Daily Success October 18

Daily Success October 18 is “Okay” for yesterday’s performance. That includes partial credit for “Distance Injury” because I had a terrible time walking only a kilometer yesterday. I walked to Joel’s house for poker that’s a half-kilometer each way.

Unlike my usual casual walk of three to five kilometers without a care in the world, I had some difficulty with the first half-kilometer going and was barely able to finish the half kilometer getting home.

Today

So. It’s time to face the fact that walking any significant distance isn’t happening in the near future and that the stationary bike must come back into service. As of today, no injury points unless I’ve attempted the bike and can show effort there.

Not what I like? Too bad, so sad. Not what I want? Wow! What a lousy, first world excuse. The bike will simply have to do for the moment.

“Do or not do,” and all that.

Today is planned to include more videos uploaded to my YouTube channel and starting on another My Camino Day post. The combination of using videos and my new naming convention should make the My Camino Day posts easier. We’ll see.

The Future

The Problem

The confusion of seeing my credentials cancelled is still a real factor for me. That emotional challenge is compounded by the physical issues. The two have led me into a “no decision loop” of various thoughts.

So, a Decision

If all goes well with my back, the plan for next summer is to hike the Voie du Littoral from, more or less, the train station in Gujan-Mestras. The general idea is that Jan and I would vacation in Bordeaux and its surroundings for a week or two, then I’d set off for the Camino and she would fly home. I’d figure out some way to get home from wherever I ended up.

As a backup, I’m going to take the Hospitalero training course offered by American Pilgrims on the Camino. Should all not go well with my back, and after the setbacks of the last months and especially the last week I think that is more likely than not, I’ll have a way to give back to the Camino community for the help so many people have given me as a pilgrim searching for something he could not, and still cannot, even identify.