Wait! You don't have to!

[susandennis]

I have a Diamond game tonight. I absolutely refuse to leave a baseball game early. It's a point of honor. So a late night means getting up to swim tomorrow will be tough. But, wait, who says I have to? Get up or swim. I can haz a day off. Why not?

So now I'm even more excited than usual about going to the game. New rule. On nights when I'm out late for any reason (you honestly don't need more than one hand for this count), I can skip my morning swim. 99% of days, I go to sleep and wake up eager to get into th epool. But, it's not a decision I make every day. I just do it. Once in a while, and nearly always after I've been out late the night before, in mid-swim, I think ... what in the hell am I doing? So now, I can go back to not thinking about it. I just know that no swims on those mornings.

Yes, I can swim at other times during the day but I rarely want to. Plus, I never know when it's too crowded. There are only 3 lanes so the 7th person waits. But, day swimming is still an option if I get desperate.

So there you have it. Beyond maximum gnashing over the minute. Also tomorrow is house cleaner day and an afternoon home baseball game. I reminded the housecleaner last week (afternoon games mean really really really hard for her to find parking) she said she would come at 8. I never know if that means she'll be here at 8 or she just thinks coming at 8 would be better but she'll be here at 10 per usual. I think I might make a trip down to the Renton Walmart tomorrow while she's here. Maybe.

I kept the air conditioner on all day yesterday and all night last night. It did fine. The bedroom is always going to be warmer but it was perfect sleeping temperature last night. It seems to do a superior job of maintaining a steady temperature and, therefore, using the very low (volume) cooling fan. When I woke up this morning I thought maybe it had kicked off during the night because I couldn't hear it from the bedroom. Turns out it's just (blessedly) quiet.

Comments

[dcjaywalk.livejournal.com]

I don't understand people who go to sporting events and leave early, especially when the game is still close. On Saturday night, I was at a Sacramento Republic (soccer) game and... yes, it was their first home loss of the season, but it was by a one-goal margin, and the most annoying thing was not the loss but when I started seeing people heading for the exits with more than ten minutes left in a one-goal game.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I refuse to leave games early, except in exceptional circumstances, of which last night was one: The game's start was delayed by about 1¾ hours due to rain (yes, I know, Susan, but I have no control over whether Fenway has a roof or not), and by the top of the 9th we were worrying about getting the last subway train, so we left with the Sox down 5-2 (thereby missing a scenario we've seen all too often: they put runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out in the bottom of the 9th, but only managed to get one run out of it).

[rsc.livejournal.com]

You, on the other hand, were properly rewarded for staying to the end of your extra-long game.

[susandennis]

yes. yes i was