I was going to sleep in this morning. That was the plan. I was going to just let myself sleep until I couldn’t sleep no more.
So of course I woke up just before 6 and couldn’t get back to sleep. What the heck? I just wanted to give myself a little gift, but nooooo. I stubbornly stayed in bed until a little after 8 anyway, but I wasn’t sleeping. Meditating, kind of. Thinking of Ambrose.
I walked a mile after breakfast, but not on the road. I did a loop around my neighbor’s property and then a loop around my own, so I got pretty muddy and wet. But it was fun. I couldn’t go as fast, but the terrain was more challenging. Then i did my exercises when i got back so that I’d be all done for the day.
i dithered a bit before getting myself into town for some shopping. I stopped by the lumber store and picked up a boot cleaner so I can get the mud off my shoes before I step inside. I’ve been dragging a lot of dirt and rocks in lately and I think if I’m going to get motivated to clean, I need to also have a way to prevent so much crap from coming inside. I also purchased new numbers to put on the post at my driveway because one of the numbers fell off.
I chatted with one of the grocery clerks for a bit. Then I got my shopping done. I changed things up a bit. Instead of getting the pack with the broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots, I got a thing of broccoli and a thing of cauliflower. I’m going to mix those two together to put in my soup, because I don’t like the big pieces of carrot as much. I thought about getting myself some flowers for Valentines day, but there weren’t any bouquets left.
I spent most of the afternoon playing video games. I’m making progress on Silksong. Defeated two bosses and did a little grinding on the hunters journal. Then I got a message from someone who said that they knew Ambrose’s step-sister in high school. I did a little back and forth to confirm they were who they said they were and now we’re friends on Facebook. It was very out of the blue, but kind of nice.
After dinner I did a half mile walk in the dark. I cried. We never really celebrated Valentines in any serious way. But it’s hard to be alone on this day anyway. Well, it’s kind of hard to be alone every day. To be without him by my side.
It was supposed to rain today, but I didn’t see any coming down. I hope it’s not too rainy tomorrow when I’m hiking. I mean, I’ll still hike through the rain, I’ll just complain about it. I figure I’ll decide on which route to try when I get there and see how the road looks. I might do that 4 mile loop I found a few weeks ago again. Get a picture of that tree that almost did me in.