A Great Day

Wow, yesterday was such a great day. As I lay around my house, feeling comfortable, I pushed myself to getup and get going. I started the day with a glass of fresh fruit and vegetable juice and a mile run.

I had an invitation from a friend to pick apricot’s at his house, I thought to myself “sure, that would be fun and a great excuse to get out.” A year ago I wouldn’t have gone, in fact a year ago I had the same invitation and didn’t go.

On the way to my friends house, about a 40 minute drive from my home, I picked up some pizzas and dropped them off for my family, who are diligently working on building a family cabin this summer.

I arrived and my friend’s home and we picked apricots in the 100 degree heat. The heat and the long drive could have easily been a deterrent but I never let those thoughts cross my mind.

After getting a large basket full of apricots, still not sure what I’m going to do with them all, I thought it would be easy just to drive back home and call it a day but instead I pushed myself.

I drove back up the canyon, where my family was hard at work on the cabin, found a pair of gloves and went to work. 3 hours later, dripping with sweat, as I stopped to get a drink I thought to myself, this is the first time I have been up here and haven’t felt any anxiety. No dizziness. No weirdness (depersonalization). No racing heart. No need to run away. No panic. It was beautiful.

On I worked until the early evening, tired and sore but so happy.