75 degrees this morning, walk 37:31 minutes
Fall is here (at least sometime today). It is like entering a a dark period, although realistically it is nice almost up to mid-December (for the most part) and starts to turn nice in mid March.
For me, my conceptual Summer ends around Thanksgiving and starts in mid May when it normally warms up “for good”.
In the meantime, there is a long Winter to endure, although I am glad I live here and not further north. I generally liked the Memphis Winters (at least as well as I can like any temperature below 70 degrees!) since it didn’t snow that much. Here it snows more and there is more ice and the cold is made even colder and more bitter by the wind.
I am treasuring each day sitting outside, since I know the time is getting short when I can stand (temperature comfort wise) to sit out on the patio in the early morning and enjoy the outdoors. However, I actually probably will be able to sit in the “enclosed patio” area all winder, especially when I start using the fireplace.
Listening the Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” while writing this. I vary between listening to music and listening to nature. Sometime, I hope to hear the “Four Seasons” live. There is a version with the violin that I really like.
I decided to use my “original iPod”, a least as long as the battery lasts. So long it looks strong, even though the device has to be at least 8 years old. It is one of the last with the 60 GB hard drives. That is still a lot of music.
I had to quit listening to books on it because it “hung up” several times. Don’t know if it is the iPod or the books, since it never happens (or at least has happened) with music.
Random thoughts, our house has a solid fence on either side but an “open” fence at the back (thank goodness).
Anyway, when i write this, I usually do it right after i get out of the shower, so I wear a “wrap around’ and an old shirt I have had for almost 18 years that absorbs water. May sound strange, but it gets stranger.
Yesterday as I got up to go in, my wrap feel off. Like the tree falling in the forest, I have to wonder if this actually happened if no one saw it?
At least I hope no one saw it, for their sake!
Plan on going back to swimming today. My cough is almost over, I rarely cough. While I am a strong believer in vaccines etc, I still have to wonder if the whooping cough shot gave us a light case of the whooping cough. I am having a problem with my bike tire pump (it is too advanced for it’s own good!).
My walking shoes, at least in “shoe life” are approaching 20% of their life span. I am trying to be were of how they feel, because I am trying to be aware if the comfort deteriorates. It is really difficult to compare how good they felt when I first started wearing them to now, since I am used to the comfort. Right now, I feel they feel about the same. At least they still feel comfortable, which is what counts.
In reality, I expect to wear them for at least twice of their “normal” life span.
Field day yesterday, at least a semi-office today (I may have one appointment).
That’s it for now, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, the first day of Fall, 2015.
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