Jan. 23 - Day 14

14th day, that's two weeks.  Time is really starting to fly. I am now into the daily routine.  The center is very much like a college with classes all day long, rushing from the pool to the next class and  trying not to be late.  The teachers here are very understanding about that as classes often go too long.

I had an aha moment this morning when I got to the bottom of the steps which take me to the lower level.  I sudden realized that I desended without using the hand rail and at a normal speed, one foot after the other.  This might not seem aha-ish to some, but I realized just how far I have come in the two weeks I have been here.

My glucose was at 117 this morning.  That is good because it hadn't gone up during the last 24 hours. At breakfast, we had two smallish corn pancakes with a light raspberry syrup and fruit.  I was sure I would feel hungry during the morning, but I wasn't.

I did the Nu-step after breakfast and then attended a lecture on Nutrition myths and realities. I worked on next week's schedule and then after lunch drove over to the East Campus of Duke to "walk the wall."  There is a low wall that completely encircles the campus and inside the wall they have made a wonderful walking/jogging path. It's not all level, though there really aren't any steep parts.  The homes around the campus are quite old and lovely.  Time passed quickly as my attention was often on the campus buildings and homes outside the wall.

I returned to the center and worked out on the Nu-step for 20 more minutes.  I returned to my suite, took a short nap and got ready for my night out, well not really night, but a few hours away from Durham.  I drove to Chapel Hill and met Sarah and her suite mate, Kaitlyn, and we headed over to the Loop restaurant for supper.  It was great on many levels. One, I got to catch up with Sarah and her doings at UNC, met Kaitlyn, and had a successful outing to a restaurant, The Loop.  I had downloaded the menu and had made some choices before I drove down, but I ended up ordering an individual sized tomato and artichoke pizza that was under 300 calories. It was very tasty.  I was amused to note that the girls saved half of their wraps for a later meal, while I "mindfully" ate my pizza.  They had to wait til I finished.  Now ain't that a change for me, the once super fast eater.

It will be an early bed time for me, as I stayed up late writing the beginnings of an introduction for Dad's Good Friday meditations that I hope to get published someday.