Things A Ponderin'
I don't have a spring time shot of the Pondering Tree yet so this summer time shot will have to do. One should take note of the color of the sky in this shot, which in my mind is the proper color of a summer time sky. Over the last week the seasonal change has restored the luster to the deep blue sky above. And for that, I am grateful.
One Thousand Meters, More or Less
Today I swam 1000 meters in 100 meter increments. Actually I swam 1050 meters if you count the fifty meters of breast stroke I worked in, which was not very pretty. I need to work on that. This make two pool sessions this week thus far. Hopefully by Saturday I can bump this up to four sessions.
An ongoing problem is the pool across the street. Every time I go over there I find a cluster of swimmers jamming up the lanes. So far I have only been able to swim laps in that pool one time and that was last Saturday. Tonight I'll try again to get some laps in, probably after eight in the evening.
I also hit the gym twice this week for strength training. If I can add two more sessions than I'll be doing pretty well.
Other Things
The semester is on final toward the end of the academic year. Part of me is ready for it to end, another part of me is not. Once it is over I'll be without a class for the summer. In someways it reminds me of naval captains who were put on waiting orders for half pay, sitting around, waiting for a command.
Maybe, just maybe, I can get some writing and some lecture note revision in this summer. Shit, it can't possibly be any worse than the nightmare that was the Summer of 2009, can it?
Well, it had better not be worse.
So it goes.
Respects,
Steven Francis Murphy
Author of The Limb Knitter and Tearing Down Tuesday
North Kansas City, Missouri
