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The Lightness Returns!
Yesterday I did nothing but watch YouTube videos, primarily all 33 episodes of Freeman's Mind, which I found quite amusing even though I've never played Halo. It felt good to do absolutely nothing.
Today I got back in the groove a bit and went geocaching in the Linley Valley/Cottle Creek area for about four hours, picking up 7 more caches, which brings my total to 259.
Linley Valley and Cottle Creek are very hilly areas and by the time I got to the final cache my legs were feeling like spaghetti. Fortunately I'd managed to make a pretty good loop of it so I didn't have too far to walk back to the truck and it was all downhill.
None of the caches was particularly remarkable, but I did see a deer dash across the path ahead of me after the first cache. When I came abreast of where it had entered the forest I could see it about 10 meters in, watching me. I find it amazing how quickly they can move through the brush while making so little noise.
After I was done I went to a new restaurant for dinner and it was there that the most remarkable thing happened: the lightness returned!
Obviously I'll have to explain that.
There are times when I suddenly feel very light. Not light-headed, but physically light, as if my body is no burden to me at all. It generally only happens after some significant exercise, but it's not solely a physical manifestation as it also seems to depend upon my mood. Sort of a coming together of body and spirit.
I'd ordered my meal then gone to the washroom to clean up a bit. I was on my way back to the table when suddenly, there it was. The lightness. It only lasted a few seconds, but it felt great, as it always does.
It's been a while since I last felt it. There was a moment of pure happiness that I felt back at the start of April, while driving home from an outing that might have been the lightness, but it's hard to tell when I'm sitting down. Other than that, it's been at least six months. Glad to see that it hasn't deserted me.
Today I got back in the groove a bit and went geocaching in the Linley Valley/Cottle Creek area for about four hours, picking up 7 more caches, which brings my total to 259.
Linley Valley and Cottle Creek are very hilly areas and by the time I got to the final cache my legs were feeling like spaghetti. Fortunately I'd managed to make a pretty good loop of it so I didn't have too far to walk back to the truck and it was all downhill.
None of the caches was particularly remarkable, but I did see a deer dash across the path ahead of me after the first cache. When I came abreast of where it had entered the forest I could see it about 10 meters in, watching me. I find it amazing how quickly they can move through the brush while making so little noise.
After I was done I went to a new restaurant for dinner and it was there that the most remarkable thing happened: the lightness returned!
Obviously I'll have to explain that.
There are times when I suddenly feel very light. Not light-headed, but physically light, as if my body is no burden to me at all. It generally only happens after some significant exercise, but it's not solely a physical manifestation as it also seems to depend upon my mood. Sort of a coming together of body and spirit.
I'd ordered my meal then gone to the washroom to clean up a bit. I was on my way back to the table when suddenly, there it was. The lightness. It only lasted a few seconds, but it felt great, as it always does.
It's been a while since I last felt it. There was a moment of pure happiness that I felt back at the start of April, while driving home from an outing that might have been the lightness, but it's hard to tell when I'm sitting down. Other than that, it's been at least six months. Glad to see that it hasn't deserted me.