My usual plan for any day that I do not have to go to work is to get up fairly early, read the paper, have my coffee, and then go on the computer for the rest of the morning. Should the weather cooperate, I usually look forward to spending at least a portion of the afternoon outside. With the warmer weather I'll soon have grass to mow, and then there are the Corvairs to attempt to bring to life and get back on the road.
Such were my designs for yesterday, but as I neared the end of my daily keyboard session, memory served to remind me that the Seattle Mariners' last exhibition season game was on. Well, once I got into watching that, the carefully nourished ambition I had cultivated all morning slipped away like snow on a warm summer's day. In the most basic of terms, I was a complete couch potato yesterday. Sometimes I get a little angry with myself when I have days like that, but at the same time I realize that I might just need them to fully unwind and recuperate from the past week. There are those times when the weekend comes that I have so much chasing around in the vast emptiness of my brain case, that I cannot decide which thoughts or actions to pursue.
As to this weekend, I'm hoping that today I will feel a little more ambitious. Once I finish this post I want to get a query letter or two ready to put in tomorrow's mail and then see about getting some things done outside. So far the sun is still shining and it is supposed to get near 60 degrees today. I'm sure I could do some puttering in the garage, and the Suzuki needs to be washed again.
With regards to writing and publishing, those of you who might be described as "aspiring writers" might want to take a gander at Anne Mini's AUTHOR! AUTHOR! blog and her entries of the past few days. (www.annemini.com) She is doing a series of posts that take the "getting published" process back to the basics, covering details that many of the other "how to" books and sources seem to think we are all born knowing about. Even if you feel you are a little more advanced along the road towards publication, it might prove to be a worthwhile "refresher" for you.
As you may have guessed from the subject line today, I'm excited for Major League Baseball to be back with us. And yes, I am a diehard Mariners' fan. I think I always have been, even when they were consistently bad in the early years of the franchise's existence. Certainly I remained a fan, even as they struggled through last season, and I no doubt will remain a fan, regardless of how this new campaign plays out. While Seattle is nearly 300 miles away from Spokane, the "M's" are the closest we have to a Major League Team. It's not to say that I don't get disappointed in them/with them when they have a season such as last year's was. But at the same time I won't "dump" them because things are not going as everyone would hope. Now, it's a new season, and hopefully those things that led to such a disappointing year last year are gone. Starting the season anew, it's a situation where everyone of the 30 teams has the chance to succeed. And with the start of the season, I'll have the chance to get back into a continuous mode of watching sports again.
I've never been really big on March Madness. As a casual sports fan, it always seems like a little bit of a "dead zone" from the time the Super Bowl/Pro Bowl is history until baseball starts up again. In case you wonder, I do like basketball, but I've never followed it as closely as I follow Football or Baseball. As to basketball, I probably enjoy the high school version more than college or the NBA. And since Washington has divided "class B" ball into two classes, I find that I no longer feel the need to watch or follow it. The excitement of the "class B" state tournament has been diluted by the fact that Spokane now hosts one of two, rather than the entire Class B championship session.
Now I suppose it's time for those query letters and then something outdoors. Dave
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vespican) wrote,
hopeful
