Cold Rain

 

It is a cold and very rainy 41 degrees (~5 Celcius).  And, it is not expected to change temperature-wise, nor rain-wise all day.   It is 9:30am, and it is still quite limited in light outside due to the heavy cloud cover.  

I did not feel like running outside in this current weather, although I probably should have done so to “toughen up” my resolve.    Instead, at 6:00am,  I went to the indoor track nearby and hoofed out my 10 miles (~16 km) in a zillion-and-a-half loops.  I listened to my Catholic Mass Music Channel on Pandora as I ran and prayed the rosary.  

Currently, in my front Office, I am eating a bowl of cold, cut fruit (cantaloupe, apples, and grapes this morning).  I have just finished eating my bowl of very high fiber cereal.  With the quantity of the cereal I eat (about 1.5 "servings" as listed on the label) I get about 25 grams of fiber from that alone,  plus all the other fiber I eat during the day.  I strive to be well above the recommended daily intake of fiber each day.  Fiber has significant benefit for gastrointestinal health, and growing evidence also suggests it stabilizes micrbiota ecosystems in the gut as well.  

I am planning/hoping to attend the Retiree's Cigar Group this afternoon.  It should be an interesting change in some ways, with it being so dark, cloudy, and rainy. The place, being in an older building in that city's downtown, it has many large picture windows.  The dark, cloudy rain will add an interesting ambiance, I suspect.  It does sound like an enjoyable, albeit rather hedonistic way to spend the afternoon.  

I am still contemplating how to best pursue my remembrance of my Dad's 101st Birthday.  All the ideas I wrote about yesterday are still "on the table".  I still have time to reason it through in my mind, which is good.  I do not relish having to make a "rash" decision.  In my imagination, I do LIKE the idea of both having a pipe at the cemetery and still going to the Retiree's Cigar Group that week.  But my conscience has me debating whether indulging my "id" in that way is wise.   

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