July 24: Just did a short 1 hr walk with Pepper this morning. Took  the day off of everything else…but I ended up spending the day trying to get caught up on house work inside. Ton of stuff to get done and I must have spent 8 hrs working in addition to making a giant pot of home-made chicken noodle soup with all fresh ingredients. That alone took the better part of 6 hours on and off while I was doing all the work upstairs. So as it turns out this was NO off day that’s for sure. I am totally and unequivocally beat to heck, probably as tired as if I’d done a full on ride. Just feels good to be able to work again, and I just have a boat load of projects I have to get done around here, stuff I’d planned on doing on and off all summer long…and then the heart issue. Relaxing now with a nice glass of Red Zin!