What I'm Thinking About

It's the college sailing season, so a lot of what I'm thinking about is logistics: have we picked up the van, is there gas in the motorboat, I need to order this part, what's the breeze going to be like on Wednesday, don't forget to call this person back, etc.

I'm thinking a lot about video, and how to take good footage and then what to do with the footage to best use it as a teaching tool.  The college has some pretty cool equipment and very cool software that lets you do motion analysis, mark up the video and highlight things, but I haven't learned how to work it yet.  I'm still learning the basic stuff, like where the buttons on the camera are, and how to insert the little cassettes.  I have some footage and I've been viewing it to isolate some moments that demonstrate movements, right and wrong.  It's very time intensive.  So I'm mulling a lot about video, and how to incorporate it this season as a coach.  I am not yet able to drive the motorboat, film sailors, and watch critically at the same time, let alone do all that and make sure the drill is running right.  So there's a lot to figure out. 

I'm thinking about food, what to eat and how to stay healthy.  I keep forgetting meals, and then eating junk.  I remember last year, how often I pulled through a drive through after practice, desperate for something because I'd forgotten to eat.  That's not how I want to live.  So I'm thinking about shopping lists, packing myself healthy lunches and dinners and snacks, when to shop and how to prep so when I come off the water and I'm tired I can eat something good on the way home, then make a quick and healthy dinner before I sit down to watch video or plan the next day's practice or respond to emails. 

I'm thinking about Mr. Next Big Thing, most of the time. Sometimes I'm thinking about the fact that I'm thinking about him so much, and alternately worrying and grinning.  This is not like any relationship I've been in for years.  For someone who writes about my life here on the Internet, I'm really pretty emotionally guarded, pretty fond of my independence and my wide ranging social circle, pretty reluctant to get too attached to any one person.  But somehow that's not the case with him.  t feels terrific, and it makes me realize just how walled off I have been.  To those who tried to date me in the past, I'm sorry.  I'm thinking about logistics with him, too, because he's 800 miles away, and sometimes I have to talk myself down because I'm worrying about things that are too far away.  He comes here in October.  We'll see what happens then. 

I'm not thinking about: my car (a used Jetta I bought from my mechanic last week), what I'm reading (Nabokov's Pnin, which I am underwhelmed by), or all the friends I'm out of touch with.  Or very much else, truth be told. 

Comments

[Littoral]

I have a pretty heavy schedule during the week so I make sure that when I have the time to cook (odd nights in the week and weekends) I make double and freeze the "leftovers" - that way I get convenience food that isn't junk.

[bridgeovertroubledwater]

There's a joke in our house that I don't cook meals, I cook leftovers. Currently my personal favorite is risotto rice with sautéed onions and peas. The vermouth added during cooking doesn't hurt either. It's even good cold. Of course one would need to complete the protein and add some greens to make a really great leftover meal.

Daughter Emily (who is working to move out of the house), does a fabulous job of consistently creating very appealing lunches to take to work. I'm always impressed. They are often based on local organic greens from the farmer's market. Of course I do most of the shopping which is a chore in and of itself.

Food is a biggy. You have too much else going on to slight food. It's the foundation...as we all know....of living well.

By the way, best of luck on your new relationship. It sounds like a few bells (not necessarily to be construed as wedding) are clanging...yea!

[AdriftAtSea]

Sounds about right, on all counts. :D