(no subject)

[rivka]

I find myself reluctant to post in my LJ unless I'm going to say something earth-shattering or profound. It's a habit I'd like to overcome - I mean, sheesh, it's nothing but egotism at the heart of it - so here's an undeniably mundane post.

It got sharply colder last night. Yesterday's temperatures were in the upper thirties, warm enough that I left my scarf at church and didn't notice. Today's temperatures were in the teens, and the wind was fierce and bitter. As luck would have it, my schedule required me to visit three different buildings at extreme opposite ends of campus from each other. All day, my joints ached in protest.

I went to the gym tonight anyway. They keep the pool at damn near blood temperature, and I wanted to feel warm and weightless. The pleasure of moving without bearing weight isn't quite as intense now that I move so much more easily on land, but it still feels freeing.

I'd forgotten how much exercise swimming is, more so than walking or riding the exercise bike. I did twenty-four lengths of the pool, evenly divided between breast stroke, side stroke, and back crawl. That was quite enough.

Comments

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Agreed, regarding the resistance to posting daily things. Unless the activities involved other people in addition to myself, my inner editor says "who'd want to read about that dull trivia?"

I've had to force myself to post for about the past 6 weeks... so I sympathize.