I'm almost embarrassed by this, but I've just gone through a period for the first time in my life when I was paying for a gym membership and not using it. I used to laugh at people like that, and for a time, however brief, I was one of them, and it didn't feel good. But that's over now.

I have no idea what was going with me, but I think it might have had something to do with the ski season. I was away all weekend. I was usually tired on Monday and didn't want to workout. Friday was a no go because I hit the road to Tahoe. It was hard to get into the sort of groove I need to workout regularly. That could be it. It could be something else. I don't know.

Ski season is over and it's easier to have a regular schedule. So I started going to the little gym at my apartment complex just about every morning and swimming right afterward (I'm a horrible swimmer and limited to breast stroke with my bum rotator cuff, but it's something). I've been doing it for about three weeks now. It's so good to get up early and get the workout done in the morning. I feel great.