My Journey With Health And Fitness – When It Rains…

I am a bit bored today so decided instead of waiting for the usual Sunday big clean day at the condo that I would start today. I managed to get the kitchen all nice and shiny clean and even puttered with things like cleaning out cupboards and scrubbing the drying rack. At the end of it I was pretty happy but then realized I am not going to have much to do tomorrow. Hmm, may have to find some projects to work on.

I got up yesterday morning and it was raining. Not a little rain but pouring down rain. It then turned into a massive thunderstorm and I thought, ok kitties, I’m not going to make it out to feed you right now. I then looked at my weather app and saw it was going to be like this for most of the day. It was raining hard for hours so much so that the pool at the next building was actually overflowing. I should note at this point, with this much rain it means our pool is going to be really cold. Anyways, ultimately there was no walk that happened yesterday.

This morning I got up at the usual 5am, checked my weather app and it looked good for doing a walk. I was happy to find all of my kitties and gave them each some extra food. I also fed a very aggressive Coati that was chasing me and he seemed quite happy with the miniature marshmallows that I threw at him. I was glad to get out for a walk but there are issues when it rains that hard for so long.

Firstly, we do not have great drainage in our complex. Ok, really there is zero drainage. That means that in some areas the roads are covered in giant puddles. I know some of the birds are really happy with this but it really isn’t great for walking.

Secondly, the humidity. OMG, opening the door this morning it was like you ran into a huge wall because that is how thick the air felt. I was literally soaking wet within the first 5 minutes of my walk and trust me it didn’t get any better. Still, I kept on going as the water was just running off me.

Finally, mosquitoes. With all of the water laying around and the jungle being so wet, mosquitoes are everywhere. The vast majority of my walk entailed me constantly swatting at bugs and slapping myself to kill the ones that had landed. By time my walk was over I was absolutely covered in bug bites. Pretty sure it is not going to be any better tomorrow so I plan on coating myself in bug spray before going for my morning walk.

Regardless of the impacts from a day of heavy rain, I am glad I got out there this morning. I won’t say it was a nice walk but it felt good to do. Tomorrow I am going to lengthen my walking time and who knows, maybe within a few days I am back to doing fitness classes.