2017 Life Logs, Days 158: A Little Break in the Weather
Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Weather: Partly Sunny, Still Cool
Location: At Home in The Studio, Falmouth, MA
There was a little break in the weather today with a hint of sunshine, but it is still cool. I have on a sweat shirt and wool socks and it is only 14 days until the official beginning of summer. Already people are talking about the hope that we will have a long, warm fall to make up for this cool start to the summer. The forecast looks like we might have sunny weather in the low 70’s starting on Saturday. That’s cause for celebration! Let’s just hope that forecast holds.
I started my day at the gym at a Tabata class. This is a high-intensity training style that was developed by a Japanese professor to train Olympic speed skaters. Well, I’m never going to be an Olympic speed skater and I might not survive another Tabata class. Each set of exercises is timed and fast-paced. It goes something like this . . . jumping jacks to fast feet for 3 minutes . . . jump squats 30 times, lateral lunge to knee 30 times each leg, mountain climber to single leg push-up 30 times each sdie, skater to curtsy lunge 30 times each leg . . . you get the idea. I’m absolutely amazed that I can survive this class. Admittedly, I was exhausted when I left the gym, but the energy comes back quickly. But by the time I came home, took a shower and got ready for my day, it was after 11 o’clock. I dove into the genealogy work, entering data into Ancestry.com, but it was just not working. I then noticed a pop-up message saying they were doing maintenance on the website, so I switched gears and wrote emails to the young woman coordinating our family gathering in a couple of weeks and to the caterer. I then had lunch and dove back into the genealogy work. It makes me feel like a monk transcribing books prior to the advent of the printing press. But I got the information I have about my father’s side of the family entered today . . . inch by inch. Tomorrow I have to stop entering information and start writing the story I want to share with the younger members of my family at our gathering. I know those stories have to short to keep their attention and that’s a challenge.
Tomorrow morning I am joining a photography group called Shutterbugs at 8 am. This group is sponsored by the Falmouth Newcombers Club that I am going to join in the fall. So even though I am not a member yet, this class starts tomorrow and I want to be in on it from the beginning. I have taken thousands of photographs, but I have never had any formal training. I’m looking forward to learning from a professional photographer. After the class, I’ll return to the monastery to continue my genealogy work.
