This morning, before I even enjoyed my morning coffee - I did a lower body workout 🧘🏽☕️: my goal 📌 is to keep my body as flexible 💪 as possible, and my mind 🧠 as sharp as possible; as I move deeper into my golden years. There's a generational myth that getting older means getting decrepit; there is no truth ❌ in that belief! The fact is, that a lot of the symptoms people associate with old age - such as muscle weakness & loss of balance, are more accurately associated with inactivity 🥔, not age.
Physical exercise can improve more than your physical health: it can also boost cognitive function, & help you maintain your independence and way of life. If you stay strong and agile 💃 as you age, you'll be more able to keep doing the things you enjoy: and less likely to need help.
Legs are powerhouses. Not only do they help women look good in dresses 👗, skirts, shorts, leggings, and our jeans 👖 … they move us around without the need for any other means of transportation - no matter what age you are. The Darebee Lean Legs workout is designed to target quads, hamstrings, and supportive muscle groups to improve leg tone and function - and it is safe for a 69 year old woman to do:
Then, we both tackled our assigned tasks 🎯 - assigned, because my husband has very clear drawn lines about gender roles 🦁 in marriage: he tends to the outside tasks & I take care of the interior business.
We will need to remind each other 💬 many times, "No matter what I say under pressure 🤬 - I love you 💘"
Holland will be feeling immense pain ⚡️🔥, and I will be feeling overwhelmed 🤦🏻♀️ when he moves the [goal post] to alleviate some of that pain; I understand the pain (Bob lived with pain the entire 44 years we were married) - I understand the necessity of changes … but sudden, spur-of-the-moment changes mess with my routine 😱 and focus 🤨 in the moment. When pressure is added, to be on the road to clear as much freeway as possible before we can hold over at least a day's time; tempers 😡 can quickly escalate. 9 hours on the road 🚘🗺️ from Coalinga-CA to Redding-CA (the goal post of the moment) is going to be poking the last nerve in Holland's pain level: and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he will blow straight through Redding & push on at least to Eugene 🚘⛽️🏔️ before calling Uncle (an additional hour); and looking for a place to park Independence overnight.
His thoughts 🤔 are already on the escalated pain level 😟
My thoughts are already on thinking of ways to de-escalate the snarkiness, without morphing into bitch mode 🤷♀️, myself.
And sleep will be fleeting because our minds won't shut off until we reach point the goal point.
Weather concerns 🌦️❄️will continue to be an issue the further we move northward, as the weather patterns are still unstable with unseasonable activity continuing from CA to WA 😒
It's a good thing we know that Elohim ☝️ will be sending Guardian Angels 💥 to travel with us 👍
We are both hoping 🤞 and praying 🙏 Holland can get some kind of pain relief ⚕️ when we reach our final destination. There is a pain clinic in Vancouver. Please God, let us find the solutions You have already prepared for us 📌; and lead us 👣 confidently to it.
