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Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Gone Fishin'...Well, Almost

As of today I'm on vacation to a goodly degree. Classes are done, grades are turned in and my school responsibilities are over for the next couple of weeks. Unlike many other of my break times where I feel the deep need to spend my free time doing home maintanence, yard work, curriculum review and overhaul or something else that seems like work I have committed myself to rest and relaxation. My recreation has some goals but they are very oriented towards me doing nothing that seems like real work. Some of them include:

Reading a great biography of Johannes Kepler titled, "Kepler's Witch".
Riding my bike a lot.
Taking a good, solid nap each day.
Finishing the John Adams biography I started six months ago.
Searing animal flesh on hot metal over even hotter coals on a regular basis.
Building a bookcase for the library...but only if I really, really feel like it.
Playing with the hounds a bit each day and spending some quiet time with them some each night.
Watching movies with my wife every so often.
Not feeling like I'm wasting time when I'm sitting around enjoying not doing anything.

Usually I like to go somewhere during this time. Last year we went to Darian and hung out and saw a few things. It was fun but also it was a bit expensive and i kept thinking how great it would be to hang out at home. This year I've decided to take vacation her in Barnesville. I'm going to try not to do very much that I wouldn't do if I were lounging around in a hotel room in some other place. If this doesn't work, I'll likely kidnap my wife and go to North Carolina to a La Quinta Inn we enjoy very much to see an old friend. Hopefully it won't have to come to that but I'll take extreme measures if necessary to enforce a calm before the storm of August and school beginning again.

That is all, you may carry on. More tomorrow...maybe...if I feel like it...probably in the heat of the summer day...after my nap and a bit of ice cream...Moose Tracks...I love Moose Tracks...and I can eat all I want because I'll have ridden 50 miles before most people have finished their mid-morning snack...if I weren't in training I'd write it while having a beer...a really good, craft brewed ale...probably something light bodied with a crisp, sweet taste...but that's have to wait until August 12th...can't tell you why...it's secret...not secret like I'd have to kill you if I told you or anything...just, secret like anonymity...sort of an out-of-the-way thing...like that perfect spot by the stream that you go to when you need to get away and think about "stuff"...anyway...More tomorrow...maybe...

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