Signs of the Season

No out-of-state license plates this morning. Another sign of spring.

The boys were awake early this morning, so we made the bus in plenty of time. Had a talk with John -- one day after shelling out nearly $300 for a new pair of glasses for Will, it turns out he'd lost his pair of glasses, too. Good news is he wants contacts. I'm trying to work out a deal with him to get a haircut, but I don't think he'll bite on that one.

I'd woken up feeling fat this morning. And technically speaking, I am still fat. My BMI is 25.1, just a hair overweight. Argh.

Anyway, I ran my 5K, averaging 8:57 per mile. Jumped in the car, drove to the gym, and did a rather slow 13.2 mile bike ride. Read a decent organic gardening book and a heart monitor training guide. Some of the heart monitor ideas may finally be sinking in, but it's a slow, hard slog.

Because I am fat -- and the federal government should know fat quite well when it sees it -- I decided to do a quick half-mile in the pool. It was nice. A few people sat in the hot tub, but no one came near the churning, drowning fool on the far side of the pool.

Picked up my mail and had goodies galore -- an Amazon shipment with Handy Farm Devices and Storey's Basic Country Living. Hooray! Also had my grain mill from Lehman's. Hoorah! The grain mill is an impressive piece of work, all metal and heavy. Can't wait to clean the packing grease and try it out on some hard winter wheat berries. And I got my seeds from Burpee. Huzzah! Two types of corn, giant sunflowers, Brandywine tomatoes, onions, carrots, cilantro, sage and thyme. They'll send the potato seeds, strawberry and blueberry bushes separately.

Also got some triathlon porn: The TriSports.com annual catalog.

I'd better find some extra income quickly.

Went to the internet cafe and started an upload to work, but had to take a break and take Will's gym shorts up to his school. En route back, I stopped by a local smokehouse and picked up some good stuff: pepper bacon, summer venison and jalapeno cheese sausage, and local salsa. Can't wait to try any/all of it, but hoping I don't get carried away.

Spent much of the afternoon working like a Roman orchard slave, but got quite a bit done and now may stand slight chance of being caught up by week's end. Stuffed belle mer salmon and giant salad for dinner. Treated myself to 3oz of Monterey Jack cheese for dessert. An odd dietary day: Less than half from carbs, but still more protein than fat. Hmmmmmmmmmm. I'm guessing this is my cheap excuse to get into the bread again tomorrow.

Can't wait for the weekend. Must plant seeds, assemble chicken brooder, catch up on laundry and cleaning, grind wheat, bake bread, take bike into city for tuneup and run/bike/swim.