Fire

I had an electrical fire at home this morning. In many ways, I'm thankful. I'm thankful that my night shift got cancelled, so I was home when it happened. I'm thankful my home is wrapped in plastic, which trapped the smoke and made it impossible to miss. I'm thankful that I knew what to do, and how to fix it. I'm thankful that I had a friend who could come get me at the drop of a hat to drive me to the store for a part I needed.

That all being said, it totally killed my chances of hitting my half iron man goal for the week. I was doing fairly well; I went for a nice long bike ride on Monday, I went swimming on Wednesday, I even ran 9K yesterday and 10K the day before (despite heavy snow; I ran at least 2K through a foot of unshovelled pathway). All told, today was going to involve another swim and about 15K of biking to get me to my goals. But electrical work had to take precedence; it's below freezing here, even in the daytime, and that electrical circuit powers the heaters in my home. I could manage with plenty of clothing and blankets, but I have a cat, and it's not right to make him suffer. Besides, tomorrow is Sunday, and it's unlikely that any stores with the parts I needed would have been open, so it would have been fully two days without heating.

I feel thankful for that, too. I still got a fair bit done. I still did my stretches, and my strength training. Today marks four full weeks of 100 continuous reps on every strength exercise with no missed days. More than that, it's an example of a time when there is a legitimate reason that I didn't hit my target for the week, but I did a lot, and I shouldn't fuss over what I missed so long as it was for a good reason. I hit half an ironman last week, and I can do so again next week.

Tomorrow is a rest day. I still need to get my steps in, so I'll go on a long walk. I'll also get groceries for the week; I need Christmas dinner. I think I might try making traditional Norwegian food. Ribbe, steamed or pickled cabbage, potato dumplings, and krumkake.