Cows Like Snow

Word of the Week

Beautiful
–adjective
1. having beauty; having qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
2. excellent of its kind: a beautiful putt on the seventh hole; The chef served us a beautiful roast of beef.
3. wonderful; very pleasing or satisfying.

–noun
4. the concept of beauty (usually prec. by the).
5. (used with a plural verb) beautiful things or people collectively (usually prec. by the): the good and the beautiful.
6. the ideal of beauty (usually prec. by the): to strive to attain the beautiful.

–interjection
7. wonderful; fantastic: You got two front-row seats? Beautiful!
8. extraordinary; incredible: used ironically: Your car broke down in the middle of the freeway? Beautiful


I use this word way too much. Beautiful.

Winter

Ok, I'll be the first to admit I am not a winter person. I wish I could just curl up and hibernate from January through to mid April.

There is almost nothing I like about winter: it's cold, dark, and just makes life in general difficult (and I've convinced myself that winter is the result of sinful man, but that's another story).

But I have realized something: I think all my reasons for not liking winter is the difficulty it causes for getting around. If I never had to go anywhere, it'd be fine. I wouldn't have to worry about putting on 12 layers of clothes just to go to my truck. I wouldn't have to adjust my schedule to driving conditions. I wouldn't have to worry about slipping when I go for a run. Winter has become more of an inconvenience more than anything else to me. It just gets in the way of what I need to get done.

When put in this context, winter is much more manageable. On a day like today when it's -10, but clear and sunny, winter isn't so bad. Although I still wish it was +25 and sunny. But those days will be back soon enough.

Soreness

Any moderately physically active person will tell you the importance of stretching before and after a workout. I say this myself, although I don't always follow through.

Friday I hit legs hard after being off for two weeks for Christmas. Usually after a leg workout I do some moderate cardio to "cool down" my legs. However, this time I did not. Consequently Sunday night after sitting for 2 hours of driving, I was having a hard time walking. I probably looked pretty funny walking across the parking lot.

But I like feeling sore, to a point. It's the feeling that I've had a good workout and actually accomplished something. Today my shoulders, chest, and arms are a bit sore after yesterday's workout, and my legs have recovered just in time to do a leg workout tonight.

Anyone who wants to join me, just show up at the Redeemer gym around 5-5:30 ish. But of course, you have better things to do with your time, don't you?