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We are off to the Rock Pile, where we will bravely endure 90 minutes of cruel and unusual punishment.\u00a0 The horrors awaiting us include forced bicycling, floor exercises performed without the comfort of a mattress, lifting outrageously heavy objects, dragging ropes through a labyrinth of pulleys, and, most shocking of all, forcing our exhausted muscles to hoist entire one-pound dumbbells.<\/p>\n
Medical experts may someday study our suffering. Historians will write of our courage.\u00a0 Statues may be erected in our honor… assuming we can still lift our arms afterward.<\/p>\n
Should we survive this brutal fitness ordeal, we expect a hero’s welcome, a parade, and possibly ice cream.\u00a0 Until then, thoughts and prayers are appreciated.<\/p>\n
We made it home, then went to the garden to begin planting our recent purchases.<\/p>\n
Silly us…thinking we had an afternoon off!\u00a0 Mid Morning Mary discovered she had a doctor’s appointment in Newport, Neach at 1:00 pm, so while she got cleaned up, I continued working in the garden.<\/p>\n
We were back at 3:00 pm, and I returned to the garden while Dr. Mary got ready for the SDtarlighter’s Board Meeting at our house at 6:00 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We are off to the Rock Pile, where we will bravely endure 90 minutes of cruel and unusual punishment.\u00a0 The horrors awaiting us include forced bicycling, floor exercises performed without the comfort of a mattress, lifting outrageously heavy objects, dragging … Continue reading