05:34… I'm slowly thinking about getting up, but I am having a thought first.
People will say, "oh, you're so inspiring," or "you're so inspirational," which is good, I guess, but what am I inspiring you to do?
Those two quotes are nice to say, but it doesn't really mean anything, unless you qualify it by saying what you would have done when you say you were inspired. It has become such an empty phrase, just in general terms.
Am I inspiring you to be a better person? Are you actually going to become a better person or are you just going to say that you are? What does "being a better person" mean?
It might be something that someone says to make the "inspiring person" feel better, but I am becoming a person that needs that sort of statement quantified.
Sure, it's a nice thing to say, but to actually mean it would be amazing.
06:04… well, I think I am finally getting up. I think. It's obviously not going very well.
Before I started to write this post, I somehow managed to unplug my nasal mask from the hose from the Bipap, which forced me to sit up, find the hose and plug it back in.
It has been an adventurous start already and I still haven't gotten out of bed yet.
06:10… okay, here I go.
06:32… I’ve made it to the computer and I’ve corrected all the errors that I had from inputting on my phone. I’ve done most of the early NCR and by reviewing it now, I’ll likely finish with it as well.
Lung recruitment: job number one was done.
Shorts change: I stayed with the purple and yellows for another day.
Made the bed: I tidied up the bed.
Bottle empty: emptied the bottle and the bladder.
Turn the coffee maker on: this was needed, since it was early.
Wash up: washed up with reasonably warm water.
Weigh-in: I weighed in.
Computer logged on: I said ‘good morning’ to Elle.
Pills and vitamins: I took my morning dose.
Deodorant: sprayed, yes.
Voltaren/Diclo10%: a tiny splash, yes.
Moisturiser: dolloped and spread, yes.
Shoulder brace: the brace went on.
Shirt change: a green shirt for today.
PowerBreathe: 30 inhales. (06:45) I’ve increased the resistance on the PowerBreathe and I might keep it there.
Head start: (06:48) okay, let’s get going.
07:08… the 20-minute timer was used and 2.8k is in the books, but no Zone minutes were registered. How disappointing.
Email:
Main account: Jacquie thanked me for the payment and confirming the next appointment, the Subways have a new track out today and Des is now running the Purple Helmets and she sent out a note about that yesterday. DiPede sent a new trade as well. My Netcoins account has been verified, so I can add that to the mix.
Gmail: I sent a question to one of the cheap soccer jersey places, seeing if I can get a Jesse Fleming Chelsea shirt. The Canadian lady on my favourite club was a match made in heaven.
Upper Deck: the trade wasn’t the best, but it’ll do. The free pack was 0 for 3. I’ll set up some more trades later to hopefully finish the set.
Facebook: one birthday, not worthy of a nod. Not a whole lot in the news feed, while there was a walk a year ago and it’s been a year with that cool Fireberry shirt.
Twitter: Crystal has taken to TikTok now. It’s not just selfies anymore.
Fitbit:
Steps yesterday: 14k, nothing too exciting there.
Floors: 18 floors, the streak lives on, 87 days!
Active Minutes: 82 minutes.
Active Heart: 44 Zone minutes.
Active Hours: 10/10, 52 days!
Sleep: 358 minutes.
Weight: 174 pounds. Damn ice cream.
Stress Management: 84.
Readiness: 64.
RHR: 69 bpm.
Water: my second has been poured.
Challenge: 35.3k ahead of Sheldon.
Google Calendar: nothing on for the rest of the week.
Budget: no BtR after paying Jacquie or transferring the rebate to Questrade.
Questrade: both accounts appear to be down. The self-directed still seems to have some cash in the account.
Fantasy Hockey:
Pretty big nights for Dad and Dale. I’m still doing okay, today I have some Blues playing and I’ll score some points that way.
Sports Interaction: I won the 3-team feel bet last night, $8.04. Five games tonight, three are within the rules of my betting. The 3-game parlay was placed, all favorites, which won’t pay well.
08:03… the new 32 Thoughts podcast episode is on now.
08:16… a bathroom break was had and now I can get going.
Head start: (08:27) I tried the 20-minute timer, but I’m thinking that the brace needs tightening.
PowerBreathe: 30 inhales. (08:30) the increased resistance was okay.
Physio Exercises
Warm Ups
Side Shuffle: 10 laps, head up and focusing on the right foot.
Single leg stands with a pole: 5 stands on each leg, 5 head turns on each stand
4 Square Tiles, eyes up & head turns: 10 laps
March in place at the sink, shoulder checking: 10 shoulder checks both sides
Left hand/head resistance: 10 pushes/pulls
Chin tucks: 5 tucks x the count of 30
Squeeze the orange ring: 50 squeezes (08:49)
Lower Body
Right leg weight step ups on step board: 20 step ups
Step up and down with step board no aids: 20 step overs
Single step, forwards and backwards, right foot on the Bosu Ball with an aid: 32 steps, back and forth combos
08:55… Mark is here.
11:04… well, that was an interesting walk.
Getting to the Peace Bridge was easy. A beautiful day, quite a few people out and about on the pathway. It was fantastic. At the south side of the bridge, I said we should keep going. Unsure if that was a good idea or not, we went.
Everything was going okay, until around a spot on Prince's Island Park, where I got a call from Brian at Questrade. He had said that he had the cheque available to move the Sun Life RRSP money into Questrade, but since I didn't have an active RSP account open, he was having trouble with it. He asked me if I wanted to keep doing it and I said yes. He said I would need to restart the RSP account, so he could do his thing. I agreed and we continued on our merry way.
Well, stopping for that phone call was enough of a break to really do a number on my stump. I'm finding that if I'm moving for any great distances and pausing, that's enough to have it get really heavy and it becomes somewhat dizzying. The second half of the walk was definitely a challenge.
The conversation really dropped off and I wasn't nearly as social, hoping that I could make it home in one piece. I'm really glad that I didn't overdo the coffee before leaving. Having to go to the bathroom would have been a brutal torture.
There are thoughts that the Active Hours chase may get the boot today. That's unconfirmed, but the thought had occurred to me.
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