I accomplished most of my Saturday goals today.  First I cleared space in the garage for my new Home Gym and moved my dumb bells from my bed room to the garage.  Then I spent about an hour assembling my new weight bench and workout mat.  Finally when that was all done, I set the commuter bike up on my trainer and rode for 30 solid minutes, after which I did some light work with the dumb bells on the bench ( just biceps and a little chest).  I was tired afterward, but it was a good tired.

Following the workout, and before my shower, I removed the old appliance that had been on for 3 solid days at that point.  Those of you that have been following this blog know that I have had difficulty getting my 3 days out of these things, so it was really nice to remove one at the 3 day point without it having failed.  I inspected the one that I removed to see if or where it would have failed and am pretty confident that it would not have lasted another full day.  Maybe it would have if I had not done the workout, but it seems unlikely.  I took advantage of a relatively calm stoma to shower without the appliance on, after which I installed a new one, hoping for another 3 days.  That hope was shattered a few hours later when I detected leakage from the new one.  I believe that the problem with the new one was related to not waiting long enough after the shower to do the install, and the skin where it failed may have been either damp, or polluted with moisturizer from my shower soap.  The failure point was actually where I would most expect one as my stoma is not even height all the way around due to the curvature of my belly, so this was the lowest point of the stoma.  I paid particular attention to getting a good seal on location with the new application and hope it gets me to Tuesday.

Otherwise today was pretty relaxed.  After my workout and shower (but before the failure), I hit Peet’s coffee for a decaf Cappuccino and some reading, then Trader Joes and Stater Bros. to pick up the missing ingredients for the Butternut Squash soup that I will make tomorrow (Sunday).