30 August 2011

A Happy Morning




I woke up this morning and went to the gym.  (I'm trying.) 

I left the house at 5:52 am.  I arrived at the gym at 5:59 am.  I picked out my eliptical machine (my friend Calen has challenged me to use the difficult eliptical rather than the easy one.  It is a morning-by-morning struggle;  this morning, I defeated the devilish temptation to go the easy route.).

After my eliptical, at 6:37, I called Paul to see if he cared if I did a few weights or if he needed to get going to work.
No Answer.


So, I did my weights.

I walked outside, at 6:59, and got in the car.

Except I didn't.

Because it was locked.

04 August 2011

store up that mississippi summer angst

This is the color Mississippi should always be on maps.
It is naptime here.  This means that I'm taking a moment to rest as well.  I spend a few minutes on pinterest (or more than a few, and then naptime is gone....); I read through my blogroll to see if there are posts that command my attention; I return emails from the morning; and, of course, facebook is ubiquitous. 

[Yes, facebook is actually everywhere now.  It always rearing its two sided head.]


So, just a few minutes ago, I was perusing my news feed.  And noticing the large percentage of complaints about the heat.