blue skies

so the one thing i really love about being in school is that i get to still go outside during the day and see the sunshine- it has been really nice out there today-
so i swam a mile again yesterday and i swam a mile just now- before my 3:00 class... i'm a swimming machine i tell ya- for the first week i made Chun go with me, but ever since i just kinda got "over it" and conquered my fears, i just bring a bag with me to class and go all by myself when the day's over- for some people that wouldnt be a big deal, but i can be really self-conscious of that kind of thing, so its a big step in the right direction... all in all- its been a very rewarding and difficult activity- and one that i think i can really stick with over the course of the semester (ESPECIALLY since they just extended the hours to 9pm! woohoo).... i think if i can just keep up this 4-5 days a week thing i should be in much much better form by... i'd say Thanksgiving- so look for my "after" picture around then- i've got plenty of "befores" piled up over the course of the last year or so...
my roommate Brent went swimming for the first time last night and he did 16 laps (a mile is 34)and came home exhausted- it was funny because a couple weeks ago he laughed when i was so tired after swimming- except of course i've been a mile every time- he walked in the house dragging his feet and said "i dont know how you can swim an entire mile- i'm just totally wiped out from doing half"- i just laughed and told him that it would get easier- the funny thing about swimming is that well, i've got about 55 lbs on brent, and he's, as a general rule, in much better cardio shape than i am, so it just makes me happy to stack up so well there... i mean.. i guess i always have been deceptively good at pushing my body- i was one of the least tall and skinny guys on the all district tennis team my senior year at MJ, but i could still hang... Tennis is one thing i wish i could still do, i miss that more than i do ultimate frisbee- there are these guys here in my class that play quite often, and i know i could... well... i'll just say "be in control"... of the game to say the least if i just had the flexibility/strength back in my right leg... tennis is a game where you can go from a somebody to a nobody with just one little injury like that- without movement and optimal positioning my years of training would be/are useless... one day- right?

so i was pretty stressed at the beginning of this week- but i've got in under control now- i've been doing some good research for my presentation on thursday- i think i'll do fine now... and then its THERAPEUTICS study time for the next 2 weeks-
the Rocket Scientist has another frisbee tournament this weekend so he'll be staying at the PDC house with me again- and thats always fun- i mean, i did live with the guy for 4 years in a row- including a summer- we get a long really well, and we've really cultivated a mutual respect for eachother over the years- i'm glad to see the Scholes doing so well in life, not that i ever really expected otherwise- it was really funny to talk about girls with him the last time he came because, well... he's never really had girlfriends or wanted to, or anything like that, but we sat down for dinner and he told me about how the last 2 years have been full of ups and downs, and how the first girl he really liked alot just made him really sad for a long time after they broke up and he actually told me he kinda understood why i had been down for awhile this past year- which old scholes from undergrad would have never said-

had a long day yesterday- seemed like i was just on GO from 9am till 11pm with school, projects, and fraternity events... i was really exhausted by the time it was all over- but today is looking to have a couple more not stressed hours to juggle around...