Friday, May 1, 2009

Moving in May, 5/1

I did it. I walked for 15 minutes today. I took the kitchen timer with me to work. I was almost a half hour early, can you believe it? So, I set the timer for 7 minutes & took off. I didn't walk fast & didn't have to stop & rest either.

I decided to walk around the Benson Park, what used to be the City Park back in the day, before the City of Preston decided they didn't want it any more & gave it back to the LDS Church. I got clear over to the Oneida Stake Academy at 6 minutes & 30 seconds, that's 2 sides of the park. I stopped & took a couple of pictures of the Academy.


Then took off again. I walked clear over to South State Street, down to the Danish Gates, aka the park entrance, aka as the entrance to the dentist offices & a short cut to the alley. Through the entrance & seriously thought about sitting on the bench. Actually, I started noticing benches over at the Cache Valley Transit District (CVTD) bus stop on First East. There's a nice metal bench there. Then, as I came around the corner from East Oneida onto South State, I noticed the flower boxes that line the street are all nice places to sit, plus a cement bench just outside U.S.Bank. The last bench is the one in the middle of the entranceway. But I didn't stop & rest. I walked down the alley & back to where I started from with 2 minutes left. I walked around the sidewalk at the South Stake Center & made it back to the car in 15 minutes. I was beginning to wonder if my legs were going to make it.

I got seriously dizzy later. It made me worried as the world just kind of slipped on it's axis as I was making a left turn from West Oneida onto North State. I started praying to the Lord to let me get Mother home. Then I ate, went back to work & again the world kind of slipped. When the alarm clock went off at 6 p.m. for me to pray, I prayed.

Nick told me that if I couldn't remember why I had set the alarm to pray, just pray my own prayer. So, last night I did. I prayed Don-Mike would make it home safely from Orem, Utah. Tonight, I thanked the Lord that Don-Mike had a safe trip to Orem & back. I also prayed for my health. This is an extra prayer from my bedtime prayers.

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