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My thoughts released; a mind set free |
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These pages contain my thoughts, from meandering ideas and persuasions to deep cerebrations and serious mentations. Why, for what purpose? To release my mind and set creativity free. Somewhere inside the constraints of my mind dwells a writer, a poet, an artist who paints with words. In here I release those constraints and set the artist free. Perhaps, lost somewhere in the depths of thought, is a story or a poem, waiting to be written. |
| I recently had to go up a couple flights of steps, the elevator was out of order. I climbed the first with little problem, but scaling the second I felt a pang in my left knee. Nothing serious, just out of shape and not use to climbing stairs. Once the snow's done and the weather permits, some good hiking the hills and trails over at Maplewood State Park should get me back in shape. Upon leaving, I found going down the steps a bit easier, but still trying on muscles that weren't accustom to such movement. Once back to the car I thought about how much it's changed over the years. In school, we had three floors to go up and down throughout the day. Back then, two or three steps at a time was normal, both going up and going down. Even as a young adult I could take multiple flights two at a time without hesitation or problems, but eventually it became one step at a time. Still, even then I could climb multiple stories without tiring or problems. But, over the years I found it more and more tiring to climb steps. I suppose frequent use of elevators and not using my step muscles had a lot to do with it. I also think my years of sampling milk trucks, up and down steep steps for twelve hour shifts, took a toll on my legs and especially my knees. I also know being overweight and smoking adds to the difficulty of climbing and descending steps. Seeing as how much I enjoy good foods, the weight is difficult to lose, but I have cut way back on how much I smoke and I am planning on reducing the amount even more. Once it's nice out and I can resume my outside activities I'm planning on nipping that habit in the butt completely. But, even after I get my weight back down, I'm currently about fifty pounds too heavy, and extinguish the smoking habit, I'm sure climbing steps, hills, and even ladders with still present a bit of a challenge—I guess it's just "climb-it" change. |
| We had a winter storm watch through the weekend for today and tomorrow. It started with one to three inches. Sunday it was two to four inches and yesterday increased up to four to eight inches. This morning we had gloomy skies but no precipitation. The watch had become a warning with potential for significant snow fall. We were right on the norther edge and told to expect a coating to an inch, with heavier snowfalls south of us. We had two inches by noon and a new storm prediction back up to six to eight inches for today with heavier snowfall expected tomorrow and possibly into Thursday. I heard on the radio while over at the neighbors, an updated forecast, it's now a severe winter storm with a potential of twelve inches of snow. Isolated areas could see snow fall of two-plus feet! By Thursday we will be back into the forties with plenty of sun, or so they say. How much we'll get for sure, nobody knows. We've had about three inches, maybe four already, but a lot of it melted as it landed leaving us about two inches on the ground. It's still snowing, but the wind has lessened, and the sky is lighter. April first, Fools Day, and Mom Nature pulled a good one. But then again, maybe not; March did come in like a lamb so it's only natural for it to end like a lion. Either way is the same. My wife works until five this afternoon, so she'll be home before the roads get bad. She also has tomorrow off so we will be home, safe and secure. As for the dogs, they love the snow! Like kids, they are running and frolicking and making the most of this storm. After all, it may be along time before it snows again. |
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"climb-it" change. I think you may have been reading too many punster blog entries.
