This has been the most relaxing day I have had in forever. This past week was full of "pinball" days where I felt like I was constantly on the go, but today I got to do things I care about, at my pace.
It started with a full night of sleep. Thoroughly exhausted by the end of yesterday, I was in bed by 8:30, listening to the St. Louis Cardinals lose to the Cincinnati Reds on the radio. I was asleep for real not long after nine o'clock.
After a leisurely breakfast this morning, I did some stretching. Stretching is an activity that has slipped through the cracks during my insane summer, and it was nice to feel unhurried enough today to do a full stretch routine.
Then I went downtown and paddled my K1 for 60 minutes. I felt comfortable in the boat for most of the session. I did a few drills (one-sided paddling and backpaddling) and paddled the squirrelly water where the harbor meets the Mississippi River. Besides that I just enjoyed another atypical August day for the Mid South: while it did get above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the humidity was down and there was a nice north breeze.
After lunch and a nap, I went to my workshop and worked on a cabinet project that I'm getting done little by little for an understanding client. On the radio, the Cardinals paid back those dastardly Reds with an old-fashioned spanking.
I reckon I'll do some reading this evening, and maybe break out some good tunes on my hi-fi device. My goal for the future is for all my days to be like today. It's a goal I probably won't ever entirely achieve, of course, but I think I'm moving in the right direction with the impending relocation of my home and workshop.
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