- Every week I say I’m going to run a couple evenings and then I don’t. I did run Sunday, just two miles. It was pretty rough due to the humidity but I did it! I know the summer is not the time to maintain your runs but I feel like a slacker without it. We have been walking a lot; I had two days last week where I hit between 10 and 18,000 steps. I am trying to maintain that as much as I can. I know on vacation we’ve started making plans to have some kind of walk or hike each morning when not physically travelling so that will also be good.
- We also talked about treading water; we did it A LOT during covid just to get out of the house. In fact, Ash and I would cart one of our old 32 inch TVs outside and watch a whole dang movie while we tread. It felt like a decent workout and with these temps, it would be better to be in the pool. Sunday it started looking a little green but we’ve been in it A LOT lately. I was reading about how any organics in your pool can ruin your chlorine levels and fair to say, a lot of our leaves are falling to the bottom. I have been getting on my sons to skim but they are going to need to be more vigilant. If and when I get a new job, my reward to myself will be a handheld pool vac. We had one of the robots for a while but he got stuck in places and wore away the liner so we can’t do that anymore.
- I have been so consumed with finding a new job that I haven’t much thought about vacation but it’s coming up right quick; only two weeks away! I am trying not to panic but I do get worried about travel. Do I have everything? Will flying be safe? (I do get freaked out by flying.) Will everything be ok when we visit with family? Will the kids behave? They aren’t much “kids” anymore and each year gets easier but they do like to squabble about stuff!
- Friday, I was waiting to be picked up from the waiting area by the folks interviewing me and I looked down and I had little red dots all over my feet. I thought it was a mere rash but after a bit, they looked like flea bites and began to itch. Which of course makes no sense because we don’t have pets. Thursday night, I was outside around 9/9:30 talking to my mom on the phone and I did walk all over. They definitely don’t look like mosquito bites. They’re also on my lower ankles, a couple on my claves, but then a lot on the backs of my thighs. So through a series of deductions, the only thing I could think of was that we somehow have fleas in the yard, and probably from raccoons. We have had A LOT of racoon activity lately, as is evident from their refuse in the yard. Someone else mentioned that a lot of them got displaced after the tornados, too. So on Saturday morning, I sprayed a substance that supposedly kills up to 200 types of yard pests. It’s definitely weird though!
- Yesterday when I got home, we watched this movie called Eighth Grade and it was really good. Filmed well and very realistic. It really put you into the psyche of this girl. I enjoyed it and glad my son, who just finished 8th, watched it with us.
- I felt unsettled this morning but I did my budget and that calmed my nerves. LOL. I know that sounds crazy but at least I know that’s solid for now. I just have to hope and pray that God’s plan will comes to fruition soon. When I was chatting with the one woman on Friday, after she’d walked me out to my car, she said something about praying and giving it to God and I was like, “Wow, this is something I’ve been thinking a lot about.” SO we sort of connected on that. I’m hoping that’s the sign I needed.
- It’s been oddly breezy here lately and I hope it keeps up. My husband hates this heat and complains we don’t get wind but, there ya go. Maybe it’ll make him less irritable about it.
- OK, off to fill my day with productivity, I suppose. Not really feeling it yet but I’m sure I will get there.
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Years ago, when I was a teenager, some neighbors moved but their fleas stayed!! Seriously! It was so weird because those fleas started looking for new homes/hosts. We had to do a flea bomb in the house!!
I pray often and ask God for his will to be done- towards the end of summer, I will start looking for a job and will be praying for guidance/ wisdom. I´m glad that it is giving you comfort and I hope you get clarity and job offers soon! Those bites sound awful… I hope they clear up soon. I feel ya with the heat. We are in a weird ¨heat dome¨ right now. Just for kicks, yesterday, I looked at several cities in Florida that are on my saved locations in my weather app. Our forecast is a decent bit hotter than at least two Florida areas! For example, St. Augustine, as of yesterday, was predicting a high of 79 for today, whereas our forecast yesterday, for today, showed a high of 92. Crazy!
Yeah, St. Augustine gets a great breeze! Good luck in your job search as well.
We had a lot of trouble with fleas when he cats were around, and we learned late that they come in on your clothes. What helped us was getting rid of the carpet and putting down vinyl flooring or laminate. Good luck getting rid of them….
Treading water sounds like a great way to burn some calories! We try to hike/walk as often as possible, but we are just not runners.