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[susandennis]

This is it. The Last Cool Morning. Today, the high is expected to be 63 (16 ish). Starting tomorrow, we leave the 60's behind and it climbs into the 70's and beyond. I will enjoy today. I will.

When I was young, we spent every Summer day at the pool. Every one. The rule then was that you had to stay out of the pool for one hour after you ate. My Mom and everyone else's stuck to this rule religiously. I remember often being really hungry but not willing to give up more than an hour of pool time and what a dilemma that was.

And, turns out, it was just a cruel hoax.

But, yesterday, I ate my regular breakfast before I went to the pool and, honestly, it was just not that comfortable swimming on a full stomach. So, today, I just had toast which is going to be much better. My swim time is 8-9. And it's now 6:30.

Biggie was only a little confused when I gave him a treat and didn't touch his paws. He'll get over it. He seems more like the Biggie of old today. Calm and curious. I'm probably just projecting but I can hope.

The baseball game is at 10 but, honestly, after yesterday's game, I'm only mildly interested in watching. It was a shit show on both sides that went on for freakin' ever. Today had better be better and early on or they will do it without me. Life is too short.

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Well, for goodness sake. Look who for got to hit "Post".

I'm back from swimming which was really great this morning. The traffic wasn't horrible. The sun is behind the clouds. I could listen to NPR news stress free since Lulu Garcia Nevaro had the week off (she is nails on chalkboard to me). I mean ... goooood day.

I think I'm going to make a quiche and salad and turn the game on.

Comments

[terri gordon (from livejournal.com)]

Glad to hear Biggie seems to have calmed down. I don’t know if anyone has suggested this, but to keep Biggie occupied, why don’t you try streaming “cat TV” on your TV. Our Himmy, Lily, adores it . My husband tells me she now has a library of about 80 different videos that she can watch……real videos of birds, chipmunks, fish, mice and computer generated butterflies, balls etc. she is so addicted to it, and will literally spend an hour or more at a time watching it. We have a stand in front of the TV that she sits on and can reach up and bat at the screen. Her claws are clipped so she does no damage to it.

[richaarde.livejournal.com]

I remember my parents telling me I couldn't swim right after a meal, back when I was a kid. I was wondering what that was all about.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

My recollection was that it was supposed to make one subject to stomach cramps, which might be disabling in the water. Or something like that. Apparently not true.

[richaarde.livejournal.com]

I think I remember hearing something like that.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

where did that nonsense about not swimming after eating get started in the first place? I've jumped right in the water immediately after eating and nothing happened.