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Damn, I love Spring!!

The past two days have brought us wonderful sunny weather here in the Willamette Valley, and I've been taking advantage!! It's so great to have weather like this after the long winters. Anyway, Monday evening I went out for a long walk after dinner. I took my CD player and a couple Afro Celts CD's with me, and had a great, peaceful time. I've learned that being out in nature, or just outside, is the perfect context for listening to the Afro Celts. I started out around campus, but quickly decided to loop around toward the river, and that's exactly what I did. I spent a lot of time on the footbridge over the river, just looking at the water and whatnot. Then I went for a little stroll in the park across the river from campus, and that was nice. Then I went back to the bridge, got barked at by a hippie's dog, and watched some fool riding a board attatched to a log or rock or something in the water. He fell off a couple times, and got back up on it, and then decided to come back in. Then I headed back to my room, and that was my walk.

Today, Tuesday, it was nice again!! So, right after class, I decided the homework could wait and I headed outside again, this time with ALL my CD's. I spent a good hour or so on the lawn by the student union, sitting in the shade of a tree and listening to lots of music. Afro Celts, BeauSoleil, Dixie Chicks. It was VERY peaceful and relaxing. Then I went around to some other places on campus and sat and listened to the tunes. After nearly two hours total of being out in the sun, I headed back inside. I loved it!! I really should have done this more in my years here. Well, anyway, I've been really enjoying this nice weather, and I hope it keeps up. Listening to good music in the fresh air is definitely a good thing to do, very healthy for the soul. I need to do this more often, for sure.