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celebratoryTopic: Daily Eruptions
Today is Lammas, or Lughnasadh, or the summer cross-quarter, or the true Midsummer (even though in Europe Midsummer is celebrated on the summer solstice). I love that! August usually brings to mind the end of summer, when in reality it marks only the midpoint. In the U. S., a second planting of summer wheat could be put in the ground tomorrow morning and mature in time for a fall harvest. So there is still time to play in the sun! (Although it is so hot and humid in the south, I usually do most of my playing before the sun is fully up or just at sunset.)
I got a late start this year on my summer fitness program, due in large part to my sprained ankle in June. I didn't get up to my full walking program until July, but I walked 25 days last month, so I'm happy. I saw my family practitioner on Monday and she was excited about my weight loss and very encouraging. We agreed that this month I would add in a strength training routine to speed my progress. On Sunday, I also tried running for the first time since I sprained my ankle on the solstice and I think it's strong enough to handle run/walk intervals. It's still the tiniest bit swollen and it hurts a little if I've been on it too long, but I think it's healing well. I had hoped to start riding my bike again, but Hans left his job two weeks ago, so I may be without health insurance for awhile. I do not trust myself or North Carolina drivers well enough to ride without health insurance, so that may have to wait for the fall or for next spring.
The only other news of late is that my doctor switched my ADHD medication. I was on a low dose stimulant that was giving me small benefits, and we would have liked to try increasing the dose, but it was raising my blood pressure and had to be stopped. So now I'm trying a long-acting non-stimulant that will take awhile to build up in my system, meaning it may be awhile before I see any results. So far, the only result I've seen is that I want to sleep all day, but that probably has more to do with the drug I took away than with the drug I added in!
