Joined the YMCA for recovery efforts

Since I seem to be breaking free from television and CastleVille gaming, getting back into reading for recreational joy, and my wife has retired. So I have to leave the home and work out, since I am still in recovery from my illness, I will have to take it slow, but the forty minutes on their treadmills, and weight machines is already making me remember that I should get back into better shape slowly. The tragety of the school shootings has convinced me of two things. It isn't the guns, lots of people have guns, but I look at a lot of killers under some medication or lack of one they are supposed to have. The other thing seems to be the shooters are normally suicidal. Nothing the President nor the Congress can do will change the attacks. There was a head doctor telling us that none of this should be on television, since like suicide comes in copycat waves, so do mass shooters. Best ask everyone to pray for the souls of the fallen and support of the families. And Morgan Freeman has one piece about Turn off the NEWS, since they are only in the business of selling advertising time slots and keeping everyone's attention for as long as possible.

Retired? So two non workers in the home...

Joint a health club, get out of the house and away from the television, unless you are on a treadmill knocking out your cardio... being old is so much fun.

Warranty... I found one that works!

My Springfield Armory Micro Compact broke during the last run at the range. I emailed the Repair people, outlining my problem, the SN, and my address. I received a reply that parts were on the way. Sure enough, I got an invoice for zero cost listing all the parts in the mail today, and by the time I returned from my heart walk the parts were under the porch rug where the UPS guy left them with another box with books. The pistol is reassembled, function checked and locked away until the next time I go shooting. Wish my printer, computer, monitor and other things didn't need extended warranty service. But when I think about it, most of my firearms work far longer well without replacement parts needed.

So what am I doing this year?

Seems my wife thinks I need a machine to make me work out enough to keep the feet from swelling. Normally, they don't swell unless I am locked into the motorcycle position or an airplane seat for hours. But she worries, and I know that one must move to get the muscles of the legs to move the fluids from lower to higher. So, MOVE! My mother had major problems but all they did for her was encourage (not demand) her to walk a bit more and take Lasik, which drove her crazy with trips to the bathroom and accidents.

This is the second day of using it, fifteen minutes yesterday, and twenty today, what I found is that it slides and needs stabilized, but it is interesting and does work muscles. And since it also elevates my heart rate and breathing just a bit, I am tempted to try jogging between the rain clouds, if I can't I can still finish walking, right?

So afternoon, I start out with a five minute jog, no staff, and steady walk for a total of one hour and nine minutes. No shortness of breath, not pain in chest, no real faint light headed feeling. Very good. Third day in a row on the route, distance same time dropping but mostly feeling very much better.