I had to get up early, so I finished my walk in time for Yvette's driveway yoga. I continued to turn my right hip out to put more weight on my left leg. I think it is helping strengthen my left hip, but it also exhausts those muscles.
I got home in plenty of time. First thing, I had to move the new car out of the driveway. This is the second time I've driven it. It's a smooth, comfortable drive. There was a new student in class today. We were five students. Two of the regular students weren't there today. I wasn't able to do much, having exhausted my leg muscles during the walk. I did most of the class lying down, doing what I could from that position. At the end of the class, I asked, "Are there any volunteers?" Scott and Yvette knew what I needed. Scott hauled me up from a lying position, with my legs wobbling underneath me. After a few seconds, I was good to go.
After class, I meditated for half an hour. When that was over, I was still tired and lay down for a nap. I finished meditating by nine; I woke up from my nap around 11. I did get up at 5:30, walked two miles, and did yoga, and I am almost eighty. I forgive myself.
I called Dorothy to wish her a happy birthday. She was 75 today. We're both surprised by our age. I remember a comedian commenting on how she was surprised when she turned 40. She assumed she would always stay in her 30s. Being forty was a genetic condition she didn't have. I thought she was some sort of idiot. Now here I am, surprised that I'm almost eighty. I think Jack Benny had it right. He was always 39. I guess if you're feeling reasonably well, that's the age you still think you are. If you feel lousy, even if you're twenty, you feel old.
I spent the afternoon listening to the Saturday shows on NPR and catching up on my updates and the blog. Then I started sorting out the stuff I had piled up in the corner for donations. I have a large box ready for Memory Lane. I will get someone to help me get it into the car and then help me get it out of the car when I get to Memory Lane. It certainly isn't going to be one of the employees there. They're all old ladies like me. I'll have to wait till someone young comes along.
Then I went out to finish cleaning the Prius. I had to wash the remaining two tires. I tried to get the trunk open. The latch is broken, but there has to be some way to stick something up into the lock a pop it open. As it stands now, I will have to wait until Scott comes over to open it for me. I can't crawl into the trunk through the back doors to get to the release latch.
Then it was time to do the before-dinner walk Elsa and feed her. I took a shower before I ate. The hot flashes have been bad for the last two days.
I continued reading Hobbes during dinner. There is a lot of talk about Descartes in this book. I was surprised to learn that Descartes and Galileo were alive at the same time. I knew Descartes was active in the 17th century. That sounded right. But I thought Galileo was more like the 14th century.
I watched Bosch and worked on the updates and the blog. I've gotten good about posting the next day's entry on the public blog while watching TV.
Sunday NPR shows: New York Radio hour Southern Baptist Convention. Really? On Being with Krista Tippet and New Dimensions with Justine Willis Toms and Travel with Rick Steves.
Shit. Shivani commented about doing the video with the full screen instead of the slides on the side. Of course, I was assuming they could be eliminated afterwards. Not. I will have to redo the whole video from scratch.
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