Cold waters

I woke up this morning annoyed with the world (those who know me well would probably say what else is new), regardless I got up took the kid to school and then went to the Laramie Fitness center(yes I just plugged a local business) feeling lazy I stayed to the Cardio room. NOw the thing is that it is easy in this place too focus to much on the fact of how monotonous a workout can really be, The TV was tuned to Robin Meade on Headline News(always a treat) my headphones pulsed out some old school KMFDM and I had with me this months Book Club Selection( After hours book club Albany county public library). I enjoy Book club I really do. However the situation often leads to me reading things that I would probably rather not, or at least wouldn't if left to my own devices. Getting back to the subject(that being this months selection) The Sugar Queen is a charming tale of small town life run amok. The women characters and the men too are all settled into their lifestyles and pretending to be happy when they are not.It has every thing you could possibly want from a campy romance novel; a sinister ex-boyfriend named Julian(really? Julian?), Adam, an extreme sports jockey who shattered his femur and now delivers mail, His best friend, Jake, who is a successful lawyer that admitted to cheating on his long time girlfriend and won't tell her the one thing she really wants to know, Chloe, the slighted lover who only wants to know who this other woman is, and in the mean time is being captivated by Julian, and the weird thing is it pulls you in and the entire time you're reading, all you can ask is "WHY? WHY, AM I SUBJECTING MYSELF TOO THIS TRIPE!!!?"  simple answer of course is because it flows smoothly and is entertaining enough to keep trudging through and distract you from the monotony of your  workout.

 Two hours later I finally left the gym. Collecting my things from the locker room one of the other regulars asked if I had done enough for the both of us. I replied that "Cardio was complete." He shook his head and said he was weight training. Then commented that "That if working out worked on a buddy system, you could have one guy do all the workout part and then the other guy could buy the pizza and beer." Chuckling I left and Texted Codename plush to see if she would meet me at the park before she had to go to work. I then drove to my bank and made deposit. I waved at the usual selection of tellers as I filled a cup of coffee. Bundle is my favorite so I strolled over to her kiosk and made my deposit.I could make allot of bad jokes with that but I won't. By this point I had decided I was jumping in the river with or with out help. So leaving the bank I drove to one of the seven or eight parks that Laramie has to offer(Optimist to be specific).
 What makes Optimist so great (and optimal for my objective) is that Laramie river flows along it. Parking Alf the Explorer, I removed all items that I did not wish to be saturated, walked to the rivers edge, and jumped in. Didn't stay long, but it was exhilarating and I woke right up. After this I went home satisfied with my morning and feeling accomplished.