feeling tired, but tough

Three years ago, I weight 45 lbs. more than I do now.

Yesterday, I turned 56 years old. I also volunteered for several hours at our library book sale, standing for all that time on a concrete floor.

Today, I did a metric century (100-km) training ride for the Anchor House ride, including climbs of both Federal Twist and Lindbergh roads.

To quote Cyrano (Brian Hooker translation; accept no inferior substitutes):

“I-I am going to be a storm-a flame-
I need to fight whole armies all alone;
I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms;
I feel too strong to war with mortals-
BRING ME GIANTS!”