Wednesday, October 26, 2022

 Wednesday, October 26, 2022    

 

I changed my walk because of something I learned in Yvette’s yoga class. She had us put some padding in the crease between the buttocks and the top of the leg while lying down on our backs. She had us straighten our legs while pushing the padding down. It made me aware of muscles I hadn’t considered before.   I understood using my glutes when I walked but not using the area at the top of my thigh.

   I joined Juli as she walked this morning. One of her embossing machines was down. She had to subcontract the work to someone who didn’t have the same type of machine she did. Hers pins down the item to be embossed by creating a vacuum. The man she gave the work to a man who had to hold down the item with his strength. He can’t do the embossing of the whole image at once. He has to do a small bit at a time. From what she said, he screwed up the job. I had completed 3,000 steps when I got home from my morning walk.

   My eyes bothered me as I got the public blog post ready. After I finished it, I was exhausted. I went out and got another thousand steps in before taking a nap. I slept for a good two hours.

   The other day, I observed that my left eye had wandered. Ah, that would make images blurry. I told Sandor. He said he would see what he could do about it. The eye exercises Scott gave me helped. I used them for a while. Once my vision was better, I stopped doing them. It is only a few minutes a day. I will have to do them regularly.

   I have so many activities that are ‘only a few minutes a day.” They add up. There are my in-bed exercises in the morning before I get up, spending 10 minutes on the vibrating platform, I have two apps I want to do to keep my mind active, Brain HQ and learning German on Lingopie, Wordle, and the NY Times mini-crossword puzzle for the day and at least some of the regular one. Add to that meditating an hour a day. Retirement is a terrible challenge. I got more done when I worked full-time.