58 and Descending

Wow! The temperature was a near-perfect 58 degrees this morning. It wasn't totally dry, but the humidity was low enough to warrant a pleasurable experience. Sort of.

My legs still hurt from Sunday's run, so today was just a simple, slow maintenance run. I never got below 13:30, despite the cooler weather, but my legs were just being stubborn. I wished that today was Saturday or Sunday so that I could enjoy the day. We have no school on Monday, so if the temperature is similar, I will be spending a good portion of it outside.

On another note, two of my students are two of the children of the slain HPD officer, so I went to the viewing. As I've said before, I have a strong abhorration for funerals and viewings. I refrain from going to funerals as much as possible, for the sadness overwhelms any happy times. I don't need closure in those circumstances. I don't need to see a body in a casket to believe he/she is dead. None of my friends or family members are members of the CIA or any other secret agency (that I know of), therefore I have no reason to not believe that the dead are indeed dead.

Needless to say, I did not stay long, especially since my students weren't there. I signed the guest book, left a card for the kids, and walked out as soon as possible (I didn't know the officer, I was there for my students).

Now I'm going to go to Sugarland to spend time with the Sailor. And by spending time, I mean sitting next to him on the couch while he watches television and I catch up on my school reading (Edgar Allen Poe... just the kind of thing I need to be reading!). Sometimes I feel as though I'm in high school again, for I'm constantly reading the stories and novels my students are reading, leaving very little time for reading of my choice.

"Crime and Punishment" update: I'm in the homestretch - I have less than 100 pages left!

Next books, "Cold Mountain" and "The Grapes of Wrath." Luckily they are both much shorter and easier to read. I've been enjoying "C&P", but I'm having a hard time carving out a chunk of time for it, because that book is too difficult to read in snatches.

Cheers!