Favorites

Monday morning: This morning's practice was in my favorite and only seat in my favorite boat (at the current moment)--the single.  Wait until another rough day and the single will become my least favorite boat.  Today though, the lake was calm, no hint of the windy days from last week.  We had 1 single (me), 1 women's double, 1 mixed double, and 1 quad.

We took a whole lake loop to warm up.  The workout today was 2x12 minute pieces, 26-28spm at 80-90% pressure.  My favorite workouts are ones like today where the pieces are solid and long enough to be difficult, but not boring.  The challenge is to find a smooth rhythm and to be consistent in rating and power every stroke.  Emphasis on the consistency.

Everyone has favorites--favorite color, favorite food, favorite TV show, favorite seat in the boat.  The Princess too has favorites--favorite foods (fruits and anything that Mom and Dad are eating), favorite toys (blocks, flashing lights), and of course, favorite parent--DAD.

This is what the Princess looks like with her favorite parent.

With her favorite parent

This is what the Princess looks like with her other or least favorite parent--ME.

With her least favorite parent

It probably does not help that I constantly play bad cop, telling the Princess, "No, you cannot put the toilet paper into the toilet" and "No, you cannot eat the ice cream bar that Mom is eating."

Without a little discipline, the Princess and her favorite parent would turn into wild children with no clean laundry and no clean dishes.