Feeling Good Monday-Focused on End in Sight

      I find myself a little obsessive over my personal email in box these days. That's the email used for both DH and me to let us know when our turn for a vaccine will come, which doesn't really mean much more other than that becomes an option for  ID that you are in the current group. We both have medical "proof" so can book on our own, if appointments are found. I'm heart sick for Italy again having to go into another lock down-so very little momentum on vaccines and the new variants exploding in transmission again. An American  YouTuber in France, who I credit with a lot of my planning work before our trip nearly three years ago now (wow!!), said the roll out is very slow there that he can tell. He even shared that if it looks easy to get in the US, he might flow back to combine a trip to see his family with the vaccine. That seems doable if the news is right. Our latest  update is that want the vaccine will be able to access by the end of May. That is good news for us, and I hope that means the same for the rest of the world. 

     Until then, what will I do to try to push through by Covid Crabbiness? First, with the weather getting nicer (though snow is back in the forecast), getting outside as much as possible is a must. I took pup for a short walk yesterday, just enough to take care of his needs. I decided, though pokey, to count the number of steps out my door, down the street, around to the next cul de sac, and back home through the park. It was 850 steps, give or take a couple. I'm  a number geek, and counting, math problems, calculations, is soothing to me. Using this as a base, I can try and calculate out using distances, various routes and how many steps I would get in. Sure, I could get a FitBit, or another tracker, but where's the fun in that! My daughter and I got out to the river wit hthe falls and the old rail road bridge and took pup. She took this picture for me through the fencing, but quite  difference in the flowing river form last month. It was very muddy off the  bike paths, so we stayed dry, but pup sure got a nose full from what would have been hundreds of dogs over the previous two days. 

     Saturday my knee was yelling by the time I got done with my walk with three of the mom's. My friend G was feeling it in her hips and lower back. J and S, spunky gals, one who works with kids so is always on the go, could have walked twice as far. We're going to try and make this a regulars weekend thing-finding new routes  perhaps. That will help G and I build up our stamina again. The park was packed with walkers, but so large, there was a lot of distance between groups, and we too could be socially distanced from each other. 

     My friend S has had her first dose, being that she works in a school. J is scheduled for her first one the other J couldn't make it, but as a child care worker during the week, she was able to get hers as well. I also got a text that two sisters got the Johnson and Johnson version, so my circle is getting protected, person by person. I'll spend a little down time again trying to see if I can get DH in. So that's me trying to focus on the end being in sight, rather than still being home. It will be July before we start phasing people into the office, so I'll make the most of getting to take these impromptu walks when I have some downtime, not feeling bad about that considering how long I spend logged in. I hope your Monday starts off a positive week, and you and yours stay healthy.