Here was the original plan for today:
5:45 – wake up, get dressed for bicycling, drink coffee, water, eat breakfast
6:20 – leave house to drive to start of ride with bike in tow
7:00 – start 70-mile bike ride
2:00 – be done with ride, stop at QT for special Diet Coke, get home, shower, lay in pool and relax
Here’s how the day has gone so far:
5:30 – woke up, heard raindrops on skylight, turned off alarm
7:20 – finally hauled butt out of bed, drank coffee, read morning paper, put laundry in, ate breakfast, reconciled checking account, set up bills to pay online, folded clothes, put more laundry in, bid on items on eBay, folded more clothes, put last load of laundry in
10:00 – went to gym – did upper and lower body weight workouts followed by 45 minutes of interval cardio on the Step Climber and EFX – total of 2 hours. Caught up on visiting with friends who were also relegated to the gym due to heavy rain continuing
12:30 – stopped at QT for drinks, home for lunch, read, folded more laundry – wondering if the pool will actually overflow from all the rain we’ve had……….and it’s still coming down.
The 70-mile ride that was scheduled for today was cancelled and is now on for 8:00 tomorrow – I’ll try again!
Quote of the day from this week’s edition of Newsweek which I read while on the Step Climber “It is not the responsibility of the Federal Reserve – nor would it be appropriate – to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their financial decisions.” That’s from Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman speaking on a potential interest-rate cut. How enlightening to hear someone connected to our government actually condone – and encourage – personal responsibility. I’m tired of my tax dollars bailing out businesses and consumers who made bad decisions. Let them learn from their mistakes – as my dad always told me when I screwed up financially, “You just bought yourself an education.” And he was right!
