there's a forest preserve about 2 blocks west of my work down north ave that i went to yesterday as well. it was fucking beautiful. i have been there before just to sit at the park and eat, but yesterday i went hiking through the woods for about a half hour. it was unexpectedly big and gorgeous back in the woods. and the des plaines river runs through there as well. i might make that an everyday thing.
don't feel any different yet. i gotta say the joy of physical pain far surpasses the joy of emotional pain. all the more reason to keep it up i guess.