My Journey With Health And Fitness – Determination Or Stupidity, You Decide

My alarm went off this morning and I laid there for a few minutes thinking I should take the day off. Then I reminded myself the commitment is at least 6 days a week and I want to take tomorrow off because it is Sunday. While I realize that is not really a reason to take the day off but my husband and I like to make a nice breakfast Sundays while we are at the condo so Sundays tend to be my day off. I dragged myself out of bed and once that happens I am always good to go.

I followed my usual routine, breakfast, water read the paper, update games on my devices, everything was the same as always. I actually was little ahead of schedule today and despite having a fight with an alarm sensor on the front door I managed to hit the road by 5:20am. When I started out it was slightly raining. By that I mean that coming from Vancouver, BC it wasn’t enough for me to even consider opening an umbrella. Off I went and after about 10 minutes the skies opened up and it was pouring. Here in Playa this often happens but it normally is just a squall coming through so I thought I can handle this for a few minutes and I continued on. This might not have been my brightest decision.

I normally walk on the road because the sidewalks in our complex are not well tended and are very uneven but due to the heavy rain I decided I might get at least some cover from the trees if I used the sidewalk. That worked for a little bit and then the monsoon rains started. By this point I am 20 minutes into my walk so I figured I could keep going for a bit longer. That is when the thunder and lightening started and much to my surprise the rain got even heavier. Ok, time to turn around and go home.

Here are the things I learned trudging back to the condo, my cats are not going to greet me in this weather, even if you think it can’t rain any harder apparently down here it can and our complex does not have enough drainage. Why do I say that about the drainage? Well, walking back it was not puddles I had to deal with, it was lakes. Seriously, sometimes I was walking through water deep enough that it came up to my ankles. And I will note this was not an occasional situation, it was most of the way back to the condo.

When I got in the condo water was literally pouring off of me. I managed to get in the front door where I immediately took off my socks and shoes (good thing I am taking tomorrow off because there is no way those shoes will be dry by then). I then woke up my husband (because misery loves company) so that he could see how bad things were. He of course just laughed at me. Off came my wet clothes and all of my equipment (water belt, hi-vis vest and ball cap) which are now hanging out to dry. I put on a big heavy robe (also not the best idea since we are in Mexico and it is still very warm) and made some coffee. Of course once I had myself all sorted out the storm ended. I so hope this is not an indication of how may day is going to be.

But you know what, I still got in a 40 minute walk today and have a funny story to tell.