Greetings, hearty Coursers! Hope all is well in your world, and you are proceeding smoothly and happily along your courses.
This morning Ellie dawg and I stepped out for a walk and instantly noticed a big warm-up underway. I thought to myself "I probably don't even need this light baseball jacket I'm wearing,"and sure enough halfway home I was sweating. Heading into the 70s today -- it's shorts and teeshirts weather! No, we did not have anything like the harsh winter invasion that Texas experienced. Still, a cold wind (along with cold rain most days) presented a challenge to dawgwalking. The sudden onset of spring weather is nothing to complain about; however, my very senior dog was panting pretty heavily by the time we got back home. Have to watch her carefully and make transitions gradually.
Heart Walks have been a motivational event for me in my senior years. I have participated every autumn in our local Waccamaw Heart Walk (named in honor of a local Native American tribe). Today, I up and decided to enroll in another walk this Saturday -- the Low County (of South Carolina) Heart Walk. I love the Low Country and heart walks help keep me going. Yeah, thanks to the pandemic, this one is virtual this year -- walk wherever you want; however, keeping in touch and in pace with hundreds or even thousands of other walkers is a kick. Hope Ellie dawg will be primed for it, too -- it's supposed to cool back down a bit by then.
Speaking of the pandemic, wife and I are now marking our one-week anniversary of having taken our second Pfizer dose. We check in daily via smartphone to take a CDC survey on how we're doing. I have had no real pain or problems. My wife has had only mild pain. But yesterday she reported being a little more fatigued -- a possible result of the vaccine testing the immune system and provoking a reaction (as intended by the vaccine makers). Today she is fine. We are glad we took our shots, and we hope widespread vaccination will help put this awful pandemic in the rear-view mirror for all of us.
Let us know how you all are doing.
Stay the course!
Cheers,
Superbob
This morning Ellie dawg and I stepped out for a walk and instantly noticed a big warm-up underway. I thought to myself "I probably don't even need this light baseball jacket I'm wearing,"and sure enough halfway home I was sweating. Heading into the 70s today -- it's shorts and teeshirts weather! No, we did not have anything like the harsh winter invasion that Texas experienced. Still, a cold wind (along with cold rain most days) presented a challenge to dawgwalking. The sudden onset of spring weather is nothing to complain about; however, my very senior dog was panting pretty heavily by the time we got back home. Have to watch her carefully and make transitions gradually.
Heart Walks have been a motivational event for me in my senior years. I have participated every autumn in our local Waccamaw Heart Walk (named in honor of a local Native American tribe). Today, I up and decided to enroll in another walk this Saturday -- the Low County (of South Carolina) Heart Walk. I love the Low Country and heart walks help keep me going. Yeah, thanks to the pandemic, this one is virtual this year -- walk wherever you want; however, keeping in touch and in pace with hundreds or even thousands of other walkers is a kick. Hope Ellie dawg will be primed for it, too -- it's supposed to cool back down a bit by then.
Speaking of the pandemic, wife and I are now marking our one-week anniversary of having taken our second Pfizer dose. We check in daily via smartphone to take a CDC survey on how we're doing. I have had no real pain or problems. My wife has had only mild pain. But yesterday she reported being a little more fatigued -- a possible result of the vaccine testing the immune system and provoking a reaction (as intended by the vaccine makers). Today she is fine. We are glad we took our shots, and we hope widespread vaccination will help put this awful pandemic in the rear-view mirror for all of us.
Let us know how you all are doing.
Stay the course!
Cheers,
Superbob