Selling Sno-Cones at the Beach

skating at the depot

The Gang of Three came over last night after coffee hour and we drank wine and then went out for Cambodian food, which turned into Vietnamese food, and then came back here and drank more wine and finally kicked them out at 1:30 or so. The kitchen clock needs a new battery; that’s part of the problem.

This afternoon I went to our departmental skating party. I brought my skates out to MN (10,000 lakes; I figured there would be skating) but haven't been at all except for once earlier this winter. I don't fall very often, but less than a minute onto the ice, I fell flat on my ass. THAT'LL be a nice bruise tomorrow.

I skated for more than an hour; at the end I was starting to get wobbly. My left foot/leg is a lot less stable than my right. That's always been the case for skating, but it was more pronounced today. If I could lose some weight and do my back exercises, I could probably strengthen my body and even this out.

I am feeling a little more upbeat today about upcoming prelims because I had a meeting yesterday with the most demanding person on my committee, and what she is asking for prep seems finite and pretty reasonable. That's a huge relief, and I am actually looking forward to getting on it. After I finish that damn reading about Deng. Yawn. And Polish - I'm slipping a bit there too. The study-one-day-a-week method isn't working anymore.

Hm. My left shoulder is very sore. I wonder if I twisted my arm when I fell.