For the First Time

I always get a little giddy doing any number of mundane tasks for the first time.  Tasks such as going to the dump, taking hundreds of pounds of aluminum in for recycling, or buying lumber.

These are tasks that are new to me, since my lulled apartment life I lived in Missoula did not require them of me.

Today, I am going to go get propane tanks filled.

Exciting.

Fitness

If I were to compare my personal fitness goals with sauce making, it would lie somewhere on the back burner on a low simmer.  Being essentially the exact same weight for that past decade, my body seems pretty content to never change.  No amount of eating or exercising has ever done my metabolism any great deal of good.

Today, knocking out the sets of pushups and pull-ups I do every morning, I repeated the routine after I was done, doubling my efforts.

To me, I turned the stove up to a 3 from a 2.

Mouth Massage

Yesterday, at the Dentist, I experienced for the first time a phenomenon in my mouth.

They young hygienist who was giving me a cleaning, began to floss my teeth and it felt amazing.  Now I'm not big into everyday flossing, more of an 'as needed' kind of guy.  But the way she massaged each and every tooth with the little fiber felt amazing.  She was truly great at what she does.

Still probably not going to floss everyday, but whenever I do, I shall think back on that day.

Handfuls of Rain

Yesterday evening, after a sunny drive home, the weather decided to try and get nasty.

The wind picked up a little, and a rain storm attempted to get going.

It kind of sounded like someone was throwing handfuls of rain against the windows in lazy intervals.