That's what the weekend is for

We didn't do a whole lot around the apartment this weekend. I know. It's been over a month, and we're still not completely "moved in." This stuff takes time. Especially when you're downsizing from a 1300 square foot house with 4 bedrooms, an unfinished basement and a garage and shed to an 1180 square foot apartment. But mostly, I'm sick of trying to figure out where everything should go.

I did a couple of hours of work in my little craft nook. There's almost enough table showing to do a craft. But not quite. Ben put a bunch more stuff on craig's list. Someone buy our stuff! He also did some work in the office/guest room. Other than that, it was a fun-times weekend filled with the gym and a hike. Oh, yeah. We also bought bunk beds, assembled them, and skyped with the in laws and Scooter (but not at the same time).

The gym was fun. Ben gave me his gymboss, which is this little timer thing where you can set how long an interval you want, how long of a recovery you want, and how many intervals you want to do, and it yells at you until you're done. Just like a real trainer! Ok, it doesn't really yell. It beeps at the appropriate times until you're done. But it was fun. I followed that up with a 1km swim, which took me a lot longer than it should have. Bummer. I'm a little nervous about the swim portion of the tri coming up in 2 weeks. And, of course, I'm a lot nervous about the bike and run. Oh well. This will be an experience, at least.

Yesterday, we went on a hike. It was 5 miles round trip with 1600 feet of elevation gain (and then loss). So...it was rather steep. I carried Bubba on my back (in a baby hiker backpack) for pretty much the whole way. I think he walked down about 100 meters. He weighs about 22% of my body weight. He, at random, would swing said weight to and fro, or up and down by standing on the back support belt and leaning. Once in a while, he'd shift his legs so that his knees were in my back (not as bad as you'd expect it to feel), or he'd stand up and lean WAAAY back (at least it felt like it). But mostly, he sat nicely and put his head on my shoulder *sigh*. What a cutie pie. We stopped often (for me to rest), and we would kneel down to look at bugs or slugs. We saw 4 slugs that were over 6 inches long. Gross! But cool, too.

The summit was clouded in (due to the rain), so we couldn't see for miles and miles, but it was still a fun hike, and definitely one that I think Scooter could do and would enjoy. The wild flowers were wonderful. Today, my shoulders, back, thighs and right calf are sore. I'm hoping the walk to (and back from) work will help losen things up. Maybe I should cash in that bikram yoga coupon that Ben bought me. 20 90 minute sessions for $20 is an unbeatable deal, and the heat might also help my aching muscles. It was so nice to get out and do something, though, after weeks of spending time unpacking and cleaning the apartment. I'm excited about more of those kind of weekends in the weeks and months to come.