Weight class with the ladies

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discussion, ladies, osteoporosis, postaday2013, weight class

This has been the third week without my partner in crime Sybil, she will be coming back next week hooray! And I am happy to say that we have gotten the hang of this counting business. We still might lose count but nowhere near as badly as the first week. We have ceased exercising in amokness.

Today’s discussion was dominated by the subject of Monday’s bombing in Boston and today’s manhunt that is still going on in the city of Boston for suspect number 2. Suspect number one was killed in a gun fight that had erupted last night on the campus of MIT.

The ladies were very upset by these events and the fact that they were two young men, immigrants from Chechnya and willing to kill innocents for no good reason. I think that they were mainly upset because of the randomness of it all and how the two young men, instead of being grateful for being in this country, chose instead to inflict horrific harm and death. The young eight year old boy who was killed immediately after the bombs went off was a constant within the conversation, along with his sister who lost her leg in the blast. So the ladies were very upset and who can blame them.

I was leading them through the exercises so I kept my focus on the counting while politely listening to their opinions and their concerns. Thankfully, the subject matter finally changed to more cheerful topics. Tulips, daffodils and chipmunks were quick to become the main thrust of the discussion in the remaining time we had left. The consensus was that this spring we were going to see an explosion of both chipmunks and moles, not good for bulbs, because they love eating them. Oh well.

I’ll be very happy when Sybil comes back to class next week, not only did I miss her presence, she is such a lovely person through and through, but a break from the counting and leading will be nice. It’s not rocket science but it is much easier taking the class than leading the class. I miss my Sybil.

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The baby girl called me to tell me about her afternoon at school. She had decided to take a walk to her bank branch instead of getting a ride. At about the mile and a half mark she came to the end of the sidewalk and the road was way too busy to walk on foot. She called me to tell me that she had tried to go independent of anyone's help, but that the next branch was six miles farther away in the opposite direction and no way was she going to walk that far. I told her that she had done well anyhow and that I was proud of her initiative.

She started telling me that her little adventure in walking had reminded her of our many days walking throughout various towns in France this past summer. She said that feeling tired, sweaty and sore legs were the specific things that had made her think of our trip. She also mentioned that feeling like that was making her irritable, another reminder of how she felt over in France. I have different memories of France because walking long distances don't often get me irritable, perhaps hot, sweaty and tired, but not irritable.

The baby girl was being cute, I am glad that she still thinks of our trip to France even if she teasingly calls me to remind me how hot and sweaty we were some of the time while making our way through the French countryside.