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Summer days, Lyme and of course fitness

So I was planning on taking a longer break from blogging while I worked on some other things this Summer, but after speaking with even more people diagnosed with Lyme over the past month I had a few things to talk about.  First off, the amount of ticks in our area is out of control.  One of my brothers who was diagnosed with Lyme a few years ago on Martha's Vineyard has picked off 5 ticks just this week.  I was there this past weekend and watched him pick off a nymph tick the size of a poppy seed that was attached to his arm.  He has experienced how horrible Lyme Disease is and to watch him panic made me feel so bad for him.  I know its a sad case that we have to worry about so much in this day and age, but I can't stress enough the importance of checking yourself and children for ticks on a daily basis.  I don't like to talk about it to much on social media because I don't want to seem like I am preaching, but those that do read my...