Hard Living

[plural]

Today
I woke up and went back to bed
actually managed to get a few more hours of sleep
it was nice
then I lounged on my couch with my cats curled about me
reading
it was a cool but beautiful day
the sunlight felt good on my eyes
I played chess poorly with an old friend
of course he is brilliant so I rarely play well against him

I went running for 20 minutes
for the record I hate running despise it
but I am or perhaps should be committed

I did a gaggle of push ups, sit ups and stretches
got caught up on some e-mail
made some business calls
odds and ends stuff

went out and played pool with a friend
played beautifully, it felt good
almost Zen like
it had been a while
since I was in the groove
of course my friend
didn't exactly appreciate it

It funny though
I wasn't even thinking about the game
my mind was distracted
by the object of our discussion
and I relaxed and took the shots from memory
it felt very nice

Then I worked out at the gym
much pain ensued
I once dislocated both of my shoulders
simultaneously
it is a long story

ever since then
my shoulders have been weakened
anyway
I am working on
rebuilding the muscles and tendons around them
it is slow and painful
but also feels really good
I know that sounds weird
but I can feel the progress
I can feel it getting better

had spicy chicken teriyaki for dinner
with rice and miso soup
very tasty

did some puter work for my friend
yes my friends made me their puter bitch
so I get to teach them or fix things they break
I don't mind though
and watched "sex in the city"
I like that show
of course
not having cable
or really any TV reception
its not something I get to do often

All in all a good day
feeling very peaceful
and satiated on life

of course
this is one thing
one thought
one desire
which lurks
just out of reach
for the time being
but
I am sure that can be soon remedied
or at least hopeful

Comments

running and despising and running anyway

[obsidian.livejournal.com]

this made me giggle. I don't like running on roads... jogging... its just horrible. But I do it anyway occasionally. I hadn't REALISED it until you wrote that down.

I remember how lovely running was when I was young and we'd run on grass and it was all easy and I wonder if I run along hopeful of liking it like that again.

But I never seem to find a large enough piece of grass.