I just had one of those very rare do-nothing weekends. I felt kind of guilty not getting anything done, but I went ahead an did it anyway just to see what it would feel like in the end. A weekend filled with catching up on a few games and TV shows, playing with the puppies, and that’s about it. I was on-call though, but even that was unusually uneventful with no pages at all, so everything just worked out nicely. Not even any employee terminations or Gift of Hope pages to remove or add network access.

I got to one point on both Saturday and Saturday where I actually felt blah, just so lazy things actually ached a bit–almost like me muscles were atrophying. Kind of achy, but I was too lazy to even try to pull out of it, so I rode it out. I know that can be bad for my new knee, I’m supposed to stretch and exercise it very often, so I hope I didn’t do any damage there. I was a little concerned this morning when I woke up and had to go through my regular routine to get ready for work, but that worry quickly dissipated as I realized I feel great, and even much more refreshed than usual, ready to get out and go.

In the end, my day at work was pretty good and I felt much more energized and eager for everything throughout the day. I think the weekend really helped. I think I have to modify those rare weekends a little though and actually force myself to take a walk or do the treadmill for a mile or two each day. That would be even more healthy. But at least I have something to compare it to now, so we’ll see what happens.

I did feel bad at times though, knowing I shouldn’t “waste” a single day, since they’re so limited as it is. But I don’t think it was wasted, it was more of a recharge. Or so I tell myself just to make me feel ok with it. I did spend some quality bonding time with the puppies though, and they enjoyed the crap out of all of it. Oh, we DID walk a little, I totally forgot… Saturday afternoon Shadow, Tiger and I went to the lakefront – Eichelman/Wolfenbuttel park – and walked the path. It was less than a mile, but they loved it. As usual, Shadow choked a lot, since he constantly pulls on the leash, and Tiger was skittish as usual, but always kept up and walked nicely, never choking himself. So there, at least one day out of the two had a bit of exercise in it.