One step at a time

Today I walked ten kilometers. Yeah, just for fun. A few hours after that I drove to the same destination by car to pick up my sister form the bus stop and felt kind of stupid, since I had spent about 1,5 hours walking the route back and forth and then I drove it in 10 minutes. But time flies when you're having fun, they say, and that's what happened today, too. I went for that walk with my friend who lives near my home and we had her dog with us. We talked a lot so the journey didn't feel long at all. The dog might have disagreed, but lucky for us he couldn't do anything about it.

The thing with living in the countryside is that you can really walk 5 km along the road and you still don't see streetlights or much traffic (though we were amazed and a little annoyed when like 10 cars passed us, that is a lot of traffic around here). Instead, there are forests, lakes, fields and okay yeah, some houses. But you get a little peace and quiet (though I guess there wasn't even a moment of silence this time since I hadn't seen my friend in a long time). Hmm I just made a statement and undermined it right away. Twice... I could form a debate team of one! Anyway, it wouldn't be nearly as nice to walk in the city and see a house after another and you'd have to stop to wait for the traffic lights to turn green in every corner.

It is almost two months since the burning injury and I am really glad that I have finally been able to start doing sports little by little. Also, I think I'll go to sauna soon! It's a big deal for a Finnish person not to go to sauna in two months, especially since I usually go to sauna like three times a week. We'll see if I get a panic attack with flashbacks of boiling water on me or not. I hope not. However, I've always liked sauna so I am glad I can get it back in my life.