As part of my “in my skin” journey, I took the dog for a walk. I had the day off and if I don’t have go anywhere, I am not – not even the gym. But I figure a 5.5 mile walk with my big, beautiful – although somewhat unruly – German Shepard has to count.

I decided to take the camera. I am glad I did. I didn’t take too many pictures. Kinda hard to justify it as exercise if I am just snapping landscapes. Ok, maybe not hard to justify. But 24 hours with no nicotine will have you trying to get out of anything that keeps you away from a bag of chips.

And, oddly enough, the hardest part was forcing myself to put on sunscreen…