seven miles, 200 foot space

When my friend Angel first bought her Fitbit several years ago, she racked up 20K steps a day, just at work, in a small confined area. (She no longer wears it.) My niece worked on the floor/back room of a superstore and would rack up 16K a day. Just doing their jobs. That was before working out and before life in general.

I was always jealous. And for a while tried to compete.

After last night I totally understand.

Yesterday I sat on my butt a lot.  I walked to the farmers market, past the new mural and home. Maybe 2.5 miles round trip. I'm being generous.

I went to work and parked in the remote lot, like always, walked to my building, and was an hour early. I never sat down. It was an hour before I even got my sweater off. I spent the even going from desk to desk, and from my room to the adjunct office to the printing room. It was no more than 200 feet. Half of a square. I did this over and over and over. One trip was further. I had to go get more paper across campus.

In 4 hours, in one building, in a 200-foot space, I racked up about 5 miles. I nearly fell over when I looked at my Fitbit. And I finally understood what Angel and my niece had been talking about all these years.

After pretty much four days of this, when I got home I was mentally and physically exhausted.

This was on the whiteboard Wednesday night. That too was a 4-mile night. One more night to go. Then we can cue Alice Cooper—"Schools Out For Summer". But not for me. I have to learn a new LMS.

Miles/Steps:  15,011 steps. That's about 7 miles
Bathrooms:   I-1.5 The bathrooms in our building are disgusting.
Wildlife:        Do the walking dead count? It's the last week of classes. They look like zombies.
Weather:      mid-50s, cloudy, damp ... but it didn't start to rain till nightfall.
$ Found:       Found 3¢ on the way to the market. Nothing a school. 
Extras:          Closing night for gallery show so there was snacks!