Cleaning up and an issue of my own making: July 27 & 28
Fully rested on Monday, we started the day as normal and then, I got into cleaning mode. Emmett is shedding excessively as per normal for this time of year and suddenly the amount of his hair, here there and everywhere got to me!
I spent a good part of the late morning and early afternoon cleaning. And also a long brushing session. And my own laundry … I am always talking about laundry, but I don’t have an abundance of clothes AND I like to do one load at a time since I am “transporting” from my site to wherever the laundry is located. Anyway, had a load of laundry.
So, Monday was a mix of cleaning, laundry, food prep, relax … etc.
If you look at RV life on social media it is easy to believe that it is one long vacation, but the reality … at least for me, is that it is “normal life” in a smallish space with opportunity to explore different places.
On to Tuesday, 7/28.
My plan for Tuesday was to bike into Rollins after Emmett’s 2nd walk … so about 9:00 a.m. when it was not yet hot.
The morning looked promising … still smoky but a bit cooler.
Second walk. An interesting feature at this RV park … old bicycles used as a “fence”.
But then … a bit of an issue.
I was picking up after Emmett and the deposit was on a small slope. I’m not sure how/why, but I suddenly had a sharp pain in a muscle of my downhill quadricep. I finished my task and thought I could “walk it off”.
Not.
By the time we got back to the RV, I was limping and could not put my whole weight on my right leg to navigate the steps.
Rats.
I applied ice, took an aspirin and had a bit of a lie down. I felt a lot better after.
I didn’t know if I could bike safely, but I had an Amazon package delivered and decided to try to bike to the office to get it. That went fine. I don’t think I would have been able to do it without the pedal assist and a little throttle.
Too late for a try into the little town and I decided it was probably better to rest.
Good news is that my muscle did not feel worse through the day and I am hoping for enough recovery to try the ride to town tomorrow morning.
More good news is that it was slightly cooler: 85F high and a lot less smoke this afternoon.
Onward!
2 Responses to “Cleaning up and an issue of my own making: July 27 & 28”
I hope your leg is better. Funny how these things can happen when we least expect it.
Usually when I hurt myself, I am doing something too fast or carrying too much … this was just out of blue. I guess wrong angle but since we’ve been out of the house, I’ve had to navigate slopes, etc. to pick up so it was an annoying surprise!
Thankfully, it IS much better this morning … more like workout sore than injury.