Yesterday was such a beautiful day! :)
I went out in nature again and had a really good time.
I took my iPad thingy with me to film myself doing some exercises because I want to make a little short film about my experience with botulism and how I went from almost completely paralyzed to hopefully someday getting strong and healthy again and... Lol. I'm so weak... I could only do one pushup at a time and the form wasn't very good.
I did lift up a big basalt rock and did a few repetitions curling it and raising it above my head... Not sure how much it weighed.. And it's hard for me to guess because of how weak I am, my perception of weight is a bit different than how it was before I got sick. Also, I did some shadow boxing and found some nice trees to lay under in the grass while the wind blew and the sun light crept through.
The main reason I've been waiting so long to do some of this kind of exercise is because of how hot it's been, it's no excuse and I guess I'm a bit of a wuss, but I really should have been doing more sooner... And I have been doing some stuff in addition to just hiking, like squats and a few other things, but not much upper body stuff and I really should have been doing pushups more sooner... Gonna keep working on it now that I've got started though and my chest and arms are decently sore today!
I'm inspired and I'm looking forward to exercising more in the future and trying to get my body stronger again!
My throat scar still bothers me a bit sometimes in that I feel I have to swallow more sometimes and it also feels a tad uncomfortable sometimes and my range of motion feels a lil different and I hope it eventually heals up more fully, but I can live with this even if it never gets much better... At least I'm alive and I can walk and talk and do all these things again that I couldn't before... That's what I keep reminding myself. And not just that, but I should make a nearly full recovery if not a full one eventually in time.
Interesting thing about that... I had a dream the other night where I looked at my neck scar in the mirror and it looked much more healed.
Ugh... Life sure has been freaking crazy for me. I'm ready for some more good experiences and memories and I'ma keep working hard to try to make such happen.
Peace and bye until next time internet friends. <3 馃懡 馃 馃Ζ 馃 馃寛 馃Ε 馃 馃 馃悙 馃浉
PS... The picture is of some kind of little plant or something that I found out on my adventures, I don't remember ever seeing this before and I'm not sure what it is... This was super zoomed in macro and the thing was growing on a rock and was kind of mossy as well. It's unique and interesting looking though whatever it is!