Heaven has arrived.
Just climbed out of the pool—the first dip in the water of the season. Soooo heavenly! It’s still a little on the brisk side, this spring having been unusually temperate. Even today, it’s not hot enough outdoors to turn on the air conditioning. Weather has been mixed: a day or two of 90-ish temperatures will warm the water almost to the tolerable range, and then the temps will drop back into the 60s and 70s.
With the afternoon at a balmy 92 degrees, cleaning the pump pot and fiddling with the plants left me warm enough to think…oh, what the hell. Into the drink it was!
What a splendid, refreshing experience is that first dive into the water! I love it. The injured arm was not pleased at pulling through anything thicker than helium, but the rest of the body really enjoyed it.
Speaking of bodies that are happy to be alive, SDXB called this afternoon sounding like his old self. Barely two weeks out of major cardiovascular surgery, the man is walking 30 to 45 minutes around his neighborhood fairly briskly (for him, that means none of us could keep up with him). He’s already lobbying to be allowed back behind the steering wheel and planning this summer’s trips to see his daughter in Texas, New Girlfriend at her Colorado digs, and Sister in Oregon.
It’s such a joy to hear that he’s OK. We were all very alarmed when NG spread the word of the scary condition he was in. His medicos (according to His Nibs) seem to concur that, since he sustained no damage to his heart, he should recover fully and expect to live at least another 15 or 20 years. One of his doctors said he should be able to do “more” than he has… Heh heh heh… But does the guy know what SDXB has been doing? “More” would be on the order of superpowers.
So I told him I expect to go along on his next hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. And well, yes…he’s already planning that, too.
Godlmighty. I’d better start getting into shape.
At last, all of my final grades are filed in the college’s system. Except for one change-of-grade form, which I’ll do next week when I get around to it, the semester is now officially over.
And even though I won’t get the three-month totally work-free vacation I coveted, things will slow down enough to allow some substantial loafing. Maybe I’ll take the Cassowary up to Sedona or Payson for some walks in the forest—that should be kind of fun. Dogs like walks in the forest.
First, though, it’s off to finish a book for one of the clients, and then back to work on the young psychologist’s dissertation.
Enjoy!
Image: Doug Dolde. Public Domain