Tonight I took a long bike ride on the path that runs along Lake Michigan.  Even at 8 o’clock, the beach was still crowded with swimmers and volleyball players and people obstructing the hundreds of bikers using the path.  It’s sometimes hard to believe that only a couple of months ago, the beach was hidden under feet of snow and the water was completely iced over.  I think tomorrow I will go swimming, though the water is still hovering around 65 degrees.

Today I had a delicious smoothie, a delicious breakfast, a great talk with a friend, and wrote what I think and hope was a pretty good piece for my writing class.  I shall file this day under success.