off my death bed

i woke up feeling better this morning, and the mood-sapping clouds of the past few days parted today, leaving the way clear for a purely enjoyable passage on the boate. i owed min jung kim a day of sailing in exchange for the gmail account she hooked me with, and she finally took me up on the offer. the water was fairly calm, the wind steady, and the sun strong. there were many boats out, and seals’ snouts were everywhere as the bay reawakened from one of its typical winter-within-summer spells with a giant collective contented sigh (without too much of the troublesome coughing that has wracked my chest the past three days).