A late Friday recap from the couch.
Yesterday’s hike came with a price. By the time I got home my right heel was screaming and I spent the rest of the day on the couch icing it, stretching it, and having a very honest conversation with my body. Ice, stretch, foot and calf exercises, rest, repeat. It was a painfully long day and the night wasn’t much better.
I still feel it today — that heaviness sitting right in the middle of my chest. Like coming down from a high that’s lasted for days. If you’ve ever hit true burnout you know exactly what I’m talking about. It doesn’t just live in your mind. It settles into your body and reminds you that you are human, not a machine.
But here’s the thing about me — I had already committed to an important networking event today and mind over matter showed up right on time. I got up, I got dressed, and I walked out that door heel spur and all.
After the event I made a beeline to REI because I had done my research and decided it was time to stop playing around with my feet. I tried on the Hokas and I am not exaggerating when I tell you — the minute I slipped them on it was like the sky opened up and God said “see, I told you I got you girl.”
I wore them out of the store. 👟
All hail HOKA. I bow to you completely and without apology.
And the bonus? REI membership perks give me a full year to return them if they turn out not to be the right shoe. Winner, winner, chicken dinner! 🙌
The most important update of the day — Saturday’s road trip to hike Enchanted Rock is still ON. The trail is still calling and I am still answering.
But tonight? Tonight I rest. I ice. I stretch. I sip my wine and I sit with all of it — the exhaustion, the excitement, the connections I made today, and the very unexpected realization that the fear I’ve been carrying around a second business? It’s gone. Just gone. I have nothing to lose at this point.
I have had. I have lost. I have nurtured. I have loved. I have gone. I have been discarded.
And yet — here I am. Heel spur and all. Still standing.
Smiling when my heart wants to scream. Showing up when my body wants to sleep. That’s the story of my life and I love every chapter of it. It’s the stuff that makes me me and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Cheers to rest and recovery — because tomorrow awaits. 🍷🥾
Raw. Real. Still on the trail. — Lupe 🥾
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