting an oil change and swapping my winter tires off. Last year I waited until June to do that, but I figured I was due for an oil change and best to do them together. My winter tires came in handy the first two weekends in April with snow, but I am hoping we have moved past that.
While my car was at the shop, I went next door to the gym to swim, convenient. I was worried about my leg bothering me, but it actually felt nice floating and kicking. It did start to bother me around lap 80, but I somehow pushed through and got to 110, just over 1.5 miles. My fiancé now calls me Dory because of my long swims. I told him I have a better memory than Dory though lol. [Side note: Can’t wait for Finding Dory in theaters in June!!]
It was pretty much perfect timing when I got back to the shop as I only had to wait 10 minutes for my car to be done. When I got home and got my second tire workout carrying tires back inside, I was hungry so immediately I found some food, turned on HGTV and ate.
I had so many thoughts about different blog posts and things I wanted to share on this space, that I grabbed my laptop and just started typing out the ideas while watching HGTV. I could really watch HGTV all day…
I finally moved off the couch and started dinner early. I was still kinda hungry. I ate dinner around 4:30, a bit early. Then I was satisfied for a while before eating some chips for a snack later. I also enjoyed a bit of yoga, the most I moved after swimming lol. Then it was back to writing and more HGTV. I’d say it was a perfect balance of productive and relaxing.
Sunday morning the sun woke me up early but that was fine as I had a very productive morning. After eating some breakfast, I headed to the gym for a quick workout. When I got home, I did some cleaning, meal prep and reading before heading out to teach yoga at a different gym.
After yoga, I continued with meal prep and also ate some of it for lunch. I made cauliflower fried rice with some chicken. Rather than being completely lazy, I decided to tackle a few boxes in my closet. I sorted some more stuff to get rid of and also made a couple piles of some things I would like to try to give away. I realized that many of my boxes are books and maybe one day I should get a bookcase, especially as I keep buying books to read these days…
It was a beautiful day outside, so after a while of being inside and knowing everything was prepped for the week, I decided to take a walk. I enjoyed the fresh air and can’t wait until pool season starts so I can head to the pool to soak up some sun.
Did you do anything fun this weekend?
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That’s so sad about that woman. I hope she gets help. Things like that definitely make you feel so grateful for the good things and people in your own life.
Oh wow, I’m so glad that the police were there, and I pray that God gives her hope. <3 That would be a bit unnerving. HGTV is the best too!