Returning

Returning

The bottlecap ninja that I drew upon arriving back at Mark's house was meant to be something resolute and determined. I wanted it to say "I am back" with an air of ambition. What actually has happened, however, is that I have been sleepy and lazy for several days, and should probably have taken this picture with a 90 degree counter-clockwise turn of the bottle and some z's drawn in over the horizontal stick figure.

Not that this is a bad thing. Between video games, candy, reduced exercise, and the watching documentaries late into the night, I think I'd managed to short change myself on health and energy, and so need a bit of a catchup. Also, it's giving me a chance to think about what I am hoping to accomplish this trip to Victoria.

In some ways, the answer is, "Not much." Last year, I was coming off of some severe burn out and in need of a lot of restorative exercise and diet. This year, much of that has been accomplished--or is at least well under way--so the mission has shrunk to "Continue to exist, but do so in a place with less snow."

On the one hand, I am keen to pursue this simple mission. On the other hand, human beings tend to thrive when they have something to work towards.

In any case, I have plenty of scattered things to work on. I plan on getting some software installed on my laptop which will take some fiddling. I plan on continuing with my study of French by reading a French book (I bought one at Books on View the other day). I plan on getting some writing done, and would like to go swimming at some point (once I heal the damage I inflicted upon my toe by winging it on the end of the bed).

In the meantime, I will sleep and enjoy the humid air.

And here is a cool sight that I found downtown by the museum: