Friday, we spent all day, from 8 am to 8 pm, building a fence. It looks great, but I was done in by the time we were finished.
I did wear a hat and sunscreen — reapplied 3 or 4 times — and I drank lots of water. Yet the next day it hit me — a horrible headache and terrible nausea. It felt like a hangover, but I’d had nothing alcoholic to drink. I can only think it was too two things: I’m not used to hard physical labour, and I’m extremely sun sensitive. That’s what you get for spending most of your time indoors on a computer.
So, Saturday was a lost cause for me. I stayed in bed most of the day. Hubby had to finish up on his own. Actually, I make a terrible patient — I’m such a whiner. I think he just wanted to get out of the house and away from me. 
Today, I was back to normal, so we worked from about 7 am until 2 pm digging like little gophers in the backyard. We needed to prepare for the delivery of three trees and six yards of topsoil on Monday. This time I was smarter — I wore a larger brimmed hat and a long sleeve shirt and took lots of breaks with lots of water. So far, so good.
And I’ve decided I’m long overdue for getting in better shape. Years ago, when I used to walk to work and home again — about a 40 minute brisk walk each way — I had energy to burn. So, walking is what I will try. Because I enjoy it, I’ll be more likely to stick to it.
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You should have called up some old fart like me to advise you on how to get a job like that done. Here is the right way. 1st off is should not have been a 12 hr job. It should have been at least a 16 hr job. With beer and shade mixed in at the appropriate times. You young guys seem to only learn things the hard way. LOL.
PS to the last post. You mentioned sun screen. If you put all that crap on to block the sun how is your system going to produce the vitamin "D" it requires. throw that crap away and let nature do what it does without interference from the drug companies. If things where as bad as they say none of us would be here now because our ancestors would have all been killed off because they had no sun screen.
P _ PS In regard to the water you said you drank. That can be a real problem also you know. TO MUCH WATER MAKES YOU RUSTY. LOL.
LOL — actually, yesterday I add some beer to my fluid intake and I'm doing great today! And as for the sunscreen — I burn pretty easily (very fair skinned). But I agree with you about the Vitamin D — I only use sunscreen if I'll be out more than a half hour at a time.
And from the way my body feels, maybe the water is making me rusty!
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