Some days are diamonds, some days are stones

I'm thinking today may be a stone. You know how some days you wake up, and you've just "got it," and then other days you wake up, and you don't? Today is a "don't" for me. I don't have energy, I don't have motivation, I don't have interest, I don't have any "umph." Don't get me wrong, I don't want today to be a stone, but it's just leaning that way.

I barely drug myself out of bed at 5:30 am for a 5 mile training walk at the lake. Bear is doing some manager training this week for her job, and she needs to be there by 9:00 am - so we had to get a good early start to get our miles in, and get her home in time to clean up and get ready to leave the house. It takes us about 20 minutes to get ready in the morning, and another 10 to get to the lake. Today, I was moving at a slower pace, and we got to the lake at 6:10 am. Still not too bad for someone with no "umph" today...

We did some stretching, and off we were. It was still a bit grey from the low lying clouds, and it was already starting to feel warm and humid. I don't like humidity....so of course that gave me something to be grumpy about. Within a half mile, I decided that I REALLY didn't feel like walking today. Didn't feel like turning my music on, didn't feel like getting my water bottle out, didn't feel like talking and certainly didn't feel like taking another step. I kept trudging on though, mumbling under my breath about how Hubby was still curled up in bed...how the dogs were laying on the cool tile awaiting my return, and how hungry I was. Grump, grump, grump.

It took me a solid 2 1/2 miles to get into a decent pace. I think it was a mental thing, knowing that I was half way done. By then the sun had completely broken through the clouds and was shining - mercifully - on our backs, gently pushing us along back towards the car. After an hour and 40 minutes, we'd completed our task, right on time, just as it should be. I fumbled in my backpack for the keys, unlocked the door, and slumped appreciatively into the driver's seat. I did it...not the longest training walk I've been on, but for some reason, one of the toughest. Now I am home, with the whole day still ahead of me...and feeling that I've accomplished a little something. Maybe it won't be such a "stone" of a day after all.