Sun Dec 04, 2005
If I Only Had a 30 Hour Day
I've come to the conclusion that I need about 6 more hours per day to keep up all the things I need to do. Today, for instance, I was up at 4 am and put in a good 4 hours of writing on The Book Project. Then it was off to fishing buddy Fred's house to help finish the repairs he needed to his roof after Hurricane Wilma trashed it and sent cascades of water down the interior walls. Then up to the in-laws for dinner and the return of the generator they loaned us, followed by an hour drive home. Whew! That's more than one person ought to be doing in one day.
But if I had 6 more hours per day I could:
Keep up with my writing assignments.
Blog more often.
Read what others are writing at their blogs and maybe even join in on some discussions.
Read the newspaper. The whole newspaper, and not just the comics and the op/ed pieces.
Take the dog for more than one quick jaunt around the neighborhood in the morning.
Spend time hanging out with my daughter.
Spend time appreciating my wife.
Hang those darn Christmas lights.
Go fishing.
Head to the bookstore and browse. Come home with an armload of books by people I've never read before and expand my reading selection.
Go fishing.
Ride my bike.
Watch a football game.
Take a nap.
Go fishing.
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Gosh, those don't seem like unattainable things do they? I mean I'm not trying to date a super model on the side or get a really fast car and do stupid things in it. I just want some time to slow down and enjoy life a little more.
Now, all I need are those 6 extra hours and maybe I could do some of those things. Or maybe I could take on less work.....Nah!
For now, a hot shower and flopping on the bed seems about the best I'll be able to manage.
Marathon of the Palm Beaches
Our street is on the marathon route for the second running of the Marathon of the Palm Beaches. We've had literally thousands or runners streaming past the house since about 6:30 this morning in an impressive display of conditioning, determination, and in the case of some runners, sheer stupidity. Not to take anything away from people who want to improve their health and take on a challenge, but many of the people who are passing by are woefully out of shape and have no business running 20+ miles, much less the 5 miles that it takes to get to our place from the starting line.
We also have a water station set up a few yards away from us, with lots of nice people offering water and encouragement to the runners. But I was thinking that some of these people might want an alternative. Maybe I ought to go out front and offer them cigarettes and miniatures of Jim Beam or something.
Ah, probably not. The Health Nazis might take me away. But still, it would be fun for a little while.
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