Dear James, Daniel and Emily
Some times the exercise you were not planning is that much sweeter. Wednesday was like most other Wednesdays, I struggled but got out of bed, ran my 3 mile run, not super speedy, but my legs were definitely feeling the soreness from my 45 minutes on the bike Tuesday morning. For some reason I rarely have problems getting out for that Wednesday run.
When I got home I discovered that Emily was awake and not feeling well at all. After a thermometer check showed her running about a 100 degree fever I called in to work, as she is 6 and can't really be left at home alone and I try to limit the baby sitting from grandparents when the kids are sick to limit exposure. The rest of the morning pre-school preparations went as normal. Except that Danny was a little fidgety, kept wandering off to find something to do. Around 7:30 he announced he was bored, so I jokingly told him to start walking to school.
He asked if I was serious, with that look in his eyes that said he would like to do it but was nervous. I did a little math in my head and figured out that I should be able to walk him to school and still be back right around the time that Jimmy left for school, so Emily would have someone there. And the weather was reasonable. So I got my stuff and had a nice, enjoyable walk with my son. Although my legs were more sore than normal after adding another 2.5 miles, meaning a total of 6 miles traveled for the day.
Later, since I was home Kim decided to get into the action herself. Instead of just going and picking Jimmy up from school I drove her and their bikes to the school so she could go for a ride with him. I figure that between running with me and going on bike rides with her Jimmy has no excuse for not staying in shape.
If there is one thing that the improving weather means it is that days like this should become more of the norm rather than the exception. Heck I might even consider breaking with my attitudes about working from home if I could arrange to get in that walk instead of driving in for that commute.
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