First Afterdrop of the Season

I went climbing today and brought my swim suit and dry robe with me so I could go for a dip after. Climbing was good - I did a few 5.10's, one of them clean :) There were some new climbs up and one especially was super fun, and a second pretty fun - excited to be able to do them again. After climbing I did go to the lake.

The plan was to go to the beach and bop around for 10 minutes and then go home. At 10 minutes I was like "I could stay in another 5" and then the same thing happened at 15 minutes. At 20 minutes I decided to shoot for a half hour, which is what I wound up doing. I didn't have my swim cap or goggles, and I didn't want to swimswim, so I walked back and forth, did a little chorus line kicking, sidewise walk like a crab, etc. There were a couple of people there who I knew, and one hung out with me for about 5 minutes. I didn't have booties or gloves, and I could feel my hands getting cold, by the time I got out they felt pretty chilly, as did all the rest of me. According to my watch it was between 56 and 57 in the water, so getting colder! After I changed and then headed right to my car, where I blasted the heat for the ride home. I actually did some shivering at the start of the drive, which felt kind of nice, but also really cold. When I got home I didn't want to get out of the car because I don't have my heat on in my place (which is just silliness on my part) and I knew it would be colder inside. Fortunately I have a really nice space heater which I turned on, and it's pretty cozy now.

Yesterday I had to go into work to give a presentation. I stopped at Walden on my way there for a short dip. I ran into someone I know in the parking lot - it's such a small world! It was so pretty at Walden - the leaves are changing and there was a mist coming off the water. I stayed in for about 10 minutes, and it was about 59 degrees. It was hard to make myself leave for work, but what can you do?

Tomorrow my plan is to go to join school of honk and bring a flute and play the flute, which I haven't done since middle school when my flute teacher made me cry all the time in lessons. I think this will be a lot nicer.