Top three favorite things about spring break:
3. desolate campus
2. zero traffic
1. empty rec. center pool
The days leading up to spring break are buzzing with incensed college students who don’t know where they’re going for break or how they’re going to look in their bikinis. And then on the first Monday of spring break, it all dies down and we’re left with peace and quiet.
So, my expectations were high today for the pool. Minutes after I started swimming, the other two people in the pool left. But seconds after they were gone, you know who showed up. No, not the bad guy from the Harry Potter books. Flipper. There weren’t any confrontations or major swim-offs today, but I definitely gave the old codger a run for his flipperin’ money.
Jeff and I are convinced he’s some tenured professor, and now I’m quite eager to identify him. Unfortunately, most professors don’t wear flippers when teaching their classes or holding office hours. I'll find a way. More Flipper news as it happens.
But when I wasn’t trying to identify my arch-nemesis, I was swimming an easy 2,000-yard workout in the 30-minutes I had, including:
- 500 yards free warm-up on 6:30
- 5 x 100 yards free on 2:00
- 1,000 yards free on 12:30
No butterfly today. Sad, I know. But it's a Monday... and if that's not an excuse for unacceptable laziness, I don't know what is. I cannot explain, however, how nice it was to have my Monday lunch hour back. Granted, I only get my lunch hours back for the week (and then again in another 5 weeks), but the freedom is incredible. For once, I think I'm going to go straight home and... do my taxes.
Other than that, I need to set out a plan for running (i.e., races and getting a clue) and cycling, as well as make arrangements for an upcoming trip to Portland, Oregon. I know, I know: tone down the running pace and the thrilling Monday evenings.
