MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

A New School Year

And so it begins. This morning we all got up extra early and got to the respective schools pretty early. The high schoolers, having missed the open house last week where they handed out schedules, needed to pick up their schedules, and then see if they were adequate-- otherwise, they'd have to meet with school counselors to try and make any changes. It's also picture day for them, which seem odd and chaotic. Then I dropped D off at his school, where he has now moved to the middle school wing (he's entering 6th grade). We missed his open house too, so I walked him in to help him find his room, since he wanted me to. He is not yet to the stage of not wanting to be seen with me.

In any event, I am sure they are having a great time getting to see their friends again. I'm eager to hear about the first day when they come home!

And then it was back to my routine at the gym. Last spring, after having knee problems that sent me in for physical therapy, I got serious about exercise and started going to the YWCA every weekday, if possible. I would drop the kids at school, and since the high school is right by the Y, I would go straight there. It really works for me, and it felt good to be back on the machines. I did get lots of exercise on the trip, with all that walking around. I even lost weight on the trip-- 8 lbs, not bad! Despite bread and sausages!

It also helped that I have now entered the 21st century as regards music technology. I have an MP3 player! I have been using an old CD Walkman for the last 10 years whenever I go workout. I can remember Walkmans with cassete tapes! In the last year, the CD Walkman had been losing some of its features, like the digital display not working anymore. But it still played CDs and I didn't have any reason to buy something new. It looked so big and clunky compared to these little MP3s, and sometimes it skipped, and I had to listen to one CD at a time. But just before we went to Germany, I dropped it at the gym and that was it. I could still play CDs but it skipped all the time. So I decided I'd have to try out one of those new fangled MP3 thingies... that have been around for, well, ages now.

Anyway, I don't have a fancy one, but it suits my purpose and it is so nice and light! And I can put all sorts of music in it. Wee!

And now, back to routines. I'm eager to get back to writing. I haven't done much besides blog and journal for the last month, so now it is time. It does feel like a new year!

(And weird to think a week ago we were in Neumarkt eating lunch with the Burgermeister! It seems like such a faraway time now...)

Posted by sapphire at September 5, 2006 9:34 AM