Back at it

(Tonight's workout accompaniment: The Bryant Park Project)

So, I've made it back to the gym exactly three times since coming down with mono last year.

Tonight was the third.

I did an hour of weights tonight. I find it much more tolerable if I have something new to listen to. Anyone want to recommend a good podcast?

I need to get back in shape for backpacking season.

Silly Misanthrope and I have various and sundry shorter trips planned this year (such as Red River Gorge, Kentucky, in a few weeks), but the keystone of our summer will be a 10-day, 90-mile trip to Isle Royale National Park in July.

I'm so excited.

The inventory

(Yes, it has been awhile.)

Current inventory of stuff Silly Misanthrope has left at my house:

• 1 AeroPress coffee and espresso maker
• 1 pair nylon cargo shorts
• 1 "Trail Magic" Appalachian Trail Hiking Game
• 1 pair athletic shoes
• 1 empty Heineken keg can (24 ounces)
• 3 plastic bottles (assorted sizes, one containing cooking oil)
• 1 frying pan for backpacking
• 1 pair winter boots
• 1 Forum 2004 straw hat
• 1 bamboo spatula (also for backpacking)
• 4 receipts (various)
• 1 fleece jacket
• 1 packaged Spam Single (classic flavor, 3 ounces)
• 1 blue LED twist-on light
• 1 sweatshirt
• 1 package of Band-Aid Advanced Healing Blister bandages (quantity: 6)
• "Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison" by Michel Foucault (bookmark at page 11)
• 1 tan-and-brown striped dress sock
• 1 white athletic sock
• 1 Velcro strap
• 1 blue plastic jar with green lid
• 1 green L.L. Bean travel toiletry bag (empty)
• 1 pair underwear (unmentionable)
• 1 musical birthday card (received)
• 2 thank-you notes (not yet sent)
• 1 fleece zip-neck pullover
• 2 tents (one green, one red)
• 1 digital camera
• 1 t-shirt ("Eamus Catuli")