It was the weekend of heavy lifting for me.
On Saturday, we travelled to Brockville to help Kim's parents move from one house to another just down the road. Easy enough, one would think, with three strong men. We had a small moving truck so filled it up loosely with furniture and got it into the new place. Then went back for a second load of furniture. Ok, still managing. Then the third load of miscellaneous stuff like filing cabinet drawers and boxes of stuff from the kitchen. Whew, ok, getting tired.
Then we started on the fourth load. I tell you, I was getting slow moving by this time. We finally get the fourth load done and I'm done too. Exhausted.
Sunday I felt ok. Pretty good in fact, and decided to take in a Jiu Jitsu class since Friday is a holiday this week. During the warmup for class they had us do this one exercise where you laid on your belly on the mat and held on to another person's ankles. They would step forward and you were supposed to pull yourself forward using only your arms. Well, my gi was a little damp from a quick laundry and dry so it stuck to the mat after a couple pulls. The last couple meters I was working against my own weight and the uniform stuck to the damn floor.
Then we did a lot of escapes, restraints, and after throws such that I was stiff for the rest of the day. Today I still feel it. Glad I have a couple days to recuperate at work.
2 comments:
so, would you rather have made the 4 trips of loosely packed stuff in the truck, or one-two tightly packed loads. Is it really much difference?
I guess you're out of practice since we haven't had to move in almost two and a half years!
I didn't say I prefered doing more tightly packed loads. I said I was tired after the thrid trip. I'm sure if we packed the truck more tightly I would have been just as exhausted but without the dashed hope that we were done after three. ;)
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