Couch time at approximately 45 degrees from yesterday

This is two weeks in a row when I didn’t get up and ride my bike on a Sunday morning. And it looks like it’s a lovely morning outside. I’ll probably regret the missed opportunity in another week, but for right now I feel kind of like I’m in a recovery or rebuilding time. Like I’m taking a little time off the recharge the enthusiasm.

So I spent this morning lying about on the newly re-aligned sofa. Marcella and I re-arranged our living room yesterday afternoon. We really didn’t plan to do it, but we got back from running errands, and I pulled out the vacuum to do a little cleaning and I was looking at moving some things around to get the vacuum around efficiently and I just started eyeballing spaces and thinking about what would fit where, and then Marcella asked me what I was thinking about, and soon we were moving the furniture. That’s how it goes. I think the sofa was rotated about 45 degrees, and the entertainment (TV) center was moved along to be centered on the big wall instead of in the corner. I feel like we’re making more use of the living room and it feels a little less crowded.

While lying on the newly rotated sofa, I’ve been checking out events on facebook, and listening to some music…just a random mix from iTunes, and working through some spanish flash cards. There are a couple of my current vocabulary words that I’m having a hard time keeping the articles straight…is it an “el” or a “la?” I did let everyone know that I’m taking a night time spanish class once a week, didn’t I?

If anyone is interested in seeing what I’ve been listening to this morning just click the “Lifestream” link at the top of the page and look for the entries with the little red icon next to them. Like I say, it’s just a random shuffle of songs from my iTunes library.

For the rest of the day I’m thinking there is more house-cleaning on the horizon. There’s always a litterbox to be cleaned. And I also want to spend some time reading. I read about half of Fragile Things last weekend, based on Finley’s vote as to what my next reading project would be. I’m hoping I can make some more progress this weekend. I was enjoying it, but somehow didn’t manage to read much during the week. There’s also the possibility of a little chess playing over at chess.com. I’ve got games going with Finley and Scott at the moment, my two most frequent opponents.

Well, I think that probably sums up my Sunday…past and future. What’s up in your world?

Brew Pub Tour

Right now I’m just having some morning coffee, but a little later this morning Marcella and I are going out to tour the Natty Greene’s Brewery. It should be fun, and it includes lunch at the end of the tour. I think after that we are planning on stopping off at Barnes & Noble, there was a book on meditation that Marcella wanted to pick up.

4th plans

Lazy day…

My plans for the 4th are to drink coffee…work on my bike—install a new cassette and chain, and do some general cleanup and maintenance.

Other than that, I think we’ve got a pretty flexible schedule. I don’t know if Marcella has plans to see a movie? That might be nice.

I’m sure I will be watching my online chess games to see if I need to make any moves.

I also am planning on spending some time looking over the riders and teams for the Tour de France starting on Saturday. I want to think a little more about who I’m picking for the podium spots as well as the other jersey competitions like the sprint and king of the mountains competitions.

I hope all of you out there are having a great 4th of July, whether you have bigger or simpler plans than mine.