What have I been watching?: This is Us
What have I been listening to?: Breezeblocks - alt-J
Last movie I saw: A Star is Born
I'm currently sitting in bed, warm rice bag resting on my ankles. My room is filled with natural light, and the air smells lovely from the lavender peach plug-in in my wall. A wave of calm passed over me when I got to my door and opened it up to find my cozy little room filled with light. Just got back a bit ago from day one of a frisbee tournament in Eau Claire. Its about an hour away but we don't quite have the funds to get a hotel in Eau Claire for the night so we'll be driving there again tomorrow morning. Our first game this morning was at 8, and my alarm was set for 4:45 to allow time to dress, eat, and pick up three teammates. I had my first ultimate frisbee tournament in the snow today. Nothing stuck, but it snowed several times throughout the day. It was bitterly cold, around 38 degrees I would say, with horrible wind. We lost all 3 games. I unfortunately did not play at all, as I have become ill over the last couple days and have today developed a painful cough which I did not care to further worsen. I was definitely cold on the sideline but not as badly as last year's Halloween tournament in Rochester. We have another tournament next weekend and I anticipate I will not be well enough to play then either. After getting back to River Falls, I took an exquisitely long shower, trying to rub some heat and life back into my stiff muscles. The morning out in the cold made me really miss my baths.
I've been longboarding a few times this semester, borrowing a lovely bamboo board from my friend Tyler. He has several boards and we have gone out a couple times to practice. I like the feel of it, although haven't altogether gotten the hang of balancing on one leg as I push with the other. I found myself surprised by the amount of exercise that an hour of skateboarding entailed. I would really like to get my own board, but soon snow will be more consistent and will actually stick, so I may end up waiting until spring to get a board of my own. It reminds me a bit of surfing, although not quite as exhilarating. It's cement surfing.
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Returned to this post today, Sunday the 21st. Today was a bit nicer weather-wise (actually reaching the 50s by the afternoon) and although we still lost all our games, it was a good time and I was glad to be there. I didn't touch my camera Saturday but took some nice photos today. When I looked in my car mirror after the tournament, I was surprised to see abundant visible freckles under my eyes and on my nose. I have not seen them so clearly since spending the day in the sun surfing in South Carolina. Was exhausted driving back home and so content to end up back in my cozy room after the long day. Spent probably two hours editing the photos, made myself a lovely banana, raspberry, and spinach smoothie, and now will spend the remainder of the evening relaxing and watching TV. I am content.
