Got this cool picture tonight. The bees are enjoying this beautiful tree. It is nice to have some color in the yard, besides dandelions. Have no idea what kind of tree this is, but we have one in the front and back yards. This bee is actually in mid-air!
This robin let me get fairly close to it this morning. I don’t think it’s the one who is nesting in our new flowerpot though…
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Some excellent news this week. I had blood work drawn on Monday to test for at least 6 different things including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and lyme disease. Thankfully, everything came back normal!! This is great news! And bad news, this really means that we have no idea why the knee swelled up in the first place. The doc seems to think that it was bruised or tweaked. Since the swelling had gone down considerably she wanted me to stop taking Aleve again and see what happens. Fortunately, as of this writing the swelling seems to be pretty much gone!
The doctor confirmed again that as long as my knee functioned in the range of motion, it was safe to bike. I was feeling a little adventurous and decided on Thursday to ride my bike the 3.7 miles to work. I had an evening function downtown and knew that if I needed to I could bus or go home and get the car. I actually felt good enough to ride around with Christy a bit totally up almost 13 miles for the day!
Then I biked again on Friday only getting 8.5 miles but it actually felt really good. When I biked on Saturday I didn’t feel any knee pain and actually felt good riding on the bike. Saturday was another gorgeous day and I hit the Greenway, went to a meeting, became the mayor of Maria’s again, and biked to a staff vs student’s basketball game (to watch/cheer).
I didn’t do anything on Sunday except spending a lot of time outside doing landscaping work. Not the most exciting thing in the world, but I got a lot done and the front of the house looks so much better (see picture).
I’m thinking at this point that I might try running again this upcoming weekend, unless something feels off then I might wait a little longer!
It felt so amazing to be out biking around!! The weather was perfect -shorts and a long-sleeved shirt!
This week’s One Post is actually two very random and funny posts. The first is about two running related lists and the other two random race-related disasters.
Weekly Mileage:
Bike – 34.5 miles
How was your week?
Did a lot of landscaping in the front yard today. Had to remove all the rocks/pebbles that had previously been the decoration of choice, trim up the bushy type flower plants, add new edging, plant some flowers and bulbs, place big rocks that were previously around a tree, trim back said tree, dig out nasty weed trees, and some other little stuff!! The joys of being a homeowner, now hopefully it will all work!
I took this on the way down the Olav Sabo Bridge on the Midtown Greenway today. The bridge spans Hiawatha Ave and the LRT tracks. I was able to capture the LRT and bikers using the Greenway with the Minneapolis Skyline in the background. This was another awesome day in Minneapolis!!!