Day 5 of rest

Well, I'm almost a week into my rest period and am tolerating it pretty well.  I am tearing up our kitchen so that we will be ready to hang our new cabinets when they get here on 12/3, so that is keeping me very busy.  More than anything, I think I am learning that I am getting old because all of my tiredness, aches, and pains that I associated with training are still around after the rest period- I have to look at getting a massage once and a while.  Tomorrow I hope to sleep in until 7 or so which will feel pretty good compared to my usual 5 AM wakeup time to get a long ride in without ruining the day.  I'm off to watch Barbie in the Nutcracker.