A Better Day

 

Today has been a better day.  A very BUSY day, but a much better day.  My post is shorter today because I am running out of time before I get to go swimming with my wife.  But, here is a brief synopsis:

• Ran 10 miles (~16 km) on the indoor track due to not wanting to be in the very harsh sun and heat.... and air quality was MODERATE.  
• A book I requested through the U's Inter-Library Loan came it today and I am excited!  It is a new book that is an biographical compilation about the HISTORICAL FIGURES of my research specialty.  It should be wonderful to read.  
• I had a wonderfully productive meeting with the U's Grants Office and she has been very encouraging to me on a pair of grants I am aiming to write this upcoming academic year.  
•  I came to an AWARENESS earlier today that I can and do fully enjoy what I do.... and that the two folks that hurt me in our Department are unimportant to my day-to-day life.  I had been feeling some of the forlorn emotions about the issues surrounding these two folks.... and somehow I was able to figure out how to become aware again of how those two have minimal impact on my life... and that I DO get to do a helluva lot of fun things here as a U Prof.  
• The POTENTIAL idea of going to the beautiful "pipe sanctuary" (my euphemism for the wonderful pipe shop about 45 minutes away).... still gives me tingles of excitement.  I am still not sure if it is advisable for me to go or not.  But.... just IMAGINING going.... is invigorating!  I still do have concerns it will be a damn awful slippery slope I set myself upon if I do go..... but I am still considering it!
• Tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy, and rainy and a bit cooler!  It should be wonderful running weather..... OUTSIDE!!!!!