Live the Change and Walk Out!

Date	Minutes Walked	Comment/Story
07.03.07	30 Minutes	I walked a lot on my recent vacation to New England. Back at work today, I walked around while catching up via cell with a friend. But this is really boring, writing down every time I take a walk. So I'm just going to walk and not bother with this anymore. Ta!
05.25.07	30 Minutes	I have a silly fear of unleashed dogs, even when there are none about, I expect one to appear at any moment.
05.24.07	40 Minutes	Last night we walked through our neighborhood to the opening game of the local baseball team. This is a case in which I can say we really did save some carbon, because we had a destination in mind - this wasn't just a walk for its own sake. It was so nice not to have to deal with the season-opener traffic, and just breeze in and out, and we enjoyed the time spent together.
05.23.07	20 Minutes	I seem to have gotten over the penguin walk after Sunday's overexertion, but we've gone into Ozone Alert Days here in Coal Plant Country, and I was only able to walk outside for a while before I started to feel woozy. It's not healthy to exercise during ozone and particulate episodes, because you breathe all that crap deeper into your lungs. :-(
05.22.07	180 Minutes	The hubby and I went hiking on the backcountry trail at a nearby park on Sunday. I am still walking like a penguin from the muscle strain on my calves. Also took what I'd hoped would be a quiet walk by the river on Saturday but what I got was a car show, loud country music, and construction zones. Still, worked up a good sweat in the heat and got some people-watching in.
05.17.07	135 Minutes	This is actually Mon-Tue-Wed's total. In that time I got upset by a pandhandler, chastised two small girls for terrorizing geese, and got ogled by creepy guys who hang out in the park in their cars. But I still am enjoying the movement, fresh air, water and wildlife.
05.12.07	60 Minutes	After work we picked up Chinese and ate at the park under a picnic shelter and light rain. After dinner, my husband fished and I walked around the lake four times. Saw the kingfisher again, and when the sun started to set in the sky it formed beams - "God light" - on one side of the lake that silhouetted the fountain in a breathtaking way. A bunch of geese on a hillside lined up like sentinels to watch it with me. It was beautiful. I walked at the park every day this past week, and I'm really enjoying it.
05.11.07	60 Minutes	This was actually yesterday - I walked both on my lunch break and after work. I've walked around the lake at a local park every day this week, and yesterday was grey and it looked like it was going to storm. I noticed that as it got darker, all the ducks and geese got out of the lake. Today looks stormy, and out my office window I notice the same - the ducks and geese are huddled on land.
05.09.07	45 Minutes	I thought I only had it in me to go once around the lake after work today, but I started to get into a zone, feeling the muscles in my legs work as I walked up hill, and didn't want to stop. I ended up going around three times.
05.08.07	30 Minutes	This is actually making no impact on my carbon input, as it is "recreational" walking. Today it was almost too hot to walk around in work wear. I hope we get a little spring weather before the full-on sticky summer hits.
05.07.07	30 Minutes	I escaped my office to walk around campus. It felt good to move - even though I had to choke on some truck fumes a time or two. Some vehicle-bound folks waved at me.

07.03.07

30 Minutes

I walked a lot on my recent vacation to New England. Back at work today, I walked around while catching up via cell with a friend. But this is really boring, writing down every time I take a walk. So I'm just going to walk and not bother with this anymore. Ta!

05.25.07

30 Minutes

I have a silly fear of unleashed dogs, even when there are none about, I expect one to appear at any moment.

05.24.07

40 Minutes

Last night we walked through our neighborhood to the opening game of the local baseball team. This is a case in which I can say we really did save some carbon, because we had a destination in mind - this wasn't just a walk for its own sake. It was so nice not to have to deal with the season-opener traffic, and just breeze in and out, and we enjoyed the time spent together.

05.23.07

20 Minutes

I seem to have gotten over the penguin walk after Sunday's overexertion, but we've gone into Ozone Alert Days here in Coal Plant Country, and I was only able to walk outside for a while before I started to feel woozy. It's not healthy to exercise during ozone and particulate episodes, because you breathe all that crap deeper into your lungs. :-(

05.22.07

180 Minutes

The hubby and I went hiking on the backcountry trail at a nearby park on Sunday. I am still walking like a penguin from the muscle strain on my calves. Also took what I'd hoped would be a quiet walk by the river on Saturday but what I got was a car show, loud country music, and construction zones. Still, worked up a good sweat in the heat and got some people-watching in.

05.17.07

135 Minutes

This is actually Mon-Tue-Wed's total. In that time I got upset by a pandhandler, chastised two small girls for terrorizing geese, and got ogled by creepy guys who hang out in the park in their cars. But I still am enjoying the movement, fresh air, water and wildlife.

05.12.07

60 Minutes

After work we picked up Chinese and ate at the park under a picnic shelter and light rain. After dinner, my husband fished and I walked around the lake four times. Saw the kingfisher again, and when the sun started to set in the sky it formed beams - "God light" - on one side of the lake that silhouetted the fountain in a breathtaking way. A bunch of geese on a hillside lined up like sentinels to watch it with me. It was beautiful. I walked at the park every day this past week, and I'm really enjoying it.

05.11.07

60 Minutes

This was actually yesterday - I walked both on my lunch break and after work. I've walked around the lake at a local park every day this week, and yesterday was grey and it looked like it was going to storm. I noticed that as it got darker, all the ducks and geese got out of the lake. Today looks stormy, and out my office window I notice the same - the ducks and geese are huddled on land.

05.09.07

45 Minutes

I thought I only had it in me to go once around the lake after work today, but I started to get into a zone, feeling the muscles in my legs work as I walked up hill, and didn't want to stop. I ended up going around three times.

05.08.07

30 Minutes

This is actually making no impact on my carbon input, as it is "recreational" walking. Today it was almost too hot to walk around in work wear. I hope we get a little spring weather before the full-on sticky summer hits.

05.07.07

30 Minutes

I escaped my office to walk around campus. It felt good to move - even though I had to choke on some truck fumes a time or two. Some vehicle-bound folks waved at me.

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