Bright Monday
They're saying that Philadelphia received 23.2 inches of snow over the weekend. I think the totals in Blue Bell (where I live) was a bit less, maybe 18 or 19. I did some shoveling early Sunday morning (about 4:00 a.m.) and cleared a path from the side door down the walkway and out to the driveway. Someone had come through in the wee hours and plowed the driveway (though not very well).
I took my time with the shoveling, bending at the knees when lifting the laden shovel, not trying to do too much, and so on. I never felt out of breath or tired, and when I finished I could easily have done more. I felt fine yesterday.
This morning though my back is a bit achy. This was exacerbated after getting to work by having to walk in tiny mincing steps through the icy street to reach a point where I could clamber through the snow to the cleared sidewalk and then into my building. In hindsight, I should have given the city another day to clear stuff away and just stayed home taking my last sickday of 2009. Ooops.
We'll see how the achy goes. In theory, I have a pilates class this afternoon. That may not happen if I'm still distressed.
I took my time with the shoveling, bending at the knees when lifting the laden shovel, not trying to do too much, and so on. I never felt out of breath or tired, and when I finished I could easily have done more. I felt fine yesterday.
This morning though my back is a bit achy. This was exacerbated after getting to work by having to walk in tiny mincing steps through the icy street to reach a point where I could clamber through the snow to the cleared sidewalk and then into my building. In hindsight, I should have given the city another day to clear stuff away and just stayed home taking my last sickday of 2009. Ooops.
We'll see how the achy goes. In theory, I have a pilates class this afternoon. That may not happen if I'm still distressed.