It’s Fit Five Friday!
WELOME to Fit Five Friday with with your FIVE amazing hosts – me, Darlene -My First 5K and More, Michele – Running With Attitude, Jenn – Runs with Pugs, and Zenaida – The Running Teacher !
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Let’s Chat
How about a little chat over virtual coffee? I’m sticking to my lactose-free latte these days though if pressed for time I’ll just have a double espresso. How about you?
If we were having coffee – I’d tell you my chronic pain rehab was pretty intense. It was more mental than physical. In fact, what I did was ACT therapy (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and to be honest it was just a little chip in the tip of the iceberg. I am looking into how I can continue so that I don’t immediately fall back into old ways of doing things. To give you a tiny idea of ACT Therapy, I found this handy infographic:
The reason this helps with chronic pain is to understand and accept that you will always have pain. That’s a difficult thought and uncomfortable feeling. Learning to accept and not question why is part of learning how to live with pain. It’s not easy. I have been absolutely exhausted from learning this new way of looking at my life, my body, my pain, my stress, my emotions. So as I said, it was just a little advance in figuring out what I really want and what’s important to me. To be continued!
If we were having coffee – I would tell you I’m excited about some upcoming trips! End of March I need to go to England again for work, so of course I asked to take a couple of days extra to go see some friends and we’ll go together to Lowestoft parkrun!
I’ll be spending the Easter weekend with my friend Becky and her husband and am really looking forward to seeing a part of England I’ve not been to before!
In May Ron and I are going on our first cruise with my stepmom! And since we’ll end up in Venice, and SM will be going onto other destinations from there. we’ll hopefully catch up with some friends from Arnhem who moved back to Italy recently.
And in August we are going to the Highlands for 10 days – completely stoked about this and so excited with the planning stage. We’ll go to Aviemore (where we’ll do a parkrun), Inverness and Fort William. I have my eye on 5 specific hikes in the time we are there (beginner, well marked, around 10-12KM) and a distillery tour. And then when we are not on a bus or train, we’ll also hang out and see some local sites and shops. And maybe even a Highland cow or two.
If we were having coffee – I’d also tell you that my latest obsession is keeping track of the moon and specifically knowing the peak of the full moon and when it can best be seen. So Tuesday I went out to check out the sky and the stars:
It was so low in the sky, I was honestly surprised. Maybe it was the time of evening I was out (7pm) vs. last month (almost 10pm)? I’m a novice so I really don’t know.
And lastly if we were having coffee – I would tell you that Ron and I just celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary in a “Star Cube” on Thursday evening (because stars are cool!) and we’ll be having our anniversary dinner tonight at a Michelin Star restaurant just a short walk from our house.
To give context, in the first photo I’m laying down, the skylight is for “sleeping under the stars”. The second photo is looking down from the loft space. They deliver a picnic basket full of local breakfast goodies as well the next morning. Loved this experience so much. And the STARS… we were so lucky with a clear sky! No moon to be seen though as it was under the horizon. But Jupiter was very clearly spotted (the very bright spot in both night photos)!
What would you tell me over coffee? Let’s catch up! Have you got travel plans? A new hobby or obsession?
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