Exercise!

Wow, exercise is really hard for me. I don't know why....well, yes, I do know why. There are SO many things I'd rather do instead! But for today, I made myself: get dressed, comfortable clothes, tennis shoes, hair in pony-tail, get my blackberry, headphones, bottle of water with the little frozen stick I had to get on my knees to dig out of the bottom of the freezer, put in some ice cubes, frozen stick, leaf of mint....find my purse, truck keys, out the door, put said purse and water bottle in truck, dig bicycle out of shed, close doors back, load bicycle in back of truck.....drive down to bike riding trail, wait on dork guy to get in his truck and move so I could park in the shade, get out, hide purse in secret place in truck, grab water bottle, lock truck, unload bike, hang keys on front, put water bottle in holder, turn on Pandora radio on blackberry, adjust headset in ears, walk bike up the hill, get on bike and commence to pedal!

OKAY!!!! Does anyone know why exercise is so hard???? I mean, come on! Just preparing to commit the act of exercising is a workout all of its own!

So, I rode two miles, got tired, stopped, got off bike, sat at picnic table and checked in on FaceBook on blackberry, sipped water, listened to river running, slapped at bugs that were biting me, seen people with walking dogs a short distance off and didn't want to deal with people or their dogs, so I jumped back on my bike and rode the two miles back to truck.

Now, everything I did in the first paragraph, reverse it and that's what it took for me to ride 4 miles today! Now, why was it I don't really care to exercise?

Wow, I'm tired.......