Just a Supersized Walker

Today was very much a walking day. It felt good to start stretching my legs, especially on what was almost like a Spring day.

This morning I had the wonderful experience of playing the Bottesini piece with our coach Bill, who was of course playing Deborah’s part with his super-expensive Italian bass. Deborah and I have this way of understanding each other’s difficult parts and making allowances. Bill kept me honest, exposing all the times when I cheated a beat or slowed the tempo. It was a fantastic working session, which hopefully will put me in better shape to play the piece with Deborah.

After my lesson, I walked several blocks to the car (at least the equivalent of 6 houses), turning down the offer to be picked up in front of Bill’s house. It was a nice day and I felt happy to walk.

Then we stopped at Safeway to refill a couple of prescriptions. I opted to come in so I could find a ripe avocado, some little tomatoes, and the cottage cheese I had dreamed of for lunch today. What I discovered is that a shopping cart makes a terrific walker, utilizing some muscles that my crutch doesn’t exercise. The local Safeway is a rather enormous store and the things I needed were on far distant aisles, so add a couple more houses at least.

I was rather tired when we finally got home, but I felt good about all that walking.

After my nap, I went along on the CSA pick up and plotted how I could do it myself next week. It may take a couple of trips to get the produce and me safely into my car, but I’m ready to try.

Tomorrow is my first attempt at driving. Once I am good to go, I doubt I will stop!