On Break
Since trials I’ve been having some fun. I’ve been playing video games with friends, playing tennis, bike riding, and reading. It’s nice to be able to stay up late and sleep in for a change. I haven’t once woken up in time for morning practice. I wouldn’t have gone to practice if I had been up though. I have been thinking about swimming but I haven’t felt like I really needed to get in the pool yet.
One thing has happened with some stress. There was a terrible thunderstorm last week and my friend Matt Owen’s apartment building was struck by lightning. The building caught on fire and the fire spread quickly through the attic of the building. He lives on the first floor of the two-story building so that saved him from burning. There was plenty of smoke in his place though. He also had some damage from the power surge. His computer had a couple parts fry and his TV stopped working. He wound up having to stay with me for a couple days before they got running water back and the smoke smell went away.
This weekend we are going to have some excitement. Beth and I are going up to North Carolina to do some white water rafting. It has been a few years since Beth has done any and it has been at least 10 years since the last time I did. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we will have a fun ride down the river.