I just got back from a walk. I went about seven blocks. That's the most activity I've had since hurting my back. Truthfully, it's the most activity I've had since long before that, that involved moving just for the sake of moving. Seven blocks, and I was exhausted. I am so out of shape.

I hate walking just for the sake of walking. I hate not having a destination. I hate any kind of exercise that's made up of movement for movement's sake. Very few things are more boring to me. Fortunately, I walked by my brother's house, and my sister-in-law was out watering, so she tagged along to keep me company. That made the walk bearable.

I don't live within walking distance of anything. Well, there are two convenience stores at the other end of the neighborhood, but big woo. There's also a lake, but the parts that are within walking distance are too swampy to be of any use. I'm so envious of my friend Edith. I stayed with her a bit in Nashville earlier this summer on my way to Louisville for that BuffyCon that I never got around to talking about (what's there to talk about? 10 diehard Spike fans sitting around a house for a weekend watching Spike-centric episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and, during breaks, eating, drinking and being merry. Charades and karaoke were involved. Also learned that several intoxicated S/B 'shippers + 2 Spike action figures + 1 Buffy figure + lots of cameras = Action!Porn!Theater! Yes, I drove all the way from Tulsa to Louisville for that. It was totally worth it. But I digress.). Edith's house is in a beautiful neighborhood with trees and shade and a big back yard and it doesn't feel at all like it's in a big city. Yet she's within walking distance of all kinds of wonderful things. I was so impressed with her part of town that I added Nashville to the List of Places I Might Relocate To After I Finish My Degree.

I feel I would walk all the time if there were interesting places to walk to. Okay, yeah, when I lived in my apartment in Tulsa, one of the things I loved about it was that it was within walking distance of many of the places I loved, but I ended up never walking to any of those places, because I ended up never having any money to spend at those places. What good does it do to walk to your favorite coffee shop if you can't afford so much as an iced tea once you get there? But when I worked downtown I walked places all the time on my lunch hour.

The point? Don't know that I have one, really, other than that exercise is boring and I don't love living in the middle of nowhere. When I'm in a place once again where I can totally support myself financially, I'm going to live where I can walk to most of the places I need to go. Or to most of the places I just want to go. Preferably both. As long as there's a point to my exercise other than it's just being exercise.