Serene Sunday

Uber quick post today.  I confess to never getting to the gym yesterday (for several legitimate reasons), but I just got back from briskly walking the 5 mile loop at Ridley Creek State Park and am pumped!  I'm also icing my R knee because it's hurting a bit after the walk.  My tee shirt is drenched and my hair is matted with sweat under my baseball cap...I look like a sweaty heap, but I feel good!  Now I can have a guilt free afternoon of leisure engineering. 

I also got a ton of produce at the local farmers' market early this morning before my aa meeting, which I hadn't done since I got back last Sunday.  So in between my extended periods of relaxation and rest today, I'll be doing some food prep for the week, which I never mind doing.  Nothing beats summer produce...nuttin', honey!  I realize that part of the drudgery I experienced last week was due to not having the usual healthy stuff I stock the kitchen with when I'm working my plan.  It's amazing how making marginal food choices, even if I'm not bingeing, can affect my mental and emotional status.  Do any of you experience that?  Irritability, impatience, vague angst...all these states are greatly heightened when I'm eating highly processed foods.  And sugar literally can morph me into a raving lunatic just under the surface.  I'm setting myself up for a much better week.

The rest of this post will be some pics from my walk, plus an amazing rainbow that materialized Friday evening during a pop up rain deluge where one half the sky was black and ominous while the other half was brilliantly sunny and clear.  Weather is way cool!  The pictures definitely don't do the rainbow justice, but you'll get a glimpse of it.

Thought I'd stick in one of the men in the gamily from a couple of weeks ago when Chicago based son (in the middle) was home for a week.  Have a great rest of the weekend everyone.