Exercise

Most of you know I've seen a whole ton of doctors recently about my back. If you don't know why, there's a post back in April or May that describes the new hardware. Anyway, I go to my various docs for followup visits or to the physical therapist and they all ask me about what light exercise I do. My answer is the same that I live on a small farm and that gives me exercise. Well, they all nod knowingly and make approving grunting noises as if that's all the answer they need.

Being a nerd, though, that has become unsatisfying to me. I needed to know really how much exercise being on the farm really does for me, so I paid attention to the work I did this last long weekend of Saturday, Sunday and Monday. In those three long days of work, I did the following

• Walked to the golf cart (25')
• Rode the golf cart to the fence
• Walked the fence fixing it (20')
• Rode the golf cart back home
• Walked to the sheep tangled in wire (300')
• Free said sheep
• Walk back (300')
• Walked 5 gallons of water to the garden (15')
• Repeat
• Repeat
• Again

That's it. In three days, that is all the exercise I received working on the farm. I'm thinking my docs believe there is more effort put out on a daily basis, but they are wrong. Oh, maybe I need to fill the trough with water, but that's just turning the hose on. Maybe this weekend I'll put up more netting for the chickens, but that will be maybe another 150' of walking...certainly not even a 100 yard walk! I think I need to start walking the pasture or something to make sure everything is okay.