Sun in the sky, you know how Rebecca feels.
I'm sitting outside writing this and keeping an eye on Mayim. She loves these long summer days, and so do I. We've had such nice cool weather ever since Tropical Storm Cindy blew through (although I think it was a tropical depression by the time it reached us), and I've been trying to spend more time outside to enjoy it. Sara and I have gotten into a pattern of alternating days that she goes for a walk and I go on a bike ride.
Riding my bike more has really helped with my anxiety; I love biking through sprinklers and seeing the rabbits on neighbors' lawns, all the robins in the trees, and minnows in the tiny brooke - I always stop and look over both sides of the bridge over the brooke when I bike across it. I've developed a route that's right at 45 minutes, although I don't know how far it is or how many calories I burn (both things that Sara is obsessed with keeping track of). When I get home, I have something cold out of the freezer - currently fudgesicles, but I think I'll go back to popsicles once I finish them - and it is so satisfying.
To reward myself for getting a pap smear last month (ugh), after I got the results, I bought myself a pair of Jerusalem Cruisers (a fancy way of saying brown sandals). I had a pair of these when I was middle-school age, and I loved them like I've loved few other articles of clothing in my life. It felt like I had them forever, even though it was probably only 2-3 years. I wore them constantly, until I wore them right out and one of the straps broke. I'd wanted Mom to get them mended for me, but since I wasn't her son, I couldn't always get what I wanted. Anyway, my new sandals are as close as I could find to the old ones, and my goal for the summer is to get a sandal tan from them.
Earlier this month, Sara and I went roller-skating at the local roller-rink, where we'd never been before. We were such pros at skating when we were kids, and today... we're still not too shabby! Even though the rink wasn't very well supervised and I hardly recognized any of the songs they played. So many of the kids there were using skate-aids, to the point that it felt a little ridiculous to me. Sara and I probably got so good because they never had those things when we were kids!
Between good movies, good books, bike rides, and occassionally doing something, Summer 2017 is shaping up pretty nicely. Less than a week to go until my ficaversary on July 2!!!
Riding my bike more has really helped with my anxiety; I love biking through sprinklers and seeing the rabbits on neighbors' lawns, all the robins in the trees, and minnows in the tiny brooke - I always stop and look over both sides of the bridge over the brooke when I bike across it. I've developed a route that's right at 45 minutes, although I don't know how far it is or how many calories I burn (both things that Sara is obsessed with keeping track of). When I get home, I have something cold out of the freezer - currently fudgesicles, but I think I'll go back to popsicles once I finish them - and it is so satisfying.
To reward myself for getting a pap smear last month (ugh), after I got the results, I bought myself a pair of Jerusalem Cruisers (a fancy way of saying brown sandals). I had a pair of these when I was middle-school age, and I loved them like I've loved few other articles of clothing in my life. It felt like I had them forever, even though it was probably only 2-3 years. I wore them constantly, until I wore them right out and one of the straps broke. I'd wanted Mom to get them mended for me, but since I wasn't her son, I couldn't always get what I wanted. Anyway, my new sandals are as close as I could find to the old ones, and my goal for the summer is to get a sandal tan from them.
Earlier this month, Sara and I went roller-skating at the local roller-rink, where we'd never been before. We were such pros at skating when we were kids, and today... we're still not too shabby! Even though the rink wasn't very well supervised and I hardly recognized any of the songs they played. So many of the kids there were using skate-aids, to the point that it felt a little ridiculous to me. Sara and I probably got so good because they never had those things when we were kids!
Between good movies, good books, bike rides, and occassionally doing something, Summer 2017 is shaping up pretty nicely. Less than a week to go until my ficaversary on July 2!!!