Fed Ex just brought my new Mobal phone for our trip to Germany, so I'm going to put it together and test it out. Can't be used in the U.S. but I can call it to see if it works. I'm also making an omelete right now. I got up late today, after staying up half the night. Doing laundry, dishes. After I eat breakfast I'll work out and then run to the bank. Also have to call a scrub company about a refund they never sent me, call the company I bought my treadmill from and find out where the part I ordered and paid for is. It was supposed to be here a month ago. I'll probably have to leave yet another message and hope they call me back someday. I've been trying to fix the stupid thing for a year now. Both kids are on Spring break and over their father's now. So, I have two days off and the house to myself...well, me and Luther anyway.

I do enjoy running, but every time I do some yoga I just love it. In my older years, I'm leaning more and more toward things like Pilates and yoga to keep me and my joints and muscles moving. I had a great yoga instructor several years ago. She spoiled me. I just need to find another and I know they are out there I just need to seek it. My Pilates studio & instructor - Wow! She's the best and could probably lead me to the yoga instructor.

I started a different swim routine yesterday, recommended by a trainer I use occasionally to help me work through my sometimes debilitating fibromyalgia. It consists of five laps of steady freestyle, a few seconds of rest, then two laps each of back stroke, side stroke (both sides), and breast stroke, with a thirty second rest between each set. What a difference for me. I will be able to increase the 'mileage' as time goes by. After a swim, I like to shower and change and spend some time on Pilates.

I've been walking as much as possible and doing stretches and exercises to strengthen the knee I sprained/broke back in August. I'm getting pretty good at walking up the stairs, but going down is still tricky. One of my exercises is to step up and down on a block of wood. I think it's more a matter of lack of confidence than it is my knee not being up to it. Now that I can get down on the floor (and back up again), I'm going to attempt a beginning yoga program starting today. I think my entire body, including my knee, will thank me. Going to start slow, do what I feel comfy doing and build from there.