Last week, I went running for the first time since I hurt my ankle back in May. I was listening to music and it got me all wound up so I ran too fast and I got really tired so I had to stop for a bit and catch my breath. My throat gets really constricted when I exercise. A week later, I went running a second time. It wasn't my intention to wait so long between runs, even though I was stiff as a board, but I've been pretty disorganised with my time. I didn't have to stop but I felt really lethargic by the end of it. That's okay. It will take a while to get back into it. I'm just happy that my ankle could handle it. I bought a new pair of runners, but I didn't use them for either run. I feel like I'm saving them for something... I'm not sure what.
For the first time ever, B and I invited someone we'd never met over for dinner. He is a friend of a friend and he recently moved to town. Mutual friend suggested we meet up by creating a three-way (ha ha) conversation on the old "social utility". You never know how these things are going to go, so I guess you hope for the best and expect, well, nothing. Well, I could have expected a great deal and not been disappointed because this guy was just fantastic. We had a great time, but I drank enough wine to be a little too aware of how my mouth felt wrapped around the words as I forced them out. This is my way of ensuring nobody knows that I might be a little bit drunk.
Our visitor and the mutual friend met in Halifax. I'm going there today. My flight leaves in exactly 3 hours. I'm going to a conference and I have to make a presentation on a transportation project we're doing here. Public speaking makes me extremely nervous. One thing that helps is to imitate someone who has a great voice, like Judy Maddren.
My parents came to visit last weekend. They came at just the right time, weather-wise. It was sunny and 27 degrees every day. We went to the beach and Dad and I actually went in for a swim, it was so hot. We cooled off fast, though.
"The beach?" you ask, "I thought you lived in the middle of Canada?" Well, the beach in the middle of Canada is part of what makes this province such a little gem. Have a look at this photo:
The middle of Canada.
4 comments:
oooh! aaaah!
I can't believe you referenced Judy Maddren
I guess. You just never know. All those zillions of people reading this from other parts of the world...
oh no I didn't mean the link to her, I mean it's so funny that that's who you think of. enough that you reference her in your thoughts on public speaking
Oh, ha ha! Yeah, I remember practising this one presentation in my first semester here and B kept telling me that I was up-talking. I thought, how do I stop that? I needed a non-up-talking model to mimic and she just popped into my head. I had probably been listening to her that morning. And it worked! It was like the best presentation I ever did.
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