I have felt just chilled to the bone lately.\u00a0 No, it\u2019s not especially cold outside.\u00a0 In fact, it\u2019s a balmy 40F outside right now.\u00a0 It\u2019s the damp, and I know it.<\/p>\n
Damp, raw chill is probably my least favorite weather.\u00a0 Even the swimming pool felt really cold to me before I began my laps today, and they keep that pool pretty warm \u2013 usually around 75F.\u00a0 I usually stay pretty warm for several hours after a good workout, but not today.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m working snuggled under my slanket today with a rice-filled warmer at my feet and drinking a hot cup of tea.\u00a0\u00a0 Tea is more warming to me than coffee.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure why.<\/p>\n
I saw an interesting question the other day about swimming.\u00a0 \u201cWill swimming make my shoulders\u00a0 broad?\u201d<\/p>\n
Interesting question.\u00a0 The real answer is that yes<\/strong> swimming will most certainly aid in shoulder development.\u00a0 Whether or not you find that desirable is your call.\u00a0 I will point out that you\u2019re not going to look like a member of the East German 1970s women\u2019s swim team without two things A) Steroids and B) Their training schedule.\u00a0 Good luck with that.\u00a0 Me? If I put in three miles of laps in a week, I\u2019m all good.<\/p>\n Which, in this rambling post, brings up another point about steroid use.\u00a0 While not in favor of chemical performance enhancers, meeself, I sometimes think people have a rather unclear idea of how these things work.\u00a0 No-one takes steroids then sits on their butt playing video games and expects to win athletic contests.\u00a0 It\u2019s the drugs and<\/em> incredibly grueling workouts that do it.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a magic pill (or shot).<\/p>\n And in the interests of even more rambling, I\u2019m noticing I really do respond well to playing video games that feature bright, sunny weather with blue water and sand.\u00a0 I have not wanted to hibernate nearly as badly as I often do on gray, wet days when I spend my coffee break on WuHu Island<\/a>.\u00a0 I think that surrounding myself with sunny, tropical images is probably a positive thing.\u00a0\u00a0 I sometimes wonder if Nanny constantly burning things on icky days was a similar thing.\u00a0 I think I get my solar-powered tendencies from her.\u00a0 We might love water, but it\u2019s the combination of water and <\/em>sun that\u2019s the thing.\u00a0 The only<\/em> time I\u2019d want to visit the far North or the far South would be sometime around the Summer solstice, I think.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m hoping for more sunshine than this spring.\u00a0 Last year\u2019s spring and summer were reminiscent of that Bradbury story \u201cAll Summer in a Day\u201d and I think another one like it will send me buggy.<\/p>\n And speaking of coffee breaks, mine is over and I need to get back to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have felt just chilled to the bone lately.\u00a0 No, it\u2019s not especially cold outside.\u00a0 In fact, it\u2019s a balmy 40F outside right now.\u00a0 It\u2019s the damp, and I know it. Damp, raw chill is probably my least favorite weather.\u00a0 Even the swimming pool felt really cold to me before I began my laps today, … <\/p>\n