Aug 30 2008
mountains and playing
Today a bunch of us went to the (big? small? I know little about mountains) mountain called “Red Goat Hill” that dominates the landscape here with the idea of trying to climb it.
Wow, that was a shitty idea.
It was actually nice to walk but in the end some of us didn’t get to the top and just came back. Amber and I got about 2/3 the way up but we’re both out of shape (despite my silly aerobics) so it was just too much. Kinda bummed me out though, that even with semi-regular exercise I can’t do such things. I’m going to try again next time some other folks decide to go there as it’s good exercise. Roundtrip, even not getting to the top, it was about 3-1/2 hours of walking and climbing.
Afterward I got lunch with Amber and did my shopping for the next 2 weeks or so. I’m working on both traditional sourdough starter and the semi-sourdough yogurt french bread that I made last week which was super tasty. Also I have lentils soaking for dinner. Right now though I’m just tired, need a haircut, and definitely need a shower. Hope to get a haircut tomorrow…
Speaking of playing, I wonder in general how much of work is playing at being a worker, or making progress. For example, your funder wants statistics or justification - so we better get them! Hence, playing at knowing what is going on. But what about stepping back and actually really looking at those numbers and what they mean? Is it too depressing to realize how big a task is at hand? Or is it inspiring and give you more determination to get cracking? It hopefully at least gives you some target demographics…I would think. Why bother to do a job if you’re not going to do it well? Blah.
