It’s a gorgoeus day here. Proper winter sun, weak but bright, clear and sharp, making the frost glisten and shine.
I forget how pretty winter can be.
Cold too. Well, not-warm. It felt really cold this morning as I hauled myself out from under the duvet to go swimming, and walking outside I thought ‘hell, it’s cold’ (it’s 7°C / 45°F), but having been swimming when I came out of the pool it was just right. Still 7°C but once I was awake it felt fine :-)
Bodies are odd things.
My eyes are currently still whinging about this morning’s swim. I forgot my goggles and decided to swim anyway; and they’re still stinging an hour later. I was quite impressed, after fighting with my body which screamed about me opening my eyes in the chlorinated pool water, and struggling to breathe properly as my body rebelled, I managed to get to the point where I could swim properly, and ended up spending about half an hour in there; which was about the point when my eyes started to inform me that they really did hurt. (As opposed to ordinary whinging).
Main badness about it is that I have no depth perception, and kept nearly swimming into people, because they only became distinguishable as people too late.
I’ve got loads to do today (topic jumping :-) ) – I need to have a look at how the IP stuff is going on, I need to start on my dissertation, I’ve got to continue the laundry festival (I misjudged, there’s 4 loads in total, the second of which is currently twirling and churning within the bowels of our washing machine), I’ve got some health stuff which I need to do before I go… Bleh.
I’ve had a horrible realisation, a few days ago I listened to a song on the radio, bopping away happily I was… turned it up even, then found out it’s Girls Aloud. A group so bad that even my shamed mind, one which had to live with buying Kylie Minogue’s [meant to be] Beautiful Princess album (still think they should have called it that). It’s their new single – Biology – and I’ve played it at Lauren and she thinks it’s good, and so I don’t feel too bad. I think Trey liked it too. It’s cheery, mindless, happy pop, but it’s the first bit I’ve heard of theirs which I actually think is decent music. Meh.
Uh, anyway, I best get started.
