I like to ride my bicycle
May. 29th, 2018 09:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
motomotoyamaThe weather was so nice on Saturday, that I finally got on my bike after at least 18 months of no outdoor biking. I rode from my place near Northgate, around Greenlake and on the Burke Gilman trail through Fremont to Ballard, ending up at my sister's place. Google maps tells me that it's 8.7 miles. That ride took me 51 minutes. Back when I was in better shape, it would have been a considerably shorter ride, but I was happy just getting back out on the road.
What I'm not happy about is that I'm still paying for it. I took a bath with some THC/CBD bath salts, and have been using a CBD topical, but my body is really not happy with that burst of activity. I'm currently trying to figure out which combination of medications I can take to finally get some relief. Currently, wearing clothes hurts.
What did NOT hurt this weekend was floating in the pool inceleste_noelani's back yard while she and her daughter created whirlpools or did aqua fit exercises around me. The water isn't warm enough for me to want to be completely submerged, but floating in the sunshine was definitely some high points of the weekend. It looks like we're heading into Juneuary weather as usual in Seattle, so I don't know how many upcoming days will be warm enough to get into the pool. I hope there are a lot of them, because being in the water is one of the only things I can do to relieve pain that doesn't involve medication. If I could somehow live in Hawaii again, I would go to the beach every day, and my aching body would be so happy.
What I'm not happy about is that I'm still paying for it. I took a bath with some THC/CBD bath salts, and have been using a CBD topical, but my body is really not happy with that burst of activity. I'm currently trying to figure out which combination of medications I can take to finally get some relief. Currently, wearing clothes hurts.
What did NOT hurt this weekend was floating in the pool in
celeste_noelani's back yard while she and her daughter created whirlpools or did aqua fit exercises around me. The water isn't warm enough for me to want to be completely submerged, but floating in the sunshine was definitely some high points of the weekend. It looks like we're heading into Juneuary weather as usual in Seattle, so I don't know how many upcoming days will be warm enough to get into the pool. I hope there are a lot of them, because being in the water is one of the only things I can do to relieve pain that doesn't involve medication. If I could somehow live in Hawaii again, I would go to the beach every day, and my aching body would be so happy.
