I Should Have Gone Biking

North Miami Beach, FL March 21, 2001 Aaron H.
Schectman

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I SHOULD HAVE GONE BIKING

This morning at 4:30 I tried to go back to sleep but could not. So, I
reached for the book I was reading last night and trod silently out of the
bedroom to the office and tried to read. This didn't work, so I made a
breakfast out of a warmed everything bagel and butter with a hot cup of
Postum. This works even though it does not taste like the "Natural Coffee"
taste it claims to achieve. I topped this off with a glass of orange juice
just to empty the container and, of course, swallowed my morning pills.

Not satisfied, I went back to my book but thought that since the sky beyond
the vertical blinds was lightening the papers might have arrived. There is
nothing like opening the New York Times and finding something to comment
upon. Both the Times and the Miami Herald were out on the catwalk.

I read through the first section of the Times and particularly the last
pages that contain the editorials and the Op-Ed opinion articles. No such
luck this morning. I also checked to see if Dell came down on its laptop
prices or if Toshiba had a new sale that might interest me. Well, no -
there were ads but these were the same as yesterday and the week before. IF
we take a motor trip across the country as we are thinking we might do, I
naturally think I must have a really portable computer and modem to keep you
all informed about my really important thought processes.

So, I should have gone biking. The morning is cool for South Florida but I
have a number of meetings today that are on my mind. The entire membership
of the Board of Directors of 7th Moorings Condominium, Inc. is to "screen"
two new applicants for membership in our desirable housing association.
This will take place around our dining room table at 12:00 noon and 7:30
p.m. this evening. We might even have sold Carol's apartment.

Then, too, there is the investment of energy in the hot pool and exercise in
Parkway Hospital first thing. So, although I should have gone biking, I
shirked and am sitting here at the computer keyboard without absolutely
anything to say. How about that, Carol? Carol's Evaluation:10 out of 10.