I'd rather be...

Summer's encore; it's hot. Today I put more than double the amount of ice cubes into my water bottle to try to keep the water colder than usual during the first half of my work shift. I put so many in that I thought some would still be left in the bottle for a long while. Even though no solid water remained when I went for my first drink an hour in, it was still refreshingly cold. As I drank I closed my eyes and was taken to a few places at which I have also had a refreshingly cold drink from a water bottle:

• On a tennis court
• Next to a Mexican pyramid
• Biking around Stanley Park
• In the Surrey Indians dugout
• On the trail towards Upper Joffre Lake

Non-Baseball Season

After several seasons of playing competitive baseball for the Surrey Indians in the Lower Mainland Baseball Association, I am not playing this season. It was a very tough decision, and one I'm still coming to terms with, but I've made the decision and it's time to move on. By no longer having baseball obligations I'll have more time for other pursuits, mainly recreational. I've been running regularly (thinking about doing a half-marathon sometime this year), and I've been snowshoeing semi-regularly (and loving the new snowshoes, by the way). Last summer we used our canoe just once. This year I hope to hit double-digit canoe use. Playing a lot of bocce this year would be great.

Das Indians

I have added many pics from 2005 and 2006 to the previously-2007-dominated Surrey Indians photo album on flickr. Take a look, won't ya?