Monday: Swim and Great Anguish and Woe

So this morning, I woke up, as if nothing were wrong, made a smoothie and headed out to swim. While the bloom of health is not yet apparent on my visage, I am confidently walking the road to recovery. When I looked in the mirror this morning, though, I had to admit that I still looked pretty sickly. My eyes are watery, red rimmed and slightly swollen, my face is pallid, and I bear the posture of the downtrodden.

Ivan did not go to swim with me, because he is currently having a love affair with a television show called Calliou. It is a strange cartoon about a boy named Calliou and narrarated by his grandmother. They all speak softly to each other and play nicely and Calliou seems to only have an inside voice. Anyway, I was running late and Ivan had breakfast on the couch while glued to Calliou.

At swim, I hopped in the water and it did not feel that a moment had passed. I felt great. I did some freestyle, some butterfly, a lot of kicking. I did not let myself keep up with my yardage or my intervals as I did not need to blow it out and spend the rest of the day suffering.

Now, a great great misfortune happened when I got home. I inadvertently pushed my thumb against my laptop screen, and I popped a pixel something something and the whole screen shattered into inky leaks. It gave me the same kind of feeling that you have when you have a stupid car wreck that is entirely your fault. It was like wadding up four 100 dollar bills and flushing them willy nilly down the toilet.

So, I spent the evening curled up in the fetal position on the floor of the Mac store. They will fix my computer, BUT like I said, I pretty much flushed a hefty chunk of my vacation fund down the toilet.

Anyway, track workout tomorrow. I am pretty psyched, BUT I am unprepared and recovering. Must cut self some speed slack.

Interesting fact that I learned from my cover to cover Vogue read this weekend: J. Crew has a newish brand called Madewell that sells a more casual and city-contemporary version of J. Crew style. It is sold from their website and from the Shopbop website. They have a pom pom scarf that I like.