I am feeling the effects of spring after all. For the last few days I have actually been able to turn off my heating system. That’s very nice. Over the winter my heating bill has been quite large. Twice as big as last year I think. I have been prepared for that, though. I have the finances to afford the luxury of not freezing. I really need to turn up the heat at night, otherwise my poor circulation will leave my feet frozen. I think the normal advice is to lower the heat during the night. So I am a little vice versa in that respect. A couple of years ago I would usually turn off the heat entirely during the night, even at winter. Things change.
Have I mentioned that I bought some new fitness equipment? Nothing spectatcular. Just a starter pack. With a matt, a gym ball, a massage ball, a pilates band and a pump. For the balls. To go with my dumbbells and the stationary bike (did you know that “The Stationary Bike” is the title of a Stephen King short story?). So now I can have a little more variation when I am exercising. Nothing I’m going to go overboard with, though. It’s a little hard to find good exercises, when you can hardly see the illustrations. I find it hard to really visualize them from text descriptions. But a little bit is better than nothing. I could be doing a lot more exercising than I am doing, but I am slowly adding more and more stuff, more and more time. For a guy who is pretty lazy at heart, I think I’m doing okay. I am doing something every day, maybe not a full program every day, but something. I kinda wish I could get more equipment. Real stuff. A treadmill, a rowing machine, a crosstrainer. Some ribs would be nice. That weightlifting machine. And a personal trainer to talk me through the exercises. You think I could fit all that in my tiny apartment? Basically I want to have the gym from the Reva Center back. Remember that? A little room full of professional equipment that I had pretty much to myself most of the time, plus a trainer with a charming british accent who helped me with the basics and then let me do my own thing. That was neat. I could especially use some guidance with the back exercises. I have back pains quite often. When sitting at the computer for longer stretches of time. Or walking. I’m trying to do some exercises for it, I just hope I’m not making it all worse.
It would really be a good idea to actually join a proper gym. But realistically speaking I know, it’s just not going to happen. With the blindness and the phobia and the laziness. I could tell you I would try, but I would be lying. I’m doing the best I can, though.
Also still enjoying the remainders of mama’s soup and planning to go see the animals tomorrow. And my birthday is on Monday. Monday! MONDAY!
