enjoying living

I hate to maybe jinx anything, but so far, the rads are a breeze. i have a new kitty, and she climbs up on my shoulder, and that hurts more than the rads. (and hurts longer - those kitty nails are sharp!)

I teach Spanish and French.Several years ago, I needed graduate hours in Spanish. It was actually cheaper to go to Costa RIca and study at the University there than to go to my nearby (but across state lines) university. So I did everything I could in Costa Rica. I kept saying "I'll never have this chance again!!" I went white water rafting (level 3 rapids), and LOVED it! (You have to understand - I don't swim well. I am perhaps the only person who passed beginning swimming at University of Missouri, but still was allowed (encouraged, actually) to take beginning swimming again.) So the entire time I was white water rafting, I enjoyed the added thrill of fear of dying! We paddled so hard that, when we stopped for lunch, several of us couldn't stop our muscles from trembling. It was glorious!!
A few years ago, a friend of mine talked me into canoeing with her. She worked at a canoe rental for the summer, so we had all the gear we needed, and she really knew the river. The water was high, and fast. There was one bend in the river with an overhanging tree - a LOW overhanging tree. Of course we overturned. My friend was really worried about me. Of course I was wearing a life vest, and it saved me, and I managed to swim back to the canoe and we even managed to recover all our stuff (in floating duffle bags). Afterward my friend said, "Everyone bites it at that tree!!!" But I'm still glad i went!!