Weekend Workout

It's been a pretty crazy week so far; I can't believe it's already Wednesday.  I normally try to get 3 posts done each week (not counting my weigh-in), but I don't think it's going to happen this week.  However, my lack of writing is really for all the right reasons...

Normally I spend some time writing on Sunday, but after feeling like I left some pounds on the table last week, I decided to try a new tact.  Instead of beating myself up, I decided to work off the extra snacking with a little yardwork over the weekend.

After my Daughter's soccer game on Saturday I decided to go to the hardware store.  I bought a pick, a shovel, a bunch of yard stones, and... a chainsaw!  I went home and proceeded to build a 4 foot fire pit with the stones.  Once I complete the pit I started to burn all the yard waste we have collected since we moved in mid July.  It took me all day, but I felt like I really accomplished something.

Sunday came and I decided to put my new tools to good use.  First, I dug up about a dozen old overgrown bushes.  I picked and I pulled and I pushed until I got all those roots out of the ground.  That took me up to lunchtime and I was already good and tired at that point, but I wasn't done yet.  After lunch I used my new chainsaw to cut down 3 good sized trees.  I limbed them, Stacked and cut all the trunks, and burned all the waste.  Now if you want to talk about a workout, you should consider taking down trees.  All the pushing and pulling and dragging and carrying put all my muscles to work.  It took me until dusk and by the time I was done I was completely whipped.

It was exactly the type of weekend that I needed!  My job has been really stressful for the last couple weeks.  In fact, that's the other reason why I haven't blogged this week.  Normally I try to write a little during my lunch hour but I've been too busy to take more than just a few minutes to eat my meal and then go back to work.  Anyway, I'm dealing with it much better thanks to having such a stress-relieving weekend.

The best part... There's still plenty to do.  I still need to cut the logs down to firewood length and then I need to split it.  Once I do all that there's still plenty more trees and bushes that need to come down as well.