Pajer - Journal #1 - September 22

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Journal 1:  Your connection to the Florida environment and how much time you spend outdoors  

My connection to the Florida environment runs deep.  Since childhood I have been an outside kind of guy. As young as I could remember now, maybe five or such, I remember being outside and always loving it. So much time I spent playing in the sand, riding my bike, swimming the pool, rollerblading, and even on the rare occasion swimming at the beach! Which I find no delight or wish nor anything to do with that dreadful water. It was surely a different time back then. The fresh air and cool breeze was always a joy to be in. Surely when I was young the heat wasn’t as noticeable for me as it is now. This is a killer to us all. As a child and until the summer after my freshman year in high school I played baseball on little leagues. Nothing too serious but at the time it was fun and I’d still like to play now, but I think only softball leagues are for my age or really advanced baseball leagues.

             So I bet you’re asking this question to find out if this younger but growing generation still goes outside. Well the fact of the matter is on occasions. In the summer time it’s too hot to go outside. Then in the winter it gets dark so fast. Two real excuses I know I have made for not going outside. But when I do go outside I have done a number of different adventures. Well after high school my twin brother and I got into play air soft. It was something new to try and had lots of fun, but we only did that for a year or so. There is just a few number of people play that around here and traveling especially now is rather expensive so we don’t do that much now. We still play catch with the baseball. Also I swim in the pool mainly in the summers but once in a blue moon I’ll go out as well. I also do a ton of yard work! We built our house and my dad got my brother and I as well as him at the time to do most of the landscaping which at the time was a chore but now maintaining it just as big and my brother does not really help with that. With our yard being massive the job in its self is immense so it gets halfway done at times.