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[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.

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[kalmn.livejournal.com]

i am all excited to hear about weather where you are. so feel free to post about that every day. i have no real feel for how winter is other places, other than the smug egotism of the typical minnesotan in that we really do usually have awful winters and no one else can possibly have winters like this except for people from the dakotas.

anyhow. i am having sharp knee pains at the moment. i mean, not right this second, but for the past week or so. it's been coldish here, which might be related to it. but it's dry, so while my nose is threatening to revolt, my joints aren't achey.

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[rivka.livejournal.com]

i am all excited to hear about weather where you are. so feel free to post about that every day. i have no real feel for how winter is other places, other than the smug egotism of the typical minnesotan in that we really do usually have awful winters and no one else can possibly have winters like this except for people from the dakotas.

Hee. Ask therealjae about winter weather. She's forbidden me to describe the weather where I am as "cold." But it's not supposed to be in the teens in Maryland. Usually winter temperatures here are in the thirties, and it's damp. When it snows, and everybody panics. You would get to feel weather-macho every day here, at least in the winter.

but it's dry, so while my nose is threatening to revolt, my joints aren't achey.

My joints respond more to changes in temperature and pressure than to particular absolute values. I like my weather monotonous.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Wait, you mean fifty degrees F isn't cold?

*ducking and running*

[trinker.livejournal.com]

I should really not mention that it has been nearly hot in SoCal, with the Santana winds blowing.