We have been home for our first full day.
I put the vacation gear back on the top shelf in the basement, did some repairs on puzzles that had fallen off the wall. Did not succeed at fixing the clogged soap dispenser.. called on the handy man to see if he can get it back together.
Got most of the food staples we needed to get us through the start of the regular week.
Checked out my garden that has been producing a lot and took three eggplants and a few cherry tomatoes… many more getting ripe.. and a bunch of cosmos.
- Made Eggplant Parmesan for dinner tonight, store bought eggplant, I have eggplants in the garden but they are the long skinny kind.
The trip back from Duck took us ten hours (keeping to the speed limit in all areas of the Del Mar Va. I got a ticket on the Virginia portion going down so did not want to repeat that.
The trip was 475 miles one way…. As I am the only one that drives stick shift car… all the driving fell to me.. I don’t mind, I love to drive.
This week is Week 8 of my training for the half marathon… Three runs this week – 2 miles, 7 miles and 8 miles.. I will probably run tomorrow to get acclimated to the climate here in NJ with the 2 mile run.
Then do the 7 miles on Wednesday and the 8 miles on Friday or Saturday. I also need to do Monday, Wednesday, Friday this week because we are supposed to have rain on Tuesday.
We had perfect weather during our three weeks on the Outer Banks.They are supposed to get remnants of the tropical storm this week but not full force. It was hot which made the training a little harder… but made the pool that much more enticing.
At the end of this month I will be completing my first year of phased retirement. I will write my thoughts on that in my next post.
Until then, be well!