My day started early (3 AM) and badly (I dropped my new smart phone in the toilet). It didn’t get a whole lot better after that as no new work materialized while I was in the office. So I went home early.
Back home I found Axel entirely preoccupied again with the management of our estate. I can’t get over how busy it is to be home. I lent a helping hand with the winter windows on the porch. A few years ago I could carry and place the heavy windows on my own but two years of a sedentary life have taken their toll. We both struggled to get the windows up. We are like our parents now, needing young strong bodies to help with the winterizing chores.
It is only now that I realize how much exercise one does by simply working around the house: lifting heavy stuff, pushing a wheel barrow, pulling weeds, dragging garden debris across the yard, going up and down stairs – all this is just a variation of lifting weights and using the exercise machines in a fitness club. Why would one need to pay for membership when all this exercise can be done for free around the house.
I thought that my exercise routines in Kabul, 30 minutes on the elliptical machine and 45 minutes of yoga would keep me fit but my muscles and joints now tell me otherwise. It will require a lot more yard and house work, exactly the stuff I am complaining about. I should be grateful.
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