I woke up at 11:30, having had 3 hours sleep. By a little after midnight, it was obvious I wasn't going to get anymore. So I did a little work on the computer, and then had an abbreviated morning routine of pills and teeth, and walked over to the casino and back. By that time it was 4:30, and the Deltassist's gardening day was supposed to start at 7:30.
So I walked up to Deltassist and got an early start on the watering. It was a good thing that I did, because somebody had turned off the main tap, and therefore the plants hadn't had their overnight soak. When I turned it on, the drip line was still operating (it's on some kind of timer system), so it did provide at least some water to most of the beds. But I had to do an extra long watering, especially for the new plantings. When the rest of the gang arrived, I turned over the compost, and then dug up another section of potatoes, and the onions. All together I was there about 4 and 1/2 hours.
But when I had started out the day I had weighed myself, and I made a target, so I walked over to New Westminster, to the New Westminster Skytrain station, to the Spud Shack Fry company, who do some really spectacular poutines (which I had promised myself to try next time I made a target). Even after having a binge on ( by that time, late) lunch, I still felt too tired to walk home. So I got the Skytrain back to 22nd Street, and then the 340 to Cliveden, and then the 301 home. And into a hot bath, to soak my aching feet and legs. (The way I staggered and wobbled getting on and off the Skytrain and the buses, it's possibly a good thing I didn't try to walk home.)
Google Fit credited me with 38 plus kilometers. I think it tends to overestimate, but, even so, that is just about a round trip from my (new) place to K's place.
(Gotta go water Deltassist again this morning. I'm still sore, but probably the walk up will loosen things up a bit. Probably water main church's raised beds on the way back ...)
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