Long Walk, Basketball, Veggie Sausage and Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Writing this blog regularly kind of makes me bored with myself sometimes but I'm still glad I'm doing it.  Life is an adventure and life is a bore.  The energy flows in drips and drabs or sometimes it feels like Grand Central Station, or in other words, coming from all directions.  This vacation has been nice but I really have to hit the road tomorrow to make a little moo-lah.

Today, I walked all the way to the 13th Street Walmart and back.  In the process, I snapped over 100 pictures.  Lots of them were boring but there were a few keepers.  I met Kalakantha somewhere on 13th Street and was able to take a couple pictures of him, for instance.  Sometimes, I see nice potential pictures but I don't take them because I'm concerned that people will protest.  Whatever the case, I posted almost all of the ones I did take on my Facebook account.  You can be the judge.  I'm one of those completists.  I want it all and I want to show it all.  I can't help myself.  

I played Shyam in basketball today and beat him two out of three games.  It was cool.  I beat him barely in game one and game three, while he killed me in game two.  In that game he put on a burst of energy and played at a whole other level.  He's an athlete and I'm a crafty veteran.  Luckily for me, I was hitting my outside shots and free throws.

I bought another batch of veggie sausages from Devadeva today then met Chakradhara between Alachua and Gainesville and sold him two of them.  As I am going out of town, I figured I could spare two.  She joked that I was selling them on the black market.

The good news is that this morning I weighed in at 230 pounds.  I have now officially lost 19 pounds. Hooray.  The bad news is, well there isn't any bad news, at least I don't choose to acknowledge it if there is.   I'm really hoping that the scale will read below 230 in the morning.  That would be so awesome to dip below 230.  Hopefully I don't gain any wait on this damn trip.  I really want to get below 200 pounds by the time the summer comes and goes but that is going to take a lot of work.  I hope Raghavendhu will show me some exercises I can do in the hotels because I am dependent on my gym routine right now.

Radha took the car out by herself today to get the ingredients for chocolate covered strawberries.  I remember when Leela (Woodham) made them here once.  They've become a hit in the house ever since.  I think Vrn and Jahnavi were also here and we all played Apples to Apples, if I am not mistaken.  I think I also turned them onto flight of the Conchords that day.  I don't have much of a sweet tooth, so I don't generally eat the chocolate strawberries but they sure looked good after Radha made them. Glani has made them for Hridayananda Maharaja once or twice in the past to rave reviews.

Let's see, where do I find the balance?  I'm losing weight, getting in shape and feeling great but I still could sure use some money.  At the same time, I have to get ready for the kick run of this final semester at Santa Fe.  I'm going to feel sad when I graduate from the place.  It's actually been fun.