just john

So I spent a small part of Sunday putting the summer tires on the car. A bit early but about half the people out there seem to agree with me. Winter tires are ugly and not properly speed rated. As you might expect, it rained this morning, turning  into thick falling snow by 10am. At 4:30 the roads were bone dry and the sun was out. All notions of "good weather" are being duly readjusted. Still above freezing, it just needed to snow for some reason.

Starting to like the gym a lot. It's a bit more upscale than I'm used to since it has a staffed desk and all. No musclehead crowd either. The thing that's really starting to stand out is that I'm beginning to hear tones of voice again. For a while anyone who spoke german sounded pretty much the same to me. It's odd, but now I'm hearing speech patterns that I recognize to the point that I at first think I'm listening to english. Alas, no. Not quite gibberish but everybody still uses a lot of big words that I don't understand. I sat in a meeting today and went about two sentences into perfect clarity, then got a headache.

A lot of spring type things are beginning to happen here. The bank behind my apartment is covered in white that looks like snow but is actually flower petals, buds are out, and the daffodils are in full bloom. Place is getting to be not so bad...

By the way, Addie seems to be recovering and getting around on her own again. Below is one of my favorite pictures of my animals. Addie looks about like she always does and I caught Milo in a rare moment of actually expressing his disdain for everyone around him.