I hatez the winters,,,

Not only because I am a thin blooded Hooman,,. this carcass gets cold easily.  WAY too easily 

Naw, its not just the cold, but how my little kayak-y world shifts gears,,

and its not like a slow down shift, nopes, no way no how,   This is pushing in the clutch, and shifting from 5th to 2nd and dumping that clutch,,,  RPMs roar past redline, tires squalling and the sphincterometer pegs the needle,,,  Compression braking at its finest, so long as you don’t tear the driveshaft apart, or shed a tire, or throw a rod,,,

Went to the lake today, kinda windy, a bit brisk in temps, and the temp had dropped in the water a few points, as well as the water level.  They dropped the lake level 2′ since last weekend and “my stump” is exposed again.(that stump is in 4′ deep water, solidly anchored and at just the right height to provide support for hipsnap practice. )  Really looking forward to getting some hipsnap practice in if nothing else.   Put Lizzy on the waters edge and went to put on my cold weather paddle gear and,,, 

NOT A SOUL TO BE SEEN on that boat ramp,,,,    there were 5 cars there when I pulled in and busted the straps on Lizzy.

WTF???? Quick check of the time,   ten minutes to noon,,,

Yup, all the hubbies racing back home so their church going wives don’t give them shit about skipping church,,,   I am sure a little imagination could illuminate how that conversation would play out,,

Damn it.  I’ll play, but I really want another Hooman around, ‘just in case’,,,     Waited a bit, (45 minutes) but no one else showed up,,,,

*sigh* load the boat back up,,,  call it a day,,,  b*tchslap that kid at work tomorrow, IF he shows up for work,,,  

I did get in her and got some water under her keel.  I wanted to see if using the wobble board makes a difference.   I know it made one hell of difference in how my ABS feel today; woke up this am feeling like I had done a ton of sit-ups, especially the sides below my ribs,    All that twisting and balancing is felt today.  (if there had been even one soul on that ramp, or nearby shoreline, I would have gone for it,,,   Maybe I am over-cautious, but admittedly, I’m rather addicted to breathing O2, not H2O.)

and yes, oh hell yes, it made a difference in how Lizzy feels under my arse.   Maybe I can get this ‘tippiness’ thing licked,,,and start working on the real needs of edging and leaning for turns,,,,   I’m not that proud, I will use any tool I can to ‘get the job done’, and this seems to be ‘that tool’.

SO,,,,  I came home and remade the Wobble board.  Took apart all that jury-rigged stuff and made it solid and added a footboard.  That is now part of my (growing) exercise regimen.   And 15-20 minutes on it a day, should keep the hind brain hard wired for ‘oh,oh, oh, gonna tip’ and not freak out when that feeling hits.  And I found using a broom stick to simulate paddling,,,  OH HELL TO THE YEAH!!!   it even helps condition bracing moves: get a little over the limit on one side, send that stick to the floor (just like bracing with a paddle) and you are back on keel again.   Toss in a ‘head dink’ and you almost don’t have to ‘hit the floor’.    Now if I could find a Nordic trak that is busted up,,,   I could build that Ergometer and practice better, more often, without having to load a boat and get wet (though honestly, I prefer the real thing,,,  Just not as much when its witches teat cold out.)

And this is the first post on my new Hot Spot,,,   Seems a little sluggish compared to the Phone, but that may be as its ‘new in the area’ and hasn’t located all the signals to work with (if there are many,,,  I have doubts,,,). And it could be time of day,,   I recall that the phone had sluggish times too.

Fire built, look at the weather, and it looks like this cold snap is with us for a long spell.   Totally out of season.  Looks like its going to be another LONG winter, and with all the other stuff going on in the world,,,,  expect to see death tolls climb further this year (not just from the “Unexplained Clots and myocarditis’ thing)

Different subject.   Over at DaybyDay, the second strip for SaveAdrianaGrace is up, and I followed the link.  Looks like DBD/Chris Muir are having an positive effect on the drive.   GOOD DEAL!!!    Phil over at BustedKnuckles has a post on it, and damned good reasons for supporting Children in general: they are OUR future,,,,   And, dunno ’bout you, but some of the Future I have been seeing is sorely lacking in credentials.  Not all by any means, but enough that I worry,,,  We’d best get busy getting our future right, RIGHT NOW, or,,,,

A different type of winter will be headed at us.

I hatez winter,,,