2 miles
to falls coffee
70 degrees
49 today. A very nice birthday run to minnehaha falls then to the new coffee place called the falls with Scott. Walked back through the neighborhood with an iced vanilla latte. Fun to see all the new apartments being built on Minnehaha and to walk down some streets that I’ve never walked down before. The air quality is still not very good (140) with smoke in the air, but it wasn’t hard for me to breathe.
Hours later…My throat started to hurt like I was sick and I was feeling run down. I think it might be the smoke/air quality.
days later…No bad air. Somehow, even though I was barely inside anywhere or close to other people for the last five days, I got COVID.
swim: 3 loops
lake nokomis open swim
88 degrees
A beautiful night. The air quality is much better, the water is less choppy. What I remember most about this swim was: wearing a new suit that I just got and saying to Scott and the kids, want to see my birthday suit?, like I did when I was a little kid; barely ever being able to see any of the buoys and still staying (mostly) on course except for the first loop when I realized how far to the left the first green buoy was; feeling sore but still happy to be out in the water with the fish and the swan boats, the other swimmers and the planes up in the sky; and noticing a flash of the orange and yellow sail that is often out on the lake in the evenings.
Kept up the “one more loop” habit. Stopped for a break after 2, then did one more loop.
wordle challenge
5 tries:
feast
where
money
lined
DINER
I struggled to find inspiration with these words.
Today we feast with Diane Wiest.
Where‘d you go Bernadette? (a favorite book)
Money makes the world go around. (a song lyric that often gets stuck in my head)
You’re telling me the kids are lined up for a slaughterhouse? (a line from my favorite horror movie)
Tom’s diner — (one of my favorite songs to sing in order to irritate others)
I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the corner
I am waiting
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee