It's 8:23 AM and it already feels like halfway through the day. (Of course, my day
began at 4 so that's not as far off as it seems.) I hope I've now gotten at least
halfway through the hard parts of it. Or that at least I get to eat lunch today,
which would be a distinct improvement on yesterday.
Later:
Morning crises averted, lunch eaten and with luck the afternoon won't be too bad.
Unfortunately because of the morning's potential disasters, I only got to row one
lap, but managed to get a decent workout anyway and work on some of the issues
apparent from the race videotape.
Rudder and I had some difference of opinion on that tape -- the camera belongs to
T2, who had it shipped to us so we could bring it when we visit next month,
instead of paying for international shipping; he asked us to test it first. So I
was filming so T2 and Egret could see the race, doing things like showing how much
open water there was between Rudder and his competition, whereas Rudder was
staying parked on one person so we could use it as a training video. And I confess
I didn't do a great job even at my stated intention; there's an awful lot of
unintended empty sky and water shots. I think I was born to be a still
photographer.
Product review: Yesterday's luchlessness was somewhat eased by the fact that I'd
had one of Yoplait's yogurt smoothies (they call them that, but they're not,
really) for breakfast. It's portable, easy to drink right after a workout, tastes
exactly like normal yogurt and has all kinds of nutrients added -- the ones I
especially appreciated were significatn amounts of protein, calcium, iron, and
potassium. My initial response was very positive. However, a little while later, I
realized they'd obviously turned yogurt into a drink by blending it with a lot of
milk, so my stomach was dancing for the rest of the day ... and turning and
twisting and burbling and rumbling. Somewhat uncomfortable. I might drink it
again, but not on a day when I'm teaching, for example.