Wind rest

[susandennis]

Today is so amazingly still after yesterday. And there are still leaves on that fucking tree outside my terrace. That thing just taunts me. My swim was great.

How is it that I can love swimming 25 yards, turning around and swimming back and repeat that for 2000 yards happily - no view, nothing new, just back and forth and back and forth without stopping for more than an hour and enjoy every minute of it. And hate a 10 minute walk - find it boring and boorish so much so that I won't even get off my ass to try. Makes no sense to me.

badrobot68 mentioned this morning that there is snow in the 10 day forecast for Portland so I looked and, tada!!!! We have some too! More than we saw all of last year and, I think, the year before. I'm quite jazzed.



I'm off now to go finish off the reversible swimsuit. I have Tim Gunn in head telling me to make it work.

Comments

[ctgstr8.livejournal.com]

I see a lot of people out for a walk carrying coffee cups. Would it make your walk more enjoyable if you walked and sipped coffee? I more or less like my daily walk because I have a working river to watch and lots of gardens to keep an eye on. Also, I am reassured when I can cover my usual distance in my usual time. I know I'm not getting worse, at least.

[susandennis]

What does help - actually about the only thing really - is to have a destination... lunch, atm, cookie... carrying coffee seems like asking for trouble to me :)

Sadly, too, is that I have a great wide neighborhood of things and people to watch and see... but I can't seem to get motivated.

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

If you do try taking coffee with you, use a sippy cup. Taking the coffee will probably encourage you to slow down and promote thoughtful walking. The destination isn't really important as it is a time to power off your brain.

[susandennis]

I'm not going to walk with coffee or any drink and my brain gets powered off when I swim. Walking just sucks.

advice you didn't ask for

[enna-ssu.livejournal.com]

I found walking pretty boring, too, 'til I started listening to podcasts and audio books.

Perhaps something to try ?

Re: advice you didn't ask for

[susandennis]

Yeah, I could do that. I used to and should go back.

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

Our forecast is not showing snow for the rest of the month, but we will continue to have rain except for Sunday. (think happy thoughts)

[susandennis]

Happy thoughts for me would be snow! So you betcha!

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, you're one of those. ROFL If the climate in Naselle had not been similar to the mild climate in Pleasant Hill, we would have moved elsewhere. I can deal with 1 or 2 days of the stuff, but any more than that and I'll go bonkers.

[one-raido.livejournal.com]

I know you listen to stuff, but I love the sound of the water across my ears.

[rustedxemotions.livejournal.com]

This post is very A+ fuck yeah awesome :D