Trek-Prep

Pretty soon I will be seeing something kind of like this . . .

A long line of beautiful people, pushing and pulling!

The countdown begins for Trek -- just a little more than a month away! Yikes and yippee! We have gathered our clothes, we have our buckets, bandanas for our family, and we are decorating our buckets and family flag tomorrow night. We still have a lot to do to get ready and many more items to gather: tents, a bunch of water coolers, first-aid kits, and a bunch of other this-and-that items. We should have it under control soon. My biggest concern is for our kids -- I hope they will be ready!

I have been doing a bunch of running, and purposefully going out in the heat of the day -- so I will not be so heat-shocked. I am also training my mind to just keep moving -- who cares if I am hurting, hot, tired, if I want to stop -- I just need to keep moving!

(Easy to say, not so easy to do!)

I am getting better at it.

My feet have been reacting to summer. I don't know if I am alone in my summertime, always-barefoot, cracked-heals, and nasty feet . . . but my feet recently started to do their thing: cracked, peeling skin, cuts at the base of my toes. The same routine as always. And running does not help them heal!

I do not want to go into Trek with already cracked feet -- so I am starting my "treatment". Every night, my feet have a date with vaseline. I rub it over my entire foot (I hate the greasy feeling at first) and then I put socks over my feet. I wear socks until the vaseline soaks in, and until I can't stand wearing socks any longer. It is lame to do, but it is amazing -- it REALLY helps!

Vaseline is a must-have for Trek. They told us we should bring it along, because you never know who's thighs/bum/other-crevices are going to rub.

Certainly not mine. ;-) wink!

I'll just keep a jar in my apron pocket, just in case somebody needs it. :-)