Skipped week, more cleaning, good run, graduation

Honestly, I don’t how the days pass so quickly. It was Thursday of last week when I remembered I was late with a post, but I didn’t have time then, nor Friday. By Saturday, I decided to just wait until this week.

Because the school is ending this week, and the seniors were out last week, I expected my tutoring schedule to lighten abruptly. I’m pleasantly surprised that some students are continuing through the summer, and that I have several new students. Speaking of seniors, I attended the graduation ceremony for Winter Park High School last Friday. I beamed with pride as current or former students walked across the dais. So I extend my sincerest congratulations to Alexandro Camacho, Kushal Chutkan, Asya Hill, Laura Jakiel, Chulho Jang, Yoo-Sung Lee, Kelly MacConnell, Andrew Tankel, Erik Tanner, and Amanda Vivo. Well done!

I had a good 24-mile run on Sunday, finishing strong and steady. I was relieved that the run went well, because my attempt at 22 miles the week before ended badly. I felt good until the 14^th mile, when I suddenly began all the usual symptoms of hyponatremia. I walked more than ran another six, giving me a total distance of 20 miles, but a disappointing performance. I still can’t tell when I’m going to have a good run and when I’m going to melt down. I just hope marathon day in two weeks is one of the good days.

I haven’t done much writing lately, although in my head, I’ve been busy revising. If only I could transfer my thoughts directly onto the paper. I hope to have new material for my critique group on Friday night. I need the pressure!

My “intense” housecleaning continues. I’ve made a remarkable improvement of my desk, filing, discarding, and rearranging. This morning I tackled the wall of my family room that holds various awards from road races. They are arranged on three small shelves, and on the wall over and surrounding the shelves. This area is often ignored when I do my normal dusting, so the debris from the air duct workers only added to an accumulation of dust. I got only about a third of the way through the job when the clock stopped me. It was time to get ready to go to the dentist. The job was delayed by one trophy which had come apart. It was constructed by putting together several segments, all held together by one long screw. It is a mystery how it the nut on the end of the long screw came loose, and quite a task to get the parts reassembled.

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