"Recovery Day"

Just an easy day today. It was almost a nothing day as I couldn't get up this morning in time to get my swim in before Claudette and I went away for the day. But we got back in a reasonable time and I managed 2000 metres. I'm good with that, as tomorrow is long run day.

As to the business of the day Claudette went to visit Elly in Guelph where I dropped her off before heading to Waterloo to pick up a carbohydrate supplememt I want to try. I was a little nervous as I had also arranged to meet Jonathan but there was nothing to be nervous about. It was great to see him for the first time in 9 months. I don't want to make a big deal about it but he looked and sounded great. He is on a methadone program and says he feels more optimistic than he ever has. He has not used for a month and he is working fairly regularly at lots of little construction jobs. I seen some of his work today and I was impressed. He truly has a talent for building stuff.

I'm not gonna get my hopes up, but as the drunks and the addicts say, "just for today".

I wish to dedicate day 258 to Sean, Jons friend who has truly been his friend!

“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first... when you learn to live for others, they will live for you."---Paramahansa Yogananda

“The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer."---Benjamin Franklin

"The only way to have a friend is to be one." ---Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down."---Arnold Glasow

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peter