Seasons come and go. It seems like I've experienced an endless number of winters and summers, springs and falls. But really I've only been around for 21 now. I only have a chance of recalling about the last 15 and I guess that is starting to be a lot but I remember thinking this when I was younger too. I think living 1000 years would be about the same as now. Your mind and memories are split pretty much equally between two times, your immediate life and your past. About half of my energy goes into living now, doing my job, making my food, living in the present. And the other half draws on past experience, daydreams about what used to be, and tells me not to touch that hot frying pan. It didn't matter if I was 10 or 20 though, only half of my mind was used in storing the past. Does this mean that as I get older, my memory of what used to be will become less detailed as it has to cover more time? I don't want to lose my memories, I have lots of them and I love their detail and intensity. I think I must start some mind exercise. Recalling as much as I can kind of cements it in my head for longer. Mo' brawn fo' da brain. So when you see me sitting at my computer, staring off into space...don't bother me, I'm hard at work. My brain will be working at a capacity that is too great for you to comprehend. Thank you for your simple-minded cooperation.

What brought this all about? Changing seasons. Yesterday was the end of my ice skating and the beginning of my inline skating. It was a good work out last night but I was excited to get home and get to bed so I could wake up and ride my new Nike rollerblades to work. I left even before Sharon! It's nice when it's light out at 6:30 in the morning and you're taking a shower, only the sun lighting the bathroom. Now I'm going to get to work so I can leave here early too and ride my blades again. It's more downhill on the way home, I don't know if that's good or bad, blades came without brakes.

And dad, I planted my tomatoes. I'll let you know how they turn out. Let's have a competition this summer and see who can grow more. I know you're old but tomatoes are easy, you can do it.