Getting restarted

Today was terrific: a beautiful fall ride with friends. We rode to breakfast and then headed out to the trails with our bikes. We only rode about ten miles today but it’s an important ten miles. About a month ago I caught a virus, which flared up the fibromyalgia and turned into a sinus infection. I have been totally wiped out until today. For me, it works like this, as long as I am actively riding my bike, I have very little pain and no fibromyalgia symptoms. But if I get busy or as in this case, get sick, and I don’t continue to ride, then the pain comes back. When the pain comes back, the last thing my body want to do is get on a bicycle. But in my head, I know that I might be sore if I over do it, but in a few days I’ll be back in my routine and feeling great.
So this morning, I woke up with good energy and decided I was the day to get started again. Maybe because we only rode 10 miles rather than our usual 20-60 mile Sunday ride, but I’m not sore and I feel great.
My riding group consists of mostly photographers, and we shot some great images along the way today. The leaves are at that stage where every color from green to yellow to gold to red to brown is out there on the tail at the same time. There are still butterflies and the ducks and geese never leave. Almost wish I'd stayed out longer, but I don't want to overdo it and I have a photography opening the first Friday in November and want enough time to work on framing without feeling pressure and frustration, that said, it's time to get back to those frames.