daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
My Lenovo laptop that sits by the bed is alive again. For some reason, the charger wasn’t working and the laptop eventually had to take a rest. But the power brick seems to have sorted itself out and is now operational. Anyway, I like using the laptop to tidy up my daily journal each night. It’s a nice routine before climbing into bed. I’m glad the laptop is back.
We finally purchased a self-cleaning kitty litter box! Everyone we know who has one has describer theirs as “life-changing”. Now that we’ve used it for a few days, I can agree wholeheartedly! We bought the PETKIT PuraMax, which is the same model our friend has. It’s so nice! I love the app too, which tells you when each cat makes a visit (you set each cat’s weight), for how long, and what their current weight is. I know it’s weird, but I am mildly obsessed with their potty activity now. 😆
Just a two-miler
Back to the healthy habit
My legs will be sore
I’m still enjoying writing my morning pages every day. I’m about halfway through this notebook (it’s a thick one from Daiso) and I have been using Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun “Winter Shogun” ink in my Lamy Safari broad nib fountain pen. It’s a light cool grey color and so beautiful. Highly recommended!
Today I had one of the best runs ever. It started off just like any other, even a bit too cold for me, but soon I was just cruising along. I had so much energy, and the songs that were appearing from my playlist were perfect. A mix of energetic, nostalgic, and feel-good. I was smiling almost the whole run!
In fact, I waved at pretty much all the runners that I saw. I think the combination of morning coffee and two day’s worth of mashed potatoes and stuffing gave me a ton of energy, and I didn’t feel any aches or pains other than the normal muscle soreness. My shoulder usually starts hurting at about 6 miles, but I didn’t feel any pain the whole run!
I’m not a fast runner, but today I felt like I was on cruise control. It was lik my second wind kicked in early and never let up. I guess I was experiencing the proverbial runner’s high as well, and I only stopped for drink of water and to stretch.
I mentioned that the music was perfect today, and one of the songs that gave me the most energy was Venus by Hitomi. And I realized that playing the air drums while running is so much fun! 😂
I honestly can’t remember a better run that today’s. It felt so good. And I ended up setting a half-marathon PR. Woohoo!!
