I Would Walk 10,000 Steps ...

Every journey starts with a single step, but have you every wondered how many steps it would take to get to your destination? For Christmas Kevin gave me a Fit Bit. For those who don't know what a Fit Bit is (I didn't) it's a pedometer on steroids. Don't ask me how it works or knows, it just does. We should all have 10,000 steps in our day which is about 3 miles. In May, I couldn't walk 3 miles, and yesterday I did!

A friend and I went into New York City (NYC) to see Potted Potter which is a spoof / comedy on the Harry Potter series of books - 7 books in 70 minutes. I'm pretty sure we were the only adults in the theatre with out any children with us. It was very silly but we laughed for 70 minutes!

We had wanted to see this show and time was running out before it closed and went on the road and I had this bright idea that if we went in on August 15 we could also go to St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square since we would be so close and August 15 is the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin. The weather was perfect. I'm not really crazy about NYC - the crowds, the smells, the noise - but sometimes the thing you want to do is there. When our train got in we had lots of time to kill so instead of finding the subway (fine with me) we walked from Penn Station to the theatre and then to St. Mary's and then to find a cab to take us back to Penn and then meander around the train station to find Kevin waiting for us in the car. 9750 steps ... so close, but not close enough.

Several weeks ago, I came almost as close to the daily goal. I was at a conference in Philadelphia. As a matter of fact I got an email from my Fit Bit telling me I only had 850 steps to go to make the mark, but I was in for the night, in my jammies. I would not make it that day. Now for many this isn't a challenge, but I have been a "couch potato" for so long it's a lot for me. Lets face it, the fact that I refer to my weight loss as a journey should tell you something.

On the way home we had to pick up #2 son and he wasn't ready, so what would anyone do who was 250 steps away from her elusive goal? I lapped the building, and that wasn't enough, so I lapped it again. I did it! 10,000 steps ... in one day ... and I didn't complain once about the walking ... and I didn't ask to stop and catch my breath! I did it! What makes the day even better is I didn't just manage to get in the steps I needed but I had a great day of show and worship that I will remember for a long time as the day on my journey that I walked 10,000 steps for the first time.