there’s nothing mellow about this season
The passage of time from one year to the next is clearly marked for me since working in a University. The shock of the arrival of Autumn and the start of another academic year never lessens. How did we get here? I still feel like I’m waiting for summer. Autumn also brings with it a fresh crop of baby faced students who look increasingly younger as I get a little older, a little grayer and a little thicker around the waist. Although, some things have changed for the better, this year I am a little less trapped, a little less landlocked and a little more free on account of my new 39 week a year contract at work.
I’ve always loved Autumn, it makes me wistful and want to write pretentious and melancholic shit about the colours and long shadows . Perhaps I read too much Keats and smoked too much as a student . When I was eight or nine , I wasn’t smoking weed but I won a poetry competition with this genius ditty about Autumn, the last two lines are inspired!
I haven’t had much time for writing this Autumn , it’s a busy time where 7 day working weeks are not unusual. Surfabella has been on the back burner somewhat and it’s another 3 weeks until my next day off, I’m also trying to fit in half marathon training. Amazingly though, my running has taken on a new, unexpected lease of life with the onset of the darker nights and the purchase of this baby.
Me and Long Legs have been training in the darkest places of Leicester wearing head torches. We’ve run by and through canals, parks, woods, nature reserves and river sides. Apart from (me, not he) being freaked out by statues and rats and tree branches touching my head it’s been awesome and I’ve definately trained more since these torch lit runs started. Hopefully on the day of the half marathon I’ll still be able to perform in daylight and haven’t become a nocturnal runner.
My Life Right Now
Unfortunately because of all this madness I’m missing out on the Autumn swells, sunset surfs, quiet beaches and the stolen days of sunshine that so many of my fellow surfers are enjoying but, it’s all for the greater good, my own endless summer .
Surfabella will be back to business as usual soon.
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