Ah, the start of a new quarter in the endless blogging season. I got all my blogs done last quarter entirely on time, which is a goal I have set for this quarter as well.
Today in the odyssey we were to read book XIII and XIV I read both and I believe I relate to some of the characters in these sections. When Odysseus travels down to the underworld and meets the people, I think I connected with Tantalus a little bit. His punishment was to eternally be hungry and thirsty. If he reached for water or food it would always escape his grasp. I feel like many things in my life are like that today, always out of my reach. Especially on the swim team, I want to drop that extra second in the swim meet so I train as hard and as long as I can but never succeed, the time to beat just keeps on increasing. Its why the name ‘Tantalus’ is now the root of the word ‘tantalizing’ meaning just out of reach/ desirable.
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